Pop Smoke continues to make history in the afterlife. According to Billboard, the late Brooklyn rapper’s posthumous Faith album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 88,000 total album-equivalent units earned in its first week.
The project reportedly totaled 113.34 million on-demand streams for the week ending July 22. With the latest feat, Pop Smoke became the first artist ever to posthumously have their first two albums go No. 1.
Faith boasted 20 tracks before adding another four as part one of the deluxe edition to celebrate what would have been Pop Smoke’s 22nd birthday last week. The star-studded project already features Kanye West, Pusha T, Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Future, Dua Lipa and more.
Victor Victor Worldwide CEO Steven Victor has hinted at the full deluxe arriving on July 30.
“Midnight we going up for you we turning the pain into champagne everyday,” Victor wrote when revealing plans for the deluxe on Pop’s birthday. “This is for our day ones we’ve decided to drop off 4 tonight that are cleared and going to turn up the rest on 7/30 thx everyone involved to help us get this out.”
The “Dior” rapper’s posthumous Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon was a major commercial success as the LP never left the Billboard 200’s Top 20 since its July 2020 release.
Pop Smoke's ‘Faith’ Receives Deluxe Boost With 4 New Songs Featuring G Herbo & More
Pop Smoke was killed during an armed home invasion at a Hollywood Hills Airbnb on February 19, 2020. His fans gathered in his hometown of Brooklyn on Tuesday (July 20) to celebrate the life of the fallen drill rapper.
Pop Smoke is also rumored to have a verse on Kanye West’s delayed Donda album. Reports out of Thursday’s (July 22) listening party in Atlanta say Pop’s vocals were heard booming throughout the stadium’s speakers on one of the tracks.
Look for the rest of the deluxe edition on Friday (July 30). Stream Faith below.
this is pathetic numbers…. streaming? boy back when they actually counted sells by buying a disc this guy would be going double wood
So a below average rapper, who unfortunately was shot dead, made numbers due to marketing based on death cult and ignorant people.
2nd album out after death…Pop has a unique voice I give him that and has skill as an MC. This album isn’t his fault that it came out and I know it has been said over and over but dam cashing in on someone’s death. Now if he had 4, 5 albums out before he died and they want his legacy or his voice to carry on I get it. But he didn’t even blow up yet, he scratched the surface and helped drill be more popular. People are concerned about culture vultures, look at these plain and simple vultures cashing in.
It’s sad that not even DMX’s album couldn’t even do these numbers the first week and they aren’t even big numbers.
Im not disputing his talent. He was a damn good artist. But if he had never gotten killed, he would have had his 15 minutes of fame and then its on to the next drill/singing rapper. The line of dope rappers waiting for their time is miles long. Theres not enough music fans or money in the world to give everyone their 15 minutes of fame.
Pop Smoke would still be with us if Black Lives Mattered to black people, end the epidemic of black on black in violence
So they’re going with the Grand theft Auto V formula? Continuously releasing the same product since idiots will continue buying it? Fair enough, but for me? Nah
I don’t know a single person that listens to him. Number one? Doubt it
Um, but he’s still DEAD. So, keep the celebration and congratulations to yourselves
You’re nobody til somebody kills you…
pay me for that comment its a million dolors
I don’t like those guys running hip hop right now (these new CEOs)
Though they were never were all pleasant guys (suge and many others)