This week’s Hip Hop album sales finds A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s Bigger Artist making its debut on the Billboard 200 at #4 and surpassing pop maven Miley Cyrus and her new album, Younger Now, which landed at #5 for the week ending October 5.
Rittz’s final Strange Music, Inc. album, Last Call, enters the chart at #43, while Smokepurpp’s Deadstar debuts slightly higher at #42. PARTYNEXTDOOR’s Seven Days EP hits the chart at #82, marking a somewhat dismal debut for the OVO Sound signee.
Elsewhere on the chart, Macklemore’s Gemini takes a 61 percent dip in sales, winding up at #19 and Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 drops from #3 to #7.
Post Malone’s Stoney and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. are still hanging in the Top 10, but XXXTENTACION’s 17 and Kodak Black’s Project Baby 2 have slid into the Top 20.
A-Boogie Hits The Chart Running
With 66,726 total album equivalent units, 9,940 pure album sales and a streaming count of 81,223,051, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s debut studio album, Bigger Artist, has entered the chart at #4. His 2016 mixtape, Artist, peaked at #70 on the Billboard 200. This marks the Bronx native’s highest-charting project to date.
Last Call Takes A Bow
Rittz’s Last Call is the rapper’s final project for Strange Music, Inc. With 12,230 total album equivalent units, 10,884 pure album sales and a streaming count of 1,661,258, it was just enough to land him at #43. The Georgia rapper’s last album, Top of the Line, peaked at #19, while 2014’s Next To Nothing debuted at #14.
The Party Is Hurting
PARTYNEXTDOOR’s Seven Days EP debuted at #82, pulling in 8,102 total album equivalent units, 2,179 pure album sales and a streaming count of 8,664,442. The Canadian singer/producer’s previous project, Partnextdoor 3, debuted at #3 in 2016, which in contrast is an extremely sizable difference. Its predecessor, 2014’s Partynextdoor 2, hit the chart at #15.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 10/05/2017
Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
- A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Bigger Artist — #4 — 66,726 (9,940) [81,223,051]
- Post Malone — Stoney — #6 — 41,709 (3,234) [52,488,307]
- Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2 — #7 — 40,490 (879) [57,325,833]
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. — #9 — 34,107 (6,664) [35,369,697]
- Khalid — American Teen — #11 — 30,190 (3,392) [36,050,548]
- XXXTENTACION — 17 — #12 — 26,571 (981) [37,057,119]
- SZA — CTRL — #13 — 23,740 (3,002) [28,867,926]
- Kodak Black — Project Baby 2 — #15 — 22,021 (413) [31,343,466]
- Logic — Everybody — #17 — 21,187 (1,725) [23,437,440]
- Drake — More Life — #18 — 19,985 (1,240) [26,835,730]
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A boogie!! His album was pretty good! Though the “stalking you” song I can’t relate.. guess that’s the new age shit with social media.. but the album was surprisingly goodd