A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie secured the highest spot on Billboard 200 for the primary time in his profession. The Atlantic Data artist’s Hoodie SZN reached No. 1 after spending the earlier two weeks behind 21 Savage’s I Am > I Was. 21 didn’t slip a lot although, flipping spots with A Boogie with a No. 2.
Elsewhere on the chart, Hip Hop continued to dominate the Prime 10. Meek Mill, Put up Malone, Drake, Travis Scott and Kodak Black maintained their strangleholds on the chart whereas rising artists akin to Blueface and YNW Melly managed to seek out their means onto the Prime 200.
A Boogie Reaches No. 1
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie earned the primary No. 1 album his profession, surpassing 21 Savage for the highest spot. The Bronx native’s Hoodie SZN moved 58,341 whole album equal items, edging out 21’s 55,719 items moved.
Though 21 offered way more in phrases pure album gross sales (2,804 copies in comparison with A Boogie’s 823), A Boogie’s streaming numbers allowed him to dethrone Slaughter Gang rhymer. The co-owner Highbridge The Label racked up greater than 83 million streams, making up for his comparatively modest album gross sales.
Previous to Hoodie SZN, A Boogie’s greatest performing venture was his debut album, The Larger Artist. The LP peaked at No. four in 2017.
R. Kelly Returns To Chart Amid Controversy
The elevated scrutiny going through R. Kelly resulting from Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly docu-series hasn’t stopped folks from listening to his music. Regardless of the outrage, an RCA Data compilation his work titled Important R. Kelly managed to make its means onto the Billboard 200.
The 35-track compilation reached No. 144 by promoting 6,832 whole album equal items. The venture, which was launched in 2014, contains some Kelly’s largest hits akin to “I Imagine I Can Fly” and “Ignition (Remix).”
Blueface & YNW Melly Crack Prime 200
A number of Hip Hop up-and-comers discovered their means onto Billboard 200 throughout a comparatively quiet week. Greater than six months after its launch, Blueface’s Well-known Cryp made its chart debut at No. 162. YNW Melly’s I Am You, which dropped final August, additionally snuck into the Prime 200 at No. 192. The meme-friendly Blueface moved 6,374 items whereas Melly secured a complete 5,680.
The 2 might have lucked out because of the gradual launch schedule in early January, but it surely’s nonetheless a noteworthy accomplishment for the newcomers. Their initiatives every attained over 9 million streams for the week, which is spectacular contemplating how way back they have been launched.
Prime 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 01/10/2019
Observe: The primary quantity under is that this week’s “whole album equal items” depend, an intersection album gross sales, single gross sales, and streams applied by Billboard’s new score system. A pure album gross sales determine is accessible in daring in parenthesis and details about every album’s streaming depend is accessible in brackets.
1. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Hoodie SZN — No. 1 — 58,341 (823) 83,023,006]
2. 21 Savage — I Am > I Was — No. 2 — 55,719 (2,804) 74,290,232]
three. Meek Mill — Championships — No. four — 46,386 (1,534) 59,122,941]
four. Put up Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys — No. 5 — 42,989 (four,679) 50,799,968]
5. Travis Scott — Astroworld — No. 6 — 41,148 (2,581) 51,781,966]
6. Drake — Scorpion — No. eight — 40,786 (three,119) 50,160,149]
7. Kodak Black — Dying To Stay — No. 9 — 38,512 (613) 53,780,461]
eight. Juice WRLD — Goodbye & Good Riddance — No. 13 — 27,252 (483) 41,663,452]
9. Cardi B — Invasion Of Privateness — No. 14 — 26,192 (2,087) 31,321,330]
10. YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more — Realer — No. 15 — 26,165 (403) 38,138,072]