A study in percentages that Republic Records held the #1 on the BB200 going back 5 years.

2015: 5 weeks/9.62%
2016: 14 weeks/26.42%
2017: 9 weeks/17.31%
2018: 12 weeks/22.64%
2019: 11 weeks/21.15%
2020 (so far): 13.33%

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#billboardspeakup
A team of ten of us researched five years& #39; worth of charts, going back to 2015.

We& #39;re willing to go back and research further if evidence dictates, but not ONE TIME in five years has Billboard debuted an artist prior to the album being released.

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