Playboi Carti Makes Billboard Charts History as New Album Music Debuts at No. 1

Playei books’s new album, Musichas debuted atop the Billboard 200. The Atlanta rapper’s second chart-topperfollowing Whole Lotta Redsold 298,000 equivalent album in its first week, Billboard Reports via lighted.

All 30 songs on Music have also placed on the Billboard Hot 100. As a result, Playboi Carti is the first rapper, and just the third-ever artist, to have every track on a 30-plus-song album make the singles chart. Previously, all 31 entries on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology charted, as did all 36 songs of Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time.

The highest-charting Music songs are “Evil J0rdan” and the Weeknd collaboration “Rather Lie,” which landed at Nos. 2 and 4, respectively. “Evil J0rdan” opened with 30.8 million streams, while “Rather Lie” had 26.6 million streams, according to Billboard. The lowest-charting Music entry is “Walk,” which debuted at No. 96. For good measure, Playboi Carti has a 31st song on the Hot 100, Hurry Up Tomorrow’s “Timeless,” which is at No. 23 and has now spent 25 weeks on the chart.

Playboi Books Reseased”https://pitchfork.com/news/playboi-carti-releases-new-album-music-listen/”>Music on Friday, March 14. The star-studded affair features Kendrick Lamar, the Weeknd, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, and others. Today (March 25), he shared the album’s deluxe version, Music – Sorry 4 da Wait. It includes “Different Day,” “2024,” “Backr00ms,” and “FOMDJ.” Find that below.