Moneybagg Yo is having a remarkable run with his fourth studio album, A Gangsta’s Pain. The album gave Moneybagg his first No. 1 album and topped the Billboard 200 chart again in its third week. The album doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, with Moneybagg dropping the video for “Wockesha” and announcing a new tour.
According to an Instagram post by Akademiks, A Gangsta’s Pain is doing so well it’s currently the highest-selling Hip Hop album of 2021. In a year that saw albums from J. Cole, Pooh Shiesty, Polo G, DJ Khaled, Lil Baby and Lil Durk, and more, there has been no shortage of Hip Hop music for fans to consume.
Moneybagg Yo leads the way with 659,000 copies sold, with Pooh Shiesty coming in second with 642,000 units moved for Shiesty Season. J. Cole came in at third selling 623,000 copies of The Off-Season.
Rod Wave and Polo G came in with 606,000 and 561,000 for their albums Soulfly and Hall of Fame, respectively. Lil Tjay, the Young Stoner Life collective, DJ Khaled and the duo of Lil Baby and Lil Durk closed out the rest of the list.
A Gangsta’s Pain currently sits at the No. 10 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. With the upcoming tour, Moneybagg could see more sales come in for his album. The 21-date tour will kick off on September 9 in Tampa, Florida, with guests such as Fredo Bang, BIG30, Big Homiie G, Blacc Zacc and TripStar joining Moneybagg on the road.
Moneybagg Yo Bringing No. 1 Album 'A Gangsta's Pain' + Fredo Bang, Big30 & More On Tour
“Gangstas Pain Tour Kick Off In September After My Gday Shit Fina Be Crazzzyyy !!,” Moneybagg wrote on Instagram. “We Adding Memphis,Nashville & Las Vegas, Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow I’m Selling Out Every Date I Stamp Det !! #BGE.”
No way, absolutely NO WAY have Moneybagg Yo or Pooh Shiesty outsold J. Cole’s latest album. Zero chance. These numbers are fake as fug.
People don’t support Cole like that. They listen to his stuff for a couple weeks then it’s done. Plus people don’t buy music anymore so the numbers are low. It doesn’t surprise me at all.
J. Cole is actually one of the few rappers with a deep fanbase who can sell out 15,000+ seat tours (which Lil Baby for instance still can’t do).
Also, his album is much newer than Moneybaggs and is already close to outselling it. It is going to outsell it significantly eventually.
Ps: I don’t even listen to J Cole
No. Moneybagg yo’s album still sales more than J cole’s. Cole sold more first week but people stopped listen after 2 3 weeks. Only 2 songs are still on the charts the one with 21 and the one with Lil Baby
Lmao. Highest selling rap album of the year sold 660k and most of that is streaming compared to bs sales. Hip hop is a lost art. These poo nudy uzi bastards killed the industry.
The industry killed the game. I’m sure there are positive underground artist with their own styles who take the art seriously but the industry has gate keepers. The re talent is being ignored in place if hacks
Only artist I like is J. Cole on da list. DJ Khaled is koo but too overrated now.
Who the hell are these guys?! J. Cole is the only artist of note on this list. Hip-hop is dead!
Literal proof that y’all be listening to bullshit