Kanye West‘s Bully has made a decent splash on the Billboard 200 despite the whirlwind of controversy leading up to its release.
The album has debuted at number two on the chart after earning 152,000 equivalent units in its first week, according to Billboard. Of that figure, 96,000 came from streaming (98.43 million on-demand official streams) while 56,000 comprised of traditional sales.
Ye was denied the top spot by K-Pop sensation BTS, whose 10th album ARIRANG earned 187,000 equivalent units in its second week following its blockbuster debut atop the Billboard 200 with 641,000 units.
Bully ends Kanye’s 21-year streak of number one solo albums, becoming just his second solo LP to miss out on the Billboard 200 top spot since his 2004 debut The College Dropout, which also peaked at number two.
At least this is one interpretation of the numbers.
Gamma., the company founded by former Apple Music exec. Larry Jackson that distributed Bully, has claimed that the album actually earned over 200,000 equivalent units in its first week, which would be enough to dethrone BTS and secure the number one spot.
On its Instagram Stories, Gamma. posted a “full seven-day sales and consumption” breakdown claiming that Bully generated a total of 200,997 units.
Neither Billboard nor Luminate, the data company that powers the Billboard charts, have yet responded to Gamma.’s claims.
Despite the album already featuring a generous 18 songs, there may be more where Bully came from.
In a separate Instagram Story, Gamma. teased an upcoming expanded edition, writing: “Bully deluxe on the way.”
Further details, such as a release date or number of bonus songs, have yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, Kanye West’s recently-announced headlining sets at London’s Wireless Festival in July are drawing plenty of scrutiny due to his past antisemitic behavior.
In recent days, a number of major sponsors have pulled out of the festival, including Pepsi, Paypal and drinks giant Diageo.
Even Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and London mayor Sadiq Khan have protested the move, with the former saying it is “deeply concerning” that the controversial rapper has been booked to perform “despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism.”
Ye, who recently performed two sold-out shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in support of Bully, is due to headline all three nights of Wireless Festival.
Awful album. I already deleted it off my phone
Ye fans will buy any garbage that he releases and this is a perfect example
Remember, that is one man’s opinion….The album is more artistic than BTS, fans shouldn’t care about what other people think. Being “hot” doesn’t equate to having the most powerful and creative music.
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You know you don’t like Ye but keep coming back to hate and slander but it is the best selling hip hop album in years unlike the trash younlike
Go listen to gay Kendrick then with the Epstein island boys
I hate Lauryn hill the people that think she is music is what’s wrong
Go back to listening to gay bad bunny hopefully ICE is at your door
Then when all the other rappers copy this style you’ll just stay quiet never acknowledging it and worse enjoy it then. You people deserve no rights. Time to Make America Islamic
But it is selling better than most crap today and Ye had the highest grossing concert for a hip hop artist
You came to hate why even buy it then?
These are zionists and 40 year olds with nothing better to do
What? Just hate because his career lasted longer ajd is still going unlike the dog shit you listen to. Also shows why he runs music going number 1 in hip hop rivaling the botted BTS album overall at 2 meaning he probably went 1
Have you listened to it or are you just stupid? Bot!
Just mad the album is the biggest album hip hop has had in years that’s all you losers do. Don’t like it do something else move on with your life then again you have none
Lauryn Hill is trash. Kendrick and Cole better
He sells out arenas and charts top 5 always but yeah you’re opinion somehow matters and is right?
One minute he hasn’t released a good album in 10 years the next his fans buy anything? You people are just so set in your narratives and lies. Ignore he’s the most successful rapper but you have your revisionist history trying to pretend losers like Cole, Drake, and Kendrick are somehow the best.
Kbots mad he had the biggest hip hop show
UK wants to ban him
Best selling thing for hip hop in years but we know the weirdos have to hate. Proving Ye right as always the zionists.
Hope Vultures 3 releases too I mean Everybody keeps playing need an official release and Vultures 2 never released physical
Personally liked Vultures better but this needed to come out it was the right time and vibed with it Ye is King. This does what it needed to and made a ton of money but all the haters mad as usual and despite having no enjoyment in life come here to hate on Ye soneone who’s a genius and actually successful
Really hope the Don Toliver songs make it maybe the Kodak song.
Mega hit and this song with Trav went and charted like never before seem
Hope we get Vultures 3, Donda 3, Yage, Carti Ye, A Perfect World, Yandhi, and the Travis collab album. The zionist bots already here.
Future President YE28
Trump wishes he was Ye
Ye would deport the illegals and their would be no war