Tyler, the Creator tops Billboard with new album CHROMAKOPIA.
Tyler, the Creator earns the biggest debut of his career with his latest album CHROMAKOPIA. The project which first projected to move around 250k units, has now earns 300k equivalent album units in the first week, with only four days of tracking.
The project move 299,500 units, with 212.55 million on-demand streams and 142,000 pure sales. This is Tyler’s third consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200. He previously earned top debuts with critically acclaimed “IGOR” (2019) and “Call Me If You Get Lost” (2021), both won Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards.
Billboard 200: #1(new) @tylerthecreator, CHROMAKOPIA 299,500 [212.55 million on-demand streams | 142,000 pure sales].
— chart data (@chartdata) November 3, 2024
‘CHROMAKOPIA’ marks Tyler, the Creator’s third consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200. pic.twitter.com/lsLUjo4nSO
— chart data (@chartdata) November 3, 2024
CHROMAKOPIA has now earned the sixth biggest week sales of the years, and the biggest debut for a hip-hop album. The top of the list is still Taylor Swift’s “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” with 2.61 million first-week sales.
Biggest US album debuts of 2024:
#1 THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT 2.61M
#2 COWBOY CARTER 407K
#3 Short n’ Sweet 362K
#4 DAYS BEFORE RODEO 361K
#5 HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 339K
#6 CHROMAKOPIA 300K
#7 The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) 281K
#8 WE DON’T TRUST YOU 251K
#9…— chart data (@chartdata) November 3, 2024
The new album comes with a pack of 14 songs, with guest appearances comes from Teezo Touchdown, Childish Gambino, GloRilla, Sexyy Red, Lil Wayne, ScHoolboy Q, Doechii and more.