Lil Baby‘s It’s Only Me has topped the Billboard 200 with the biggest first-week sales of his career so far.
According to Billboard, the Atlanta rapper’s latest LP debuted at No. 1 on the chart after earning roughly 216,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Of that figure, 209,000 came from SEA (streaming equivalent albums) units, equating to 88.97 million on-demand song streams.
It’s Only Me serves as the third biggest Hip Hop debut of 2022 behind Kendrick Lamar‘s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (295,000) and Future‘s I Never Liked You (222,000). It even outsold commercial juggernaut Drake, whose house-leaning Honestly, Nevermind LP managed 204,000 first-week units.
In comparison, Lil Baby’s last solo album My Turn debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2020 with roughly 197,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. It went on to top the chart for five weeks, becoming one of the best performing albums that year.
The Voice of the Heroes — Baby’s 2021 collaborative project with Lil Durk — went one better by debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 thanks to roughly 150,000 first-week units.
Released on October 14, It’s Only Me featured appearances from Young Thug, Future, Pooh Shiesty, EST Gee, Jeremih, Nardo Wick, Rylo Rodriguez and Fridayy.
HipHopDX gave the album a 3.5 out of 5 score in a review earlier this month, with writer Nadine Smith describing it as “more of a playlist experience than a concise and focused album, an endless stream with occasional stylistic flourishes but a mostly consistent energy.”
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Album sales aren’t the only figure that continue to climb in Lil Baby’s world. During a recent interview with The Experience Podcast, the 4PF hitmaker revealed he charges upwards of $350,000 for a verse these days — more than triple the $100,000 he quoted two years ago.
Baby also spoke candidly about his journey to superstardom, admitting there was a long time he “wasn’t happy.”
“I had a lot of shit I was going through,” he said. “Getting adjusted to this shit, changing, having to stop being around people I’m used to being around, doing shit I used to be doing … Adapting to my new environment put me in a dark spot for a minute.”
He added: “Really starting everything over, all the way down to your thoughts. That shit can kinda fuck with you. Now you really gotta tell yourself, ‘You can’t think like that no more.’ That shit can be a little depressing.”
The problem with this album is that every song except a few sounds the same.. Pretty much same sound and voice/flow throughout.. That voice too.. It would be interesting to hear this guy without autotune or whatever the hell he’s doing with his voice.. JUST ONCE!! Please?! Oh, also; can you speak more clearly? The mumble is almost comical
This dude is hella overrated – I can’t stand his shit honestly . I rather listen to NBA young boy –
Then go listen to yb. if you don’t like the artist then u don’t have to listen to it
He is trash – and that’s why I don’t listen dummy .he is overrated – facts
Then why tf are you on this page commenting about an artist that you think is garbage. Besides your opinion doesn’t mean jackshit on here so go listen to your dick lover YB
People lie numbers don’t??♀️YB sold 25k??
YB the best whether you like it or not.
Honestly Nevermind sold 400k first week. Let’s get it right before insulting drake like that. Drake is going to sell at least 500k first week with her loss and run the billboard charts again.
All because of 21. Drake fell off and needs 21 now. Only good song on the last album was Jimmy Cooks
First off “Honestly Nevermind” was a album for strictly the females and d1ck in the booty ass niqqas, they will always listen to Drake singing for niggas like me tho we were lucky for even getting Jimmy cooks but I expected it. It was actually a smart move for marketing “Her Loss”. And Drake walked all over 21 on “Her Loss” you better read the lyrics. Idgaf who ghost wrote it shit was straight fire.
I GAVE THIS A NONBIASED LISTEN, I REALLY DON’T GET THE HYPE. I MUST BE REALLY OLD FOR THIS.
The Jeezy album was a lot better.
So it really only sold 3k. Streams are not sales.