NBA Youngboy and Eminem to debut in the Billboard Top 5 with new projects.
The projected first-week numbers for NBA Youngboy’s “The Last Slimeto” and Eminem’s “Curtain Call 2” are here. The Baton Rouge rapper’s last project from Atlantic Records is fighting for the number 1 spot on Billboard 200 as it is expected to sell around 102k equivalent units in the first week. Bad Bunny looks to return to the top spot on US Charts with his record-breaking album “Un verano sin ti”.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s ‘The Last Slimeto’ challenging @sanbenito‘s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ for #1 on the US albums chart this week, both over 100K units (via @HITSDD).
— chart data (@chartdata) August 9, 2022
Beyonce, who debuted at the top of the Billboard chart this week with her new album “Renaissance“, will be dropped to the #3 spot with 90k second-week album sales. The new album topped the charts with 332k album-equivalent units in the first week.
Eminem’s second greatest hits album “Curtain Call 2″ will earn him a top 5 spot with 44k equivalent units in the first week. The double disc 35-track album featured Detroit rapper’s greatest hits from 2009, which includes collaborations with Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Beyonce, Joyner Lucas, Royce da 5’9”, Kehlani, Juice WRLD, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and more.
On the day of release, Eminem’s double disc received more Spotify streams—13 million—than any other hip-hop project that Friday. Em wasn’t the only one preventing YoungBoy from reaching the top, either. YoungBoy drops to No. 3 as Calvin Harris’ joint effort with the multitude of hip-hop talents has the second-most streamed debut of the day.
US albums chart preview (via @HITSDD):
#1 Bad Bunny (@sanbenito) 107K
#2 YoungBoy Never Broke Again 102K
#3 @Beyonce 90K
#4 @MorganWallen 48K
#5 @Eminem 44K
#6 @Harry_Styles 42K
#7 @1future 28K
#8 @theweeknd 26K
#9 @Drake 26K
#10 @oliviarodrigo 25K— chart data (@chartdata) August 9, 2022
The Baton Rouge continued making history as the rapper now becomes the youngest artist in history to chart 100 hits on Billboard Hot 100. The rapper’s latest song to chart is “Big Truck” which debuts at #100 on the US Hot 100. The rapper achieved the milestone at 23 years, six months and two weeks old.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again has now charted a milestone 100 songs on the Hot 100. Youngest artist in history to achieve this. pic.twitter.com/YFJdCEhSZ0
— chart data (@chartdata) May 1, 2023
In 2023, NBA Youngboy already released two more projects. At the start of the year, Youngboy dropped “I Rest My Case“, and followed it up with “Don’t Try This At Home” in April.
