Travis Scott‘s record-breaking run doesn’t look like it’ll be slowing down anytime soon, as he’s now smashed one of his own sales records.
On Sunday (August 20), the Houston native set a new record by selling the most vinyl LPs for a rap album as UTOPIA continues to gain steam following its late-July release.
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Chart Data reported that the album earned “the biggest vinyl sales week for a rap album in Nielsen history,” selling 93,000 copies, breaking its own record in the process.
Additionally, Chart Data also provided updates on the album’s continued success, revealing that it’s enjoying a third week atop of the Billboard 200 chart, selling 185,000 equivalent units this past week, taking its total to 828,000 units sold since release.
In early August, UTOPIA debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with major first-week sales.
According to Billboard, the project moved 496,000 equivalent units, comprised of 243,000 SEA units (330.68 million on-demand streams), a massive 252,000 pure album sales and 1,000 TEA units.
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In doing so, the album secured the third biggest week for any album in 2023 and the largest for any Hip Hop release. Its vinyl sales during the first week of its release totaled to 55,000, marking the largest tally for a rap album since tracking began in 1991.
Released on July 28, following years of anticipation, UTOPIA is stacked with features from fellow chart-toppers like Drake, Future, Beyoncé, The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, SZA, Young Thug and Bad Bunny.
All 19 songs on the album debuted on the Hot 100, with the highest being the Drake-assisted “Meltdown” at No. 3. “FE!N,” which landed at No. 5, earned Playboi Carti his highest-charting song, while “Parasail” (No. 53) gave Dave Chappelle his first Hot 100 hit.
UTOPIA is the third No. 1 solo album of Travis Scott’s career and his first since 2018’s Astroworld, which debuted in the top spot with 537,000 equivalent units sold in its first week, including 270,000 pure album sales.
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His JackBoys compilation album also debuted at No. 1 in 2019 after opening with 154,000 units.
