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Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool” Debuts at #3 on “Billboard” 200

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XL RecordingsRadiohead‘s semi-surprise digital release, A Moon Shaped Pool, has debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

The album earned 181 thousand equivalent album units, including 173 thousand albums sold, for the week ending Thursday, according to Nielsen Music. It’s the band’s largest sales week since Hail to the Thief sold 300 thousand copies in its debut week in 2003.

A Moon Shaped Pool was released on Sunday, May 8.

Drake is #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row with Views, which earned 219 thousand equivalent album units, including 175 thousand in pure album sales.

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