Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V has (unsurprisingly) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending October 4. It marks Weezy’s fourth project to nab the crown and also the second-largest streaming week for an album ever.
Trailing behind is Logic’s Young Sinatra IV project, which lands at No. 2, while Kevin Gates’ Luca Brasi 3 hits the chart running at No. 4.
Elsewhere, Drake’s Scorpion moves from No. 4 to No. 5 and Eminem’s surprise album Kamikaze falls from No. 3 to No. 6.
Weezy, Baby!
Just like Kanye West predicted, Lil Wayne’s long-awaited CV made its grand entrance at the top of the chart. With 480,126 total album equivalent units, 140,879 pure album sales and a streaming count of 433,018,729, the 23-track project not only marks the third biggest sales week for the year but also the second-largest streaming week ever for any album.
By comparison, Weezy’s last Carter album, 2011’s Tha Carter IV, sold roughly 964,000 copies in its first week, earning the highest first-week album sales since Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. It also debuted at No. 1 and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA nearly three months after its release.
Ol’ Blue Eyes
Logic’s self-proclaimed “Sinatra Season” has arrived and finds his new album — Young Sinatra IV — sliding in at No. 2. Boasting 166,550 total album equivalent units, 121,633 pure album sales and a streaming count of 57,917,180, YSIV couldn’t outsell Wayne but it serves as the Maryland-bred rapper’s fifth Top 10 and second this year.
Everybody, which he released in May 2017, debuted at No. 1 with around 247,000 total album equivalent units sold in its first week. It was Logic’s first No. 1 album.
Read the Young Sinatra IV review here.
Bustin’ Down Gates
After finally being release from prison, Kevin Gates is back to work. His latest project, the Luca Brasi 3 mixtape, hits the chart at No. 4 with 78,195 total album equivalent units, 17,871 pure album sales and a streaming count of 76,128,491.
LB3 is Gates’ eighth mixtape and third in the series. The last installment, the appropriately titled Luca Brasi 2, was released in 2014 and debuted at No. 38 with 26,224 units sold in its first week. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 9/27/2018
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.
- Lil Wayne — Tha Carter V — No. 1 — 480,126 (140,879) [433,018,729]
- Logic — Young Sinatra IV — No. 2 — 166,550 (121,633) [57,917,180]
- Kevin Gates — Luca Brasi 3 — No. 4 — 78,195 (17,871) [76,128,491]
- Drake — Scorpion — No. 5 — 56,127 (2,721) [72,026,265]
- Eminem — Kamikaze — No. 6 — 49,832 (17,555) [43,224,345]
- Travis Scott — Astroworld — No. 7 — 49,099 (979) [65,327,364]
- Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys — No. 8 — 41,970 (2,718) [52,990,331]
- XXXTENTACION — ? — No. 10 — 32,025 (1,563) [47,275,670]
- Juice WRLD — Goodbye & Good Riddance — No. 11 — 31,753 (503) [49,313,502]
- Nicki Minaj — Queen — No. 13 — 27,723 (2,267) [35,285,520]
Only Wayne can dethrone Drake. Maybe with the next album.
carter v sold more in less than a day than the carters :))))))
Carters do Tidal only release. Duh
Wayne is garbage. This album was trash.
U must be a logic fanboy, a troll or a stooopid lil boy
To:GOAT
Right cause logic album is 10x better
for the white boyz who listen to eminem and bhad bhabi
you must have mental problems
stoopid
Im not a Logic fan but Logic album was 10000x better. That was real hip hop, Lil Wayne’s album was wack fake mainstream bullshit with the autotune singing shit.
ya this album was hit or miss throughout the whole thing. disappointed in wayne. we waited that long for this?! lol i mean he is the mumble rap inventor himself
Carter V was a cool listen. Nothing really mind-blowing or extraordinary, but it didn’t disappoint.
Weezy the GOAT man. Even Kanye West was force to lean back. Imagine Drizzy x Weezy album. Eminem will make an album and blow his brains on the release day to keep up.
imagine buyin logic’s album
imagine people still hate lil wayne in 2018
Fuck Em and all the white boys ..we run hip hop homie
Calm down Young Buck!
There butchering it
I’m happy for The Hot Boyz & The Big Tymers ? Why you ask you wouldn’t understand !!!
Yeah I said it I am gay and I like getting ass fucked by Lil Wayne and drake yeah I said it so what? I am anonymous hahaha obody will find it out haha?
It’s not that good though idk I never got into cash money Wayne etc I guess this resonates with the gen that grew up with him …kudos to Wayne though
What’s your point tho?
First rap album with Alvin the chipmunks
This white boy says vinnie paz and nine /snowgoons is better than all the horseshit u guys are talking about ..real hip hop back this year and dave east and styles p too fuck logic and gayne
Where are the SOB X RBE numbers?
Don’t Believe The Hype!!!!
So question is did it actually outdo Drake’s album since I know back in the day that double discs counted twice? It was certainly a much better album.
Shit flop