Young Thug finally reached the pinnacle the Billboard 200. After never seeing any his solo projects crack the Top 5, Thugger attained the first No. 1 entry his career thanks to his latest album So Much Fun.
While Thugger had the best performance the week, Quality Control’s Control The Streets Volume 2 compilation also secured a Top 3 spot. The rest the notable Hip Hop debuts came in further down the chart. A$AP Ferg’s Floor Seats entered at No. 50, Snoop Dogg’s I Wanna Thank Me opened at No. 76 and Pop Smoke’s Meet The Woo landed at No. 173.
Outside debuts, Trippie Redd and Drake saw their respective projects drop out the Top 10. Trippie’s ! plummeted from No. 3 to No. 31. Drizzy’s descent wasn’t as steep though with Care Package falling from No. 8 to No. 20.
No. 1 Fun
Young Thug’s So Much Fun hit No. 1 on the latest Billboard 200 thanks to an impressive streaming performance. The LP racked up 131,482 total album equivalent units f the strength 167,906,216 streams. The YSL Records founder’s project sold a modest 4,805 copies in terms pure album sales.
Thugger’s previous career peak was No. 2, but it came with the help Future when the two teamed up for the collaborative release Super Slimey in 2017. Prior to So Much Fun, Thug’s highest-charting solo work was Slime Season 3, which peaked at No. 7.
Still Controlling The Streets
Quality Control’s massive compilation Control The Streets Volume 2 surpassed its predecessor by debuting at No. 3. The original Control The Streets peaked at No. 5.
The 36-song album moved 63,746 total album equivalent units with only 1,372 those copies coming from pure album sales. The LP’s performance couldn’t be much a surprise due to the sheer amount star power involved. Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, Migos, DaBaby and Young Thug were among the many artists who contributed to the record.
No Thanks For Snoop
Snoop Dogg used to be a dominant force on the Billboard 200, but the Hip Hop OG isn’t making the same impact these days. The D-O-Double-G’s I Wanna Thank Me entered at No. 76, a far cry from his ’90s run that earned him three No. 1 albums.
The Doggfather’s 17th solo LP sold 9,131 total album equivalent units, resulting in one the lowest-charting albums his career. Outside some compilations, Snoop’s only studio release to have a worse performance was last year’s Bible Of Love, which reached No. 148. The West Coast legend has been on a downward trend late, watching his peaks decline with 2016’s Coolaid (No. 40) and 2017’s Neva Left (No. 54).
Top 10 Billboard 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 08/22/2019
Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
1. Young Thug — So Much Fun — No. 1 — 131,482 4,805] (167,906,216)
2. Quality Control — Control The Streets Volume 2 — No. 3 — 63,746 1,372] (82,574,252)
3. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You — No. 6 — 34,766 5,062] (33,919,050)
4. Chris Brown — Indigo — No. 7 — 31,794 1,385] (38,931,864)
5. Rick Ross — Port Of Miami 2 — No. 8 — 28,719 6,369] (27,561,245)
6. Khalid — Free Spirit — No. 9 — 27,269 1,718] (33,495,929)
7. Lil Nas X — 7 — No. 11 — 26,918 277] (34,263,411)
8. Dreamville & J. Cole — Revenge Of The Dreamers III — No. 15 — 24,579 289] (33,931,018)
9. NF — The Search — No. 16 — 23,292 3,719] (26,566,886)
10. Post Malone — Beerbongs & Bentleys — No. 18 — 22,602 1,060] (29,300,428)