Kendrick Lamar's Albums Enjoy Huge Chart Surge Amid Drake Beef

Kendrick Lamar‘s catalog has enjoyed a huge surge in success on the Billboard 200 chart following the fanfare around his beef with Drake.

All of the Compton rapper’s major label projects currently sit on the chart and have all seen significant spikes in streams and sales after increased interest in his past releases.

DAMN. currently sits in the highest spot at number 18, up from number 41 the week before.

good kid, m.A.A.d city, which is the longest-running Hip Hop studio album on the Billboard 200, is currently number 23 after being the 51st best-selling album last week.

Kendrick’s most recent effort, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, has also enjoyed a huge climb, rising to number 55 from number 192.

To Pimp a Butterfly also reentered this week’s chart at number 109 after previously falling out of the top 200.

Drake, meanwhile, continues to occupy a multitude of spots on the Billboard 200 but has seen his chart positions fall across the board.

The 6 God’s current highest charting album is For All the Dogs, which sits at number 20 after occupying the number 17 spot the week before.

Albums such as Take Care (down six spots to No. 54), Scorpion (down two spots to No. 69), Certified Lover Boy (down two spots to No. 73), Views (down six spots to No. 80), Her Loss (down three spots to No. 93) and More Life (down eight spots to No. 143) have all suffered a slight slump.

This reflects a larger trend that has seen Kendrick Lamar’s streams increase while Drake’s fall as fans pick a side in their feud.

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Kendrick also currently sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 with his diss track “Not Like Us,” while “Euphoria” has climbed to number three and his Future and Metro Boomin collaboration “Like That” sits at number six after previously topping the chart.

Drake also has a diss song in the top 10 with “Family Matters” (No. 7).

It doesn’t look like there will be anymore diss tracks dropping, however, as Drake appears to have thrown in the towel after being deemed by many to have lost the battle.

In an Instagram post last week, the Toronto native posted an illustration of a Japanese samurai facing off against a huge cavalry — a nod to the “20 vs. 1” narrative he’s referenced throughout the beef.

Above the picture, he wrote: “Good times. Summer vibes up next.”