Chance The Rapper has shaken up the music industry so much so that the Grammys are now considering mixtapes for its award nominations.
With the release of his Coloring Book project, Chance The Rapper is set to make history by having the first mixtape to chart on streams alone. Hits Daily Double predicts that the Chicagoan’s third tape is to land in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart with between 30,000 and 40,000 album sales. Mind you, Coloring Book is not available for purchase.
Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo debuted at #1 on the chart last month when it was streamed nearly 100 million times. It’s top position was a result of these streams, as it only moved 28,000 units in retail.
Elsewhere in next week’s album sales, Drake’s VIEWS and Beyonce’s LEMONADE are set to battle for the #1 position. HDD gives the advantage to Drizzy, who is set to sell 200,000 units this week. His fourth studio album pushed more than 1 million copies its first week.
These artists getting butt pounded by streaming.
Not a fan of chance the rapper.
I really don’t understand why hip hop heads are raving about this guy? I really tried to appreciate his stuff but I hated every track on Acid Rap and Coloring Book – it’s just weird moaning sounds and a terrible whiny screeching voice with NO rapping whatsoever! The only things I’ve heard from him that I like are his featured verses on “Baby Blue” and “Ultralight Beams” where he actually raps bars and uses a normal voice instead of that weird moaning cat strangle shit – why is everyone saying he’s an amazing rapper/lyricist when he clearly is not?
You must be trolling. Right?