Hip Hop is set to rebound on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart with Travis Scott’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight projected to debut at #1, according to Hits Daily Double.
The Houston rapper’s sophomore effort is expected to reach the top spot with 90,000 to 105,000 album equivalent units its first week, 60,000 to 70,000 of those being solely album sales.
Scott’s first album, Rodeo, landed at #3 upon its release last year. It beat out Scarface’s Deeply Rooted with 85,000 units of total activity.
Isaiah Rashad also released The Sun’s Tirade the same day as Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. His sales projections were not reported by the publication, but his Cilvia Demo debuted at #40 upon its release in 2014 with 8,500 units. At the time, Nielson did not include streams in its album sales figures. Expect the TDE rapper to do much bigger numbers with his latest output.
Both albums will land on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart after Hip Hop is expected to spend its first week since April without a project in the Top 3. Beyonce debuted at #1 with LEMONADE and was followed by Drake, whose VIEWS LP spent 12 weeks at the top spot.
#YouKnowWhenHipHopIsFucked Episode 328: when a Travis Scott can outsell Scarface. (He’s one of the better trap artists, but c’mon.)
Well, where are the Scarface fans at he established 20 years ago? Shouldn’t they shoulder the blame opposed to a younger generation who support the artists who are put right in front of them?
Exactly, “who are put right in front of them”: as somebody wrote under the J. Cole article (about Young Thug, but it applies to Scott too), he gets all the promotion and gimmicks yet doesn’t sell [as he should be]. Let’s not act as if 1) sales would be equivalent of talent, 2) Scott would come near to Scarface in terms of skills / influence / discography, 3) the younger generation wouldn’t support my cat as an outstanding artists if a major would put enough money behind him. Hence nobody blames the youngsters nor deny the responsibility of Scarcafe fans when it comes to sales, but I think every worthwhile Hip-Hop site should be about the culture instead of the corporate side. And from that point of view, it’s indeed quite fucked-up that a Travis Scott can outsell a Scarface as the latter’s contribution to the culture is incomparably bigger. Meanwhile Scott’s expiry date is directly proportional to his artificial label hype.
Sorry dude, Travis is a phenomenal artist who has earned his success. It’s not up to him how he’s portrayed by the media or perceived by salty old hags like yourself
Lmao earned? You gonna act like he didnt steal pick up the phone from starrah and guidance from k forest…ffuck outta here dickrider
you should peep the song writing credits and learn about the music biz a bit
Sun’s Tirade >>>> Birds in the Crap
according to def stupid people
oops. That was supposed to be in response to the bottom comment lol
What’s crazy is that regional radio totally controlls these sales, because I’m a straight up hiphop head. I’ll listen to a dope MC no matter where he’s from, and I’ve NEVER heard of this dude, but he’s debuting at number one? Honestly, there’s probably 10 rappers that this site shamelessly promotes, and U never heard none of them. I’m from NY, it’s not like I got my head buried in the sand. I ask my boys if they ever heard of these dudes and they haven’t either. I don’t get it. Are they feigning record sales and popularity to try to create a buzz or something? Is there a hiphop station where all this stuff is played that I’m not aware of? Where are these so-called chart topping artists being played?