Lana Del Rey tops Billboard

Lana Del Rey landed her second chart-topping record and led a slew of new albums in the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while Linkin Park experienced a sales surge following the suicide of the band's front man earlier this month.

Del Rey's "Lust for Life" sold 80,000 albums, 24,000 songs and was streamed more than 36 million times, totalling 107,000 album units, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. It is her second album to debut at No. 1, following her 2014 album "Ultraviolence".

Del Rey edged out rapper Tyler, The Creator's album "Flower Boy", which debuted at No. 2 with 106,000 album units sold, while rapper Meek Mill's "Wins & Losses" landed at No. 3 with 102,000 copies sold.

-Reuters