Lil Baby has every reason to be on top of the world right now — despite the current state of it. According to a press release, the Atlanta-based rapper has just become the first artist of 2020 to go 2x-platinum thanks to his 2020 album My Turn.
The album is now the No. 1 selling and No. 1 streaming album in the United States this year with over four billion streams to date. His catalog alone has reached 20 billion streams globally and his powerful protest anthem “The Bigger Picture” hit No. 1 on Urban Radio. He was also just named Vevo’s Top Performing Hip-Hop Artist of 2020.
Needless to say, 2020 has been full of personal triumphs for the 25-year-old Quality Control artist.
As a thank you to his fans, Lil Baby has shared a video for “Forget That” featuring Rylo Rodriguez, who’s currently signed to Lil Baby’s 4PF label.
My Turn was initially released in February and boasted features from Gunna, 42 Dugg, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug and the aforementioned Rylo Rodriguez. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in March and returned to the top spot 13 weeks after its release.
It marked the largest gap since the soundtrack for A Star Is Born boomeranged to the No. 1 spot after 17 weeks in March 2019. My Turn did get a little help considering none of the new releases that week cracked the Top 40.
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On the other hand, My Turn‘s roughly 65,000 units sold was also the lowest number for a No. 1 album in a single week since June 2019’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by pop singer Billie Eilish. Nevertheless, his return to No. 1 was a success indeed and Lil Baby has kept up the momentum ever since.
In June 2020, he dropped the visual for “The Bigger Picture,” a powerful Black Lives Matter anthem that tackles the current civil unrest in the United States. All proceeds from the song were divided between The National Association of Black Journalists Breonna Taylor’s Attorney, The Bail Project and BLM.
Revisit the My Turn deluxe version below and check out the “Forget That” video above.
Congrats
But he sucks ass tho
He needs to do a joint wit his father Busta Rhymes & his uncle Jamie Foxx. LoL.
Nah Hit-Boy is.
Hardest out
Why?!?!? When he raps, it’s like the nigga went to the studio, dropped his pants put the mic up to his ass with the Autotune turned up and just kept ripping them out until his colon collapses. Guess that’s the Quality Control standard.
No he isnt
Congrats tiktok.
How can that be? he isn’t Hip-Hop at all, just more ugly trash from ugly gimps and I think he has trannies in that lame new video. Notice how it’s only the Men for the strobe scenes though
Are trannies invisible in strobe lights?
Gtfoh!! Who said haha lame ass rapper!
Stop right now. Conway is running 2020. Griselda and Freddie are running 2020. Why cuz da baby has a couple songs on the radio?! Stop it. Have u heard this?!!!!!! Did u forget about Alfredo?
Who gives a fuck when Bizzy Bone drops TODAY
Lmaoooooo who tf cares other than you!??? That shit might sell 11 copies
‘Lil Baby’ might sell today, as Migos etc did last year. It’s about knowing rap and hip hop – it’s not about album sales, what a weird thing for you to suggest. Where do you think these rappers got their style from?
Typical white girl culture culture article. Lil Baby runs 2020 rap hahaha. Haven’t you heard about griselda?
Any real Stan knows that Em runs hip hop..
Ummm…no shade to the young man and I applaud his success…but no.
Lil Baby isn’t even the hardest rapper in Atlanta that title belongs to Spodee
Spodee – God Bless The Child
Umm, no. Griselda crew and Freddie Gibbs are running rap. At least real rap.
I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters
I want all my daughters to show out in public
Jay-z wipes his going double plat. How far have we fallen where an artist goes double platinum in 2020 and he’s now the hottest rapper? Do you want to be the hottest rapper for a year or be an icon.? And yes I understand it’s hard to go platinum in this day and age of streaming an all that’s y I also respect Nikki Minaj as a female artist. She went platinum every time she dropped an album . But hooray for lil baby I guess ..if y’all can even tell the difference between he and most southern rappers .
Bizzy bone just dropped the album of the year and you guys dont even have it on releases. # 5 on itunes.
Bruh
Bizzy bone just dropped the album of the year and you guys dont even have it on releases. # 5 on itunes. Get with the program