Projects from Yo Gotti and Young Dolph make their debuts on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart to hold it down for Memphis, Tennessee. BJ The Chicago kid also lands on the list with his first LP, In My Mind, charting at #43. Kevin Gates returns to the Top 10 with Islah. Rihanna, The Weeknd and Bryson Tiller continue to sell.
Yo Gotti Shows The Industry “The Art Of Hustle”
Yo Gotti earns his highest chart position ever with The Art of Hustle. The album lands at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in its first week, selling 61,393 and being streamed more than 14 million times. The Art of Hustle was released through Epic Records. The Memphis rapper’s last album, 2013’s I Am, peaked at #7.
Kevin Gates Returns To Top 10
After premiering at #2, Kevin Gates’ Islah album slid down the charts to #11. But this week, in its fourth week on the list, Islah, the Louisiana rapper’s debut album, is back in the Top 10 at #9. It sold 32,107 album equivalent units.
Young Dolph Puts On For Independents With “King Of Memphis”
Young Dolph’s independent release King of Memphis, lands at #49 in its first week on the chart. The Memphis rapper has made his name known through mixtapes and hit songs like “Preach” with Zaytoven. The Atlanta producer returns to assist the Paper Route Empire artist in making commercial success.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 02/25/2016
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.
#2 Rihanna – ANTI – 79,827 (28,481) [45,014,020]
#4 Yo Gotti – The Art of Hustle – 61,393 (45,101) [14,377,423]
#6 The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness – 40,618 (19,072) [19,865,105]
#9 Kevin Gates – Islah – 32,107 (16,181) [14,909,689]
#10 Bryson Tiller – Trapsoul – 30,907 (9,851) [25,636,843]
#11 G-Eazy – When It’s Dark Out – 28,510 (6,291) [20,010,800]
#14 Future – EVOL – 24,243 (6,883) [21,715,627]
#15 Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap – 22,933 (5,019) [16,756,503]
#18 Flo Rida – My House – 21,353 (2,100) [9,229,590]
#20 Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly – 20,991 (14,020) [8,401,199]
cant deny Yo Gotti’s hustle
congrats to yo gotti he is garbage but sold quite well
so no T.L.O.P. lol
guess he scared t.l.o.p goin flop lol proly would of sold round 180,000 if he released it the normal way….
I don’t think tidal has more than 2 million subscribers….if everyone on tidal was to listen to tlop it would only equal 2,000 copies since 1,000 streams = 1 sale
Only million on tidal yahoo just released a about it
Interview and shout out to gotti much love from dburg tn
where da fuck Dolph at lol dat boi needa stop all dat haten on Gotti real boss nigga
All rumors. There is not now nor has their ever been “hating”. They are cool. Always have been. Folks try to find drama even when there is none & that’s where that came from. Don’t believe everything you see on the internet.
In the first week of sales gotti did not out do his I Am albuma on billboards an we all no your first week of sales tell it all then the next week he bought the rest lol hell i no i was looking at billboards he went from 41,000 to 61,000 in something an you look at everyone else shit still the same so how do it feel to take a BIG L Dolph King of Memphis go harder an Kevin Gates