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Just as was predicted, Justin Bieber’s album Justice has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming his eighth project to hit the top spot. Billboard reports that Justice opened with 154,000 equivalent album units in its first week, 119,000 of which came from SEA units, 30,000 from album sales, a little over 4,000 […]

The numbers are looking good for Rod Wave. According to first-week sales projections published by Hits Daily Double, the rapper’s sophomore album SoulFly is on track to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The project is expected to move between 25,000 to 150,000 units in its first week; 2,000 to 4,000 of which will be traditional album sales. […]

Justin Bieber’s newest album Justice is eyeing the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart. Sales predictions from Hits Daily Double show that Justice will move 130 to 140k total units for his debut, with 25 to 30k coming from album sales. This would be Bieber’s eighth album to debut at the top of […]

Drake just earned a historic Billboard Hot 100 debut with three songs topping the chart, and he’s used the occasion to thank one of his inspirations. After the entire Scary Hours 2 EP featuring Lil Baby and Rick Ross swiped the top three spots, Drizzy decided to throw a “1-2-3” themed party. The celebrations included cake […]

Billboard will soon incorporate Facebook video streams into its chart calculations. The publication announced the news on Wednesday afternoon, stating it will only factor in data from officially licensed music videos, and will not tally streams from user-generated content. The change will go into effect on March 27 and will reflect streams during the week of March […]

Audiomack streams are now factored into the Billboard chart calculations. The youth-driven streaming platform announced the change Tuesday, confirming its US data will be incorporated into Billboard U.S. and global charts take streaming data into account. These will include the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, Artist 100, and Billboard Global 200 charts. “Audiomack serves a unique listener base that […]

Playboi Carti’s latest album Whole Lotta Red is Billboard 200’s first No. 1 album of 2021—and also the rapper’s first-ever No. 1.  Billboard reports Whole Lotta Red moved 100,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 10,000 from album sales and 90,000 from streaming, which comes out to 126.43 million on-demand streams. The album performed below HitsDailyDouble projections, which were 125,000-135,000 on […]

Drake has defined the last decade in popular rap music, but at least one commentator thinks the era of Drizzy’s dominance is coming to an end. In a recent conversation on his Brilliant Idiots podcast, Charlamagne tha God said he thinks we’ve reached the end of de facto chart rule by the reliable hitmaker.  His […]

The numbers are looking strong for Playboi Carti. According to first-week projections published by HitsDailyDouble, Carti’s long-awaited Whole Lotta Red album is expected to debut atop of the charts and secure his first-ever No. 1 project. The record is projected to move 125,000-135,000 album equivalent units in its first week, potentially taking the top spot from Taylor […]

Taylor Swift’s latest album Evermore has debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, besting Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, which debuted at No. 2. Per Billboard, Swift’s surprise ninth studio album has sold 329,000 equivalent album units, 154,500 of which come from album sales, and 167,000 from streaming. It ultimately landed right […]