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Hip Hop Album Sales: Cardi B's "Invasion Of Privacy" Makes Major Billboard 200 Debut

Fresh off her appearance at Coachella, Cardi B has something else to celebrate. Her debut album,Invasion Of Privacy, has hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending April 12.

Trailing not too far behind is The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy at #3 — despite a 69 percent decline after last week’s #1 debut — and XXXTENTACION’s ? at #5.

Elsewhere on the chart, Flatbush Zombies’ Vacation From Hell, Lil Xan’s TOTAL XANARCHY and Famous Dex’s Dex Meets Dexter all make their entrances.

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Well, She Is Cardi B

A pregnant Cardi B performed at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival over the weekend and hit yet another career goal when Invasion Of Privacy claimed the Billboard 200 throne.

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With 255,176 total album equivalent units moved (102,810 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 202,647,961), the Bronx rapper’s debut studio album is the cherry on top of her explosive year. Those streaming numbers also set a new record for the largest on-demand streaming week ever for a woman.

The album is the second biggest release of 2018 (behind Justin Timberlake’s Man On The Woods) and the biggest R&B/Hip Hop release since Eminem’s Revival moved 267,000 units in December.

Read DX’s Invasion Of Privacy review here.

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Lil Xan Cracks Top 10

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Despite his polarizing reputation in the Hip Hop space, Lil Xan’s TOTAL XANARCHYsqueezed into the Billboard 200 Top 10 at #10 with 27,590 total album equivalent units sold (14,152 pure album sales and a streaming count of 19,119,066).

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The 21-year-old’s single “Betrayed” peaked at #64 on the Hot 100 last year.

Read the TOTAL XANARCHY review here. 

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Flatbush Zombies Rise From The Dead

Flatbush Zombies’ latest project, Vacation From Hellmade its Billboard 200 debut at #11 with 27,140 total album equivalent units (12,921 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 20,662,735). The album serves as the Brooklyn group’s follow-up to 2016’s 3001: A Laced Odyssey, which peaked at #10.

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Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 04/12/2018

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.

  1. Cardi B — Invasion Of Privacy — #1 — 255,176 (102,810) [202,647,961]
  2. The Weeknd — My Dear Melancholy — #3 — 51,596 (9,047) [61,738,711]
  3. XXXTENTACION — ? — #5 —45,753 (1,654) [62,820,963]
  4. Migos — Culture II — #6 — 37,409 (2,293) [48,309,576]
  5. Various Artists — Black Panther: The Album — #7 — 36,816 (4,189) [43,645,365]
  6. Rich The Kid — The World Is Yours — #8 — 36,499 (1,090) [50,571,064]
  7. Post Malone — Stoney — #9 — 28,591 (2,298) [36,323,519]
  8. Lil Xan — Total Xanarchy — #10 — 27,590 (14,152) [19,119,066]
  9. Flatbush Zombies — Vacation In Hell — #11 — 27,140 (12,921) [20,662,735]
  10. Famous Dex — Dex Meets Dexter — #12 — 25,459 (1,182) [35,166,966]

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