Young Thug earns 8th top 10 charting album on Billboard.
The first week numbers for the latest releases are here, and Young Thug’s new album “Business is Business” earns a top 10 debut on Billboard.
The incarcerated rapper’s third studio album debuts at #2 on US Billboard 200 with 89,000 equivalent album units, which includes SEA units comprising 80,000 (equaling 106.32 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 8,500 and TEA units comprise 500. This is Thugger’s 8th top 10 charting project on the Billboard 200.
Billboard 200: #2(new) @youngthug, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS 89,000 [106.32 million on-demand streams | 8,500 pure sales].
— chart data (@chartdata) July 2, 2023
This was the rapper’s first project since he was arrested in the RICO case last year, and a follow-up to 2021’s “Punk“. Thug’s new album features 15 tracks, with guest appearances from Drake, Future, 21 Savage, Yak Gotti, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert and more.
.@youngthug‘s ‘BUSINESS IS BUSINESS’ ties #AgustD‘s ‘D-DAY’ and @nfrealmusic‘s ‘Hope’ as the highest debuting rap albums on the Billboard 200 in 2023 (all #2). pic.twitter.com/zCDgUWZaSx
— chart data (@chartdata) July 2, 2023
Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen continued to make history on the charts as he earned his 15th non-consecutive week at #1 on the US Billboard 200. This is the most weeks at No. 1 among all albums since Adele’s 21 earned 24 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2011-12.
Billboard 200: #1(=) @MorganWallen, One Thing At A Time 110,500 (2,941,000 units since release). *fifteenth week at #1*
— chart data (@chartdata) July 2, 2023
.@MorganWallen‘s ‘One Thing At A Time’ breaks the record for most weeks selling over 100,000 units on the Billboard 200 in the streaming era, surpassing @sanbenito‘s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ (17 weeks in a row). pic.twitter.com/PvoPXlNf7d
— chart data (@chartdata) July 2, 2023
Just recently, Thugger also assisted Killer Mike on his new album “MICHAEL“, and Rae Sremmurd on their comeback album “Sremm 4 Life”.
