“Sincerely, Kentrell” Topple “Certified Lover Boy” to debut at top of Billboard 200.
Last week, NBA Youngboy dropped his long-awaited album “Sincerely, Kentrell” and the project was battling Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” on the US Billboard 200 Chart. Now the final numbers are in, and NBA Youngboy’s album earned the number 1 spot on Billboard 200 with moving around 138k copies in the first week. The project just managed to surpass Drizzy, whose “CLB” album earned 135k sales in its fourth week.
Kentrell was backed up by five singles: “Toxic Punk,” “White Teeth,” “Nevada,” “Life Support,” and “On My Side.” The album garnered mostly excellent reviews from reviewers and was a financial success, entering at number one on the US Billboard.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s ‘Sincerely, Kentrell’ to debut at #1 on the US albums chart with 138K units sold first week. His biggest start ever (via @HITSDD).
— chart data (@chartdata) October 1, 2021
Sincerely, Kentrell debuted on the chart this week with a total of 137,775 equivalent album units, comprising 10,199 album sales, 701 track equivalent album units, and 126,874 streaming equivalent album units, according to HITS Daily Double. CLB, which had a three-week reign at No. 2 with 134,949 equivalent album units, falls to No. 2 following a few thousand unit lead.
Last week, the Toronto rapper earned the third successive week number 1, after declining a top spot to Lil Nas X’s latest project “MONTERO“. Drake’s album debuted at #1 in the first week, with the highest numbers of 2021, 604k.
This was YoungBoy’s fourth number one debut in the United States. The album also received 186.29 million on-demand streaming over its 23 tracks. Furthermore, YoungBoy became the third rapper to have a number one album while jailed, including Tupac and Lil Wayne. The album fell to fourth place in its second week, selling 71,000 sales.
NBA Youngboy’s latest project featured 23 tracks with no guest appearances. The incarcerated rapper’s last year’s album “Top” also debuted at #1 on the US Chart.
Lil Nas X, Kanye West, and Olivia Rodrigo are at Nos. 3, 4, and 5 on the chart, respectively, while Doja Cat, Morgan Wallen, The Kid LAROI, Billie Eilish, and ITZY round out the bottom half of this week’s top 10.
US album chart update (FINAL; via @HITSDD):
#1 YoungBoy Never Broke Again 138K
#2 @Drake 135K
#3 @LilNasX 60K
#4 @kanyewest 48K
#5 @Olivia_Rodrigo 45K
#6 @DojaCat 44.5K
#7 @MorganWallen 39K
#8 @thekidlaroi 35K
#9 @billieeilish 31K
#10 @ITZYofficial 26K— chart data (@chartdata) October 1, 2021
