Tyler, The Creator‘s eighth album, Chromakopia, has spent its second week atop the Billboard 200.
After premiering to the highest sales week of Tyler’s career, the Odd Future founder has maintained his status as having the most popular album in America for another week at least.
It is the first time any of his albums have spent two consecutive weeks at number one.
Chromakopia sold 160,000 equivalent album units in what was actually its first full week on sale after a truncated debut as the album was released on a Monday instead of the usual Friday.
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Chromakopia held off a challenge from Lil Uzi Vert‘s Eternal Atake 2, which premiered at number three.
In its first week of release, Chromakopia sold just shy of 300,000 equivalent units.
Of that figure, 157,000 came from on-demand streams (which totaled 212.55 million), while album sales accounted for 142,000. The remaining 500 was from TEA (track equivalent album) units.
It means Chromakopia has the second highest tally of any rap album this year, behind only the commercial release of Travis Scott‘s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo (361,000).
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The figure also marked the biggest first week of Tyler’s career, eclipsing fellow chart-toppers IGOR, which opened with 165,000 units, and Call Me If You Get Lost, which moved 169,000.
Tyler has also been buoyed by the positive reception afforded Chromakopia.
“Thank you to everyone who has listened, skimmed through, put it on repeat, turned off, loved it, hated, grew on, grown off, related to, was foreign to, anything,” Tyler wrote on Instagram.
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“I really appreciate any ears. I’m at a different point in my life than I was when most of you met me so to share these thoughts or feelings that I may/may not have lightly touched on before felt like such a release, and to see so many of you resonate with it is such a great feeling I’ve never experienced. Thank you.”
After releasing the LP, Tyler revealed his favorite moment on each of the album’s 14 songs, highlighting various specific sounds and behind-the-scenes details from the critically acclaimed LP which features guest appearances from the likes of Childish Gambino, Sexyy Red and ScHoolboy Q among others.
