Hip Hop Album Sales: Gucci Mane Outsells Wu-Tang Clan In Billboard 200 Debuts

    The unstoppable Gucci Mane just married Keyshia Ka’oir last week and now, the Atlanta super rapper’s new album, Mr. Davis, is sitting at #2 on the Billboard 200. Gucci comes in behind pop singer P!nk who nabbed the coveted #1 spot with her latest project Beautiful Trauma (featuring Eminem) for the week ending October 19.

    Elsewhere on the chart, Wu-Tang Clan’s Wu Tang: The Saga Continues debuts at #15 while independent rap titan Tech N9ne and his Collabos project, Strange Reign, comes in at #61 for its first week on the chart.

    A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s Bigger Artist takes a 21 percent dip and Lil Pump’s self-titled debut falls 34 percent, but both still remain in the Top 10. Post Malone’s Stoney, Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. all maintain their relatively high placements as well.

    Last week’s #1 album, NF’s Perception, dropped 68 percent to land in the 25th spot.

    East Atlanta Santa Can’t Be Stopped

    Gucci Mane is arguably one of rap’s greatest success stories. After serving time in prison, the Atlanta native reemerged ready to take on the world. Since his May 2016 release from prison, he’s dropped several albums, lost weight, got married and written a book — The Autobiography of Gucci Mane. 

    His most recent project, Mr. Davis, continues his winning streak, marking this week’s highest rap album debut. Boasting 70,383 total album equivalent units sold (20,872 in pure album sales and a staggering streaming count of 68,736,497, Mr. Davis sits at #2 behind P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma. 

    Read DX’s review of the album here.

    Wu-Tang Is Kind Of Something To F*ck With

    Wu-Tang Clan’s highly anticipated album, Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues, has hit the chart at #15 with 24,483 in total album equivalent units sold (18,964 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 6,758,480).

    Despite Wu-Tang’s loyal fan base, it wasn’t enough to crack the Top 10. Produced by DJ Mathematics, The Saga Continues debuted higher than 2014’s A Better Tomorrow, which entered the chart at #29 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 24,386 copies in its first week of release.

    Read DX’s review here.

    Not So Strange

    Kansas City, Missouri’s independent rap king Tech N9ne spits out albums faster than he raps (and he raps fast). His latest, Strange Reign, is part of his Collabos series and features Jay Trilogy, Krizz Kaliko, Stevie Stone and Rittz. Although the album entered the chart at #61, it’s not bad for an indie label like Strange Music, Inc., which the platinum-selling rapper has built from the ground up since establishing it in 1999.

    With 8,867 total album equivalent units sold (7,502 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 1,507,791), Strange Reign follows the last installment of the series, Dominion, which peaked at #28 on the Billboard 200 earlier this year.

    Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 10/19/2017

    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.

    1. Gucci Mane — Mr. Davis — #2 — 70,383 (20,872) [68,736,497]
    2. Post Malone — Stoney — #4 — 44,997 (4,165) [56,233,638]
    3. Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2 — #5 — 34,991 (667) [49,577,147]
    4. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Bigger Artist — #8 — 30,877 (800) [43,808,133]
    5. Lil Pump — Lil Pump — #9 — 30,431 (1,723) [40,663,591]
    6. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. — #11 — 28,417 (4,563) [32,541,373]
    7. Khalid — American Teen — #12 — 27,200 (2,282) [33,706,248]
    8. Wu-Tang Clan — Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues — #15 — 24,483 (18,964) [6,758,480]
    9. XXXTENTACION — 17 — #16 — 22,625 (737) [31,717,708]
    10. SZA — CTRL — #16 — 20,520 (1,925) [26,160,733]

    32 thoughts on “Hip Hop Album Sales: Gucci Mane Outsells Wu-Tang Clan In Billboard 200 Debuts

    1. see? all you “real hip hop” heads don’t support your favorite artists and buy their shit. that’s why gucci mane outsold washed up wu-tang.

      1. you have a point, maybe not about Wu being washed up, but whether rap with Gucci Mane or WWE with Roman Reigns, theyre pushed cuz their fans spending money as opposed to ranting online and using pirate bay and free on
        line streaming

      2. Gucci only sold like 20k actual records wu tang sold 18k actual records that’s bout the same and plus wu tan still sell out arenas and festivals

    2. Of course Gucci out sold the wu. One, it’s not 1997. Secondly, “real” hip hop fans won’t use “real” money to pay for “real” hip hop. But they love to argue in the comment sections of various sites.

    3. Gucci may have outsold the Wu, but who had the better album? And yes, I was one of the 18,000 people who bought Wu’s album.

    4. You know it’s a sad day in Hip Hop when a no talent rapper out sell one of the most prolific group in Hip Hop history…..C’mon wake up my Hip Hop community

    5. Gucci bag sold more than the wu tang clan but he won’t last almost 30 years in the rap game. Gucci bag is a fade just like most of the so called rappers of today. In five years gucci bag will be broke because his records aren’t selling. Wu tang clan is a movement that’s why it has lasted this long. Hip hop is built to last but rap music is just trends that fade away over time. Long Hip Hop Music Not This Fake Sh!t.

        1. Gucci bag is for little kids. Hip hop is for grown ups. Gucci bag will never last longer than the great hip hop acts. Rap is not built to last. It’s just corporate music. The corporations make you listen to gucci bag because they don’t play a variety of music. They play the same rappers everyday until you think they’re hot. I want hip hop music. I choose what is good or not. The radio doesn’t dictate to me. Gucci bag is hot not good. Hip hop music is always good not just hot. Rap music like gucci bag will go away when the radio plays the next so called hot rapper. Hip hop is a movement. Rap music is here today gone tomorrow. Hip hop will live forever!

    6. Wu is like bone thugs when they just dropped new waves..both lasting groups and had good fucking albums but got outshined by garbage..because they have the same label eone ent..which doesnt put money behind radio campaigns..if they put money up fr bones radio play it would of been on top..every song on new waves is a fucking radio hit

    7. Thanks Kyle Useless. Now you’ve brought out all the trolls who started listening to hip hop yesterday to shit on one of the most legendary groups in hip hop with that headline alone. Fuck you.

    8. Wu tang had there era wat the hell they still doin rapping at 45 50 its young man sport its gucci time like it or not

      1. Same reasons rappers around the same age as them (Jay-Z, Too Short, E-40, Krs-One) are still rapping, because they love to rap. If you love doing something, then why stop? And Gucci ain’t even that young himself, he’s like 37 or some shit.

    9. Peace Lex. Glooks standing up to these fuckin clowns man. My name’s McGrath, I have my own publishing firm called Aura Management Solutions, just started it with Tragedy Khadafi. I don’t know if you’re as big a wu head as me, but you’re certainly giving me a run for my money with that username. Anyway, I have a lot of Wu familia as clients (Razah, Priest, 60 Second Assassain, and I used to work for Capp directly when I was with Wu-Tang Management). I’m from Boston, but lemme know where u at, I’d like to offer you a backstage pass to the next Wu/Wu affiliate show in your area. FOR ALL YOU IGNORANT MUTHAFUCKERS TALKIN SHIT ABOUT THE WU, SEE IF GUCCI AND HIS TEAM OFFERS Y’ALL SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

    10. Lonzo, it’s not your fault bro, you’re not intelligent enough to decipher the code. There was stupid people in the 90’s too, luckily for you tho your generation has Gucci Mane.

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