The highest-selling albums and

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in the United States are ranked in the ''Billboard'' 200, which is published by ''

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'' magazine. The data are compiled by

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based on each album's weekly physical and

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sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. In 2017, a total of 38 albums claimed the top position of the chart. Beginning with vocal group

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's Christmas album, ''

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'', issue dated January 7, another one of which, Canadian singer The Weeknd's third studio album, '' Starboy'' returned to the top slot a week later after three weeks from the slot, issue dated December 17, 2016. Ed Sheeran 2013

Ed Sheeran's third studio album, '' ÷'' (Divide) was the most consumed album of 2017 with 2.764 million equivalent album units with 1.1 million of that sum coming from traditional album sales according to Nielsen Music. Kendrick Lamar's fourth studio album ''

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'' was the second best-selling album of 2017 with 2.747 million equivalent album units according to Nielsen Music. Taylor Swift's sixth studio album, '' Reputation'', was the best-selling album of 2017 with 1.9 million sales, and the third most consumed, with 2.336 million units moved in 2017. Rapper

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also made ''Billboard'' history releasing two different albums in a week apart: his fifth self-titled album and sixth follow-up, ''

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''. Both managed to peak atop the chart. Aside from ''A Pentatonix Christmas'', ''Starboy'', ''÷'', ''More Life'', ''Damn'' and ''Reputation'', the only two number-ones with extended chart runs include: '' Grateful'' by DJ Khaled and '' 4:44'' by

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, four of which spent only two weeks at the top position.

Chart history

Drake and Future 2016 Summer Sixteen Tour

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Chart history

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