Hip Hop Album Gross sales: 21 Savage Takes Billboard 200 Crown With "I Am > I Was"

The time has come — the final Billboard 200 chart for 2018 has arrived. 21 Savage goes out on a excessive observe after his sophomore album I Am > I Was landed at No. 1 for the week ending December 27. Following intently behind him is A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN mission, which debuted at No. 2

Elsewhere on the chart, Meek Mill’s Championships slipped from No. 2 to No. 6, marking a 34 p.c dip in gross sales, whereas YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more’s Realer cracked the High 15.

Better

Regardless of his light-weight beef with Bone Thugs-n-Concord, 21 Savage has one thing to smile about as his 12 months involves a detailed. His sophomore studio album, I Am > I Was, has nabbed Billboard’s proverbial crown with 131,268 whole album equal models, 17,870 pure album gross sales and a streaming rely 151,871,930.

The mission follows 2017’s ISSA, which debuted at No. 2 with roughly 77,000 whole album equal models offered in its first week.

Learn the I Am> I Was evaluation right here. 

A Boogie Wit A No. 2 Album

A-Boogie additionally returned along with his sophomore album, Hoodie SZN. With 89,827 whole album equal models, 6,316 pure album gross sales and a streaming rely 115,521,804, the mission settled in at No. 2, marking his highest debut but.

His final studio album, 2017’s The Larger Artist, debuted at No. four with round 67,000 whole album equal models. It was anchored by the one “Drowning” that includes Kodak Black, which peaked at No. 38 on the Scorching 100.

Realest Of Actual

YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more stands out as the rapper everybody remembers for admitting he has herpes this 12 months, however that unusual confession evidently didn’t cease his followers from listening to his new mixtape. With 42,837 whole album equal models, three,zero34 pure album gross sales and a streaming rely 55,976,175, Realer made its entrance at No. 15.

Realer marks the follow-up to his debut studio album, Till Demise Got here, which he launched in April. Future, Birdman and Lil Child have been featured company whereas Lil Uzi Vert and Offset popped up on the deluxe model.