Drake ruled the US album sales chart for a second straight week Sunday as the rap star who has smashed streaming records fended off challenges from Beyonce and Radiohead.

The Canadian rapper's Views, which came out on April 29, became the first album of 2016 to sell more than 1 million copies in the US, tracking service Nielsen Music said.

Views sold 219,000 copies during the week through Thursday, 175,000 in direct sales and the rest through the equivalent in streaming.

Pop superstar Beyonce's Lemonade, which was released on April 23, came second while English experimental rockers Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool debuted at No.3 on the Billboard chart.

In its first week, Views had set a record for the most-ever streams in the seven-day period.

Despite the rapid growth of streaming in the music industry, none of the top three albums appeared on the most popular site, Spotify.

Apple reached an exclusive deal to distribute Views on its Apple Music streaming service and the album was also available for purchase on the tech giant's iTunes store.

Beyonce in turn made Lemonade an exclusive to the smaller Tidal service, which is led by her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z.

A Moon Shaped Pool went up on Apple Music and Tidal but not Spotify, with Radiohead also selling it directly.