Halsey Becomes First Solo Woman to Top Billboard 200 Chart In 2017

According to data on Monday from Nielsen SoundScan, US pop singer Halsey has scored her first Number 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with "Hopeless Fountain Kingdom." This makes her the first solo female artist to top the album chart in 2017. Billboard has said that the last woman to top the Billboard 200 was Lady Gaga in 2016 with "Joanne." Kendrick Lamar's "Damn." held onto second place on the Billboard 200 with 72,000 more units sold in its eighth week, while The Beatles extended thei...

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