Rod Wave is expected to debut at top of Billboard Charts next week.
This week, multiple albums were released and the projected first week numbers for Rod Wave and Megan Thee Stallion are here. Rod Wave finally released his fourth studio album “Beautiful Mind”, a follow-up to his last year’s “SoulFly”.
Just like his previous project, the St. Petersburg, Florida native is projected to earn another number 1 on US Billboard charts. The album is expected to move around 120-140k equivalent units in the first week, which will get him an easy top spot on Billboard 200.
Nevertheless, Beautiful Minds debuted with a total of 115,000 equivalent album units, consisting of 2,000 album sales, a small number of track equivalent album units, and 113,000 stream equal album units (157.73 million on-demand streaming of the 24 compositions).
Last year, “SoulFly“ topped the US Billboard 200 with 130,000 album-equivalent units. While 2019’s Ghetto Gospel and 2020’s Pray 4 Love racked up 27,000 and 72,000 first-week units, respectively. Beautiful Mind spanned 24 tracks with guest appearances by Jack Harlow and December Joy.
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“It’s just a rollercoaster,” he said about Beautiful Mind. “One minute you up, then you’re down, then you’re shooting back up. It just goes up and down, up and down. I was kinda thinking, should I have did it like that, because I ain’t want nobody to be emotionally drained listening to it. But that’s what they’re asking for, so I’ma give it to them.”
.@rodwave‘s ‘Beautiful Mind’ aiming for #1 debut on the US albums chart with 120-140K units sold first week (via @HITSDD).
— chart data (@chartdata) August 13, 2022
Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion is looking at a top 10 spot on US Billboard as her album “Traumazine” is projected to move 40-50K equivalent units in the first week. The WAP hitmaker is yet to receive a #1 debut album on US Billboard as her previous effort “Good News” debuted at number 2 in 2020 with 100,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
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.@theestallion‘s #TRAUMAZINE aiming for top 10 debut on the US albums chart with 40-50K units sold first week (via @HITSDD).
— chart data (@chartdata) August 13, 2022
“Traumazine” arrived with 18 tracks, featuring guest appearances from Future, Key Glock, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Jhene Aiko, Dua Lipa and more.
Opening day Spotify streams for hip hops biggest new releases 📈
8.6m – Rod Wave (album)
6.3m – Megan Thee Stallion (album)
3.4m – Nicki Minaj #SuperFreakyGirl (single)
503k – Tyga, Jhene Aiko & Pop Smoke (single)— Hip Hop All Day (@HipHopAllDayy) August 13, 2022
Rod Wave’s latest project topped the chart, scoring rapper’s second #1 album. The album moved 115,000 equivalent units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 18. Megan Thee Stallion scores her fifth top 10, all earned consecutively, as Traumazine starts at No. 4.
Beautiful Mind’s 115,000 equivalent album units earned, includes SEA units comprise 113,000 (equaling 157.73 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 24 tracks), album sales comprise 2,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.
