Lil Uzi Vert
Four new releases take the top four spots on this week’s Billboard 200 chart, with seven debuts overall in the top ten. Rapper Lil Uzi Vert debuts at #1 with Luv Is Rage 2, earning 135,000 equivalent album units. Luv Is Rage 2 was a huge streaming hit, as 100,000 of its units came from on-demand streams. It is the largest SEA total for a release since Kendrick Lamar‘s DAMN. topped that figure in May.
Rapper XXXTentacion debuts at #2 with his first full-length record, 17. It earned 87,000 units. Rockers Queens of the Stone Age land at #3 with Villains, which was also the best-selling release of the week. Pop group Fifth Harmony earned the fourth top ten debut of the week with their new eponymous release at #4. It is their first record since splitting with member Camila Cabello.
The aforementioned Kendrick Lamar album DAMN. is at #5. Rap collective A$AP Mob‘s Cozy Tapes, Vol. 2: Too Cozy bows at #6, giving them the third hip-hop release to debut in the top ten of the Billboard 200 this week.
At #7 is yet another new release, with Country group Old Dominion‘s sophomore album Happy Endings. Khalid is at #8 with Kodak Black at #9. The seventh and final top ten chart debut this week comes from Rock group The War on Drugs with their new album A Deeper Understanding at #10.
According to Billboard, it is the first time seven new releases debuted in the top ten since last November.
