21 Savage didn’t make the cut on one of Billboard’s most important charts due to a new eligibility rule, though only one of his songs have been excluded from the tally as a result.
The music and entertainment company seems to have implemented a new rule for minimum runtime as the title track of the rapper’s new american dream album, which is one minute and three seconds long, has not been placed on the most recent Hot 100 chart despite generating enough sales.
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This, however, is a minor blemish on the Atlanta native’s rich track record. Aside from the aforementioned disqualification, he still has 14 songs on this week’s chart, two of which are in the Top 10.
Check out the full list here.
It appears Billboard may have implemented a new minimum runtime rule for the Hot 100.
21 Savage's "american dream" runs for 1 minute and 3 seconds, but does not chart this week despite having enough sales to.
— chart data (@chartdata) January 22, 2024
21 Savage’s latest project debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, earning him his highest first-week sales as a solo artist. The 31-year-old rapper’s latest LP topped the chart with 133,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week earlier this month.
american dream marks his fourth No.1 record and narrowly surpasses the first-week sales of his last solo LP, i am > i was, which opened with 131,000 units back in 2018. It went on to be nominated for Best Rap Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
The “a lot” hitmaker’s largest sales weeks still come from his high-profile collaborations. Her Loss, which he put together with Drake, earned an impressive 404,000 first-week units, whereas Savage Mode 2 with Metro Boomin accumulated 171,000.
Released in mid-January, american dream was announced just days before it went live. It boasts features from Young Thug, Travis Scott, Lil Durk, Summer Walker, Brent Faiyaz and more.
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An accompanying biopic starring Donald Glover, Caleb McLaughlin and 21 Savage himself is set to arrive on July 4. The film, which shares its title with the album, chronicles the star’s journey from his birthplace of London to the United States, where he moved with his mother at the age of seven.
