Lil Baby’s ‘WHAM’ Set To Make Chart Splash As First-Week Sales Projections Arrive

Lil Baby is expected to have quite a nice debut on the Billboard 200 with his new album, WHAM (Who Hard As Me).

According to Chart Predictions, the effort is projected to land at No. 1 on the chart with an estimated 115k-125k album equivalent units.

The 15-track effort arrived on Friday (January 3), and features appearances from Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, GloRilla, Rod Wave, Rylo and 21 Savage.

If the prediction stands, WHAM will mark the rapper’s fourth consecutive No. 1 album.

The rapper’s previous chart-toppers were 2020’s My Turn, 2021’s The Voice of the Heroes alongside Lil Durk and 2022’s It’s Only Me.

Lil Baby’s ‘WHAM’ (@whamcbfw4) is currently aiming for #1 debut on next week’s Billboard 200 (chart dated January 18, 2025) with 115k-125k units (150-160 million streams).

It would mark his fourth #1 album in the U.S. after ‘My Turn’ in 2020, ‘The Voice Of The Heroes’ in 2021… pic.twitter.com/cHzLx9vvnV

— Chart Predictions (@ChartPredicts) January 4, 2025

Lil Baby recently announced that WHAM won’t be his only release of the year, as he’s planning to drop two new albums in 2025 that will showcase two different sides to his artistry.

The Atlanta rapper shared the news while appearing on Lil Yachty‘s A Safe Place podcast, saying: “At first, I was telling people I was going to drop a double album. Now, I’m dropping the WHAM album and Dominique album.”

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The Atlanta rapper added that the second album, which is titled after his real name, will “hopefully” arrive in February, shortly after WHAM.

Baby was then asked by his “Sum More” collaborator how the two projects will differ: “I still put some of the songs I was gonna use for Dominique on WHAM ’cause I know my fanbase really want to hear them certain songs. WHAM is more me on some young n-gga shit — fast cars, girls, jewelry, money. You know, the turnt lifestyle.

“And Dominique is more the serious me, more personal. That’s a part of the new journey I’m on. I hate the word vulnerable, but I’m gonna be more open to my fans and my audience.”