NBA Youngboy debuts at #2 on Billboard with “The Last Slimeto”.
In a surprising turn of events, NBA Youngboy lost the Billboard top spot to Bad Bunny with just a narrow margin. Youngboy’s new album “The Last Slimeto” was projected to top the charts with 114k equivalent units in the first week, but the final numbers show the rapper earned 108,400 total units with 161.92 million on-demand streams with 5,000 pure sales.
Billboard 200: #2(new) YoungBoy Never Broke Again, The Last Slimeto 108,400 [161.92 million on-demand streams | 5,000 pure sales].
— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022
The rapper lost to Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” by just 600 units as it earned 109,000 units this week. This is Bad Bunny’s eighth week on the top of Billboard Charts in the 14th week of the album release. The project has sold 1,886,000 units since its release.
Un Verano Sin Ti has spent 15 weeks on the chart and has never fallen out of the top two. The Billboard album chart campaign hasn’t gotten off to a stronger beginning since Drake’s Views album from 2016, which ran 17 weeks straight in the top two.
Billboard 200: #1(+1) Bad Bunny (@sanbenito), Un Verano Sin Ti 109,000 (1,886,000 units since release). *re-peak; eighth week at #1*
— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022
However, this is NBA Youngboy’s third top 10 album on the Billboard 200 in 2022, which is a record. He has now earned a milestone of ten top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, all in less than five years.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again has now earned a milestone ten top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, all in less than five years.
— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022
YoungBoy Never Broke Again extends his record as the artist with the most new top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in 2022 (3).
— chart data (@chartdata) August 15, 2022
NBA Youngboy’s new album featured 30 tracks, with guest appearances from Kehlani, Rod Wave and Quavo. The album also contains production by YoungBoy’s in-house producer and engineer, Jason “Cheese” Goldberg, as well as Bobby Raps, DJ Suede the Remix God, JetsonMade, OG Parker, Southside, and many more renowned rap producers.
Four singles were released in promotion of The Last Slimeto: “Mr. Grim Reaper,” “I Hate YoungBoy,” “Don’t Rate Me” featuring Quavo, and “Vette Motors.”
The rapper followed it up with two new albums in 2023, his fifth project “I Rest My Case“, and the sixth album “Don’t Try This at Home” through Motown Records and Never Broke Again. Youngboy’s latest project featured appearances from Mariah the Scientist, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, and the Kid Laroi.
