YoungBoy Never Broke Again Scores Third No. 1 Debut

by Ahalya Narayanan - 21.09.2020 First Published 21,September 2020, 1:46 PM

Rapper, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, scores his third consecutive debut atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, making it his third No. 1 in less than11 months. The artists recent release, “Top”, landed at No. 1 on this week’s chart rankings with sales units equivalent to 126,000 units in its debut week.

“Top” Reigns Supreme

In addition, the album earned an equivalent of 156.32 million on-demand streams. Further, YoungBoy’s No.1 this time around finds him in less than a year. His first album to score No. 1 was “AI YoungBoy 2”, which debuted atop the chart on the 26th of Oct, 2019. And, then, his second release, “38 Baby 2” ranked No. 1 on the 9th of May, 2020. Also, being signed to Warner Music’s Atlantic, the hot debut of “Top” breaks UMG’s 15-week winning streak on the chart.

YoungBoy Joins August Company

Raking in the stellar record, YoungBoy finds himself in august company, surrounded by BTS and fellow rapper, Future. The last act to score three consecutive No. 1 debuts atop the chart is BTS. In addition, they surpass YoungBoy’s record time by a close margin – 10 months and 25 days. Their albums, “Love Yourself: Tear” (2nd June, 2018), “Love Yourself: Answer” (8th Sept, 2018) and “Love Yourself: Persona” (27th April, 2019), all debuted at No. 1 on the 200 Albums Chart.

Further, the last solo act to achieve a similar feat was fellow rapper, Future. The artist scored three consecutive No. 1s in a relatively shorter span of time – 6 months and 3 weeks.

This Week’s Top 10

Joining YoungBoy on this week’s rankings are steady occupants at No. 2 and No. 3 – Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” and Juice WRLD’s “Legends Never Die”. And, coming in at No. 4 is Taylor Swift’s “folklore”, gaining 1 spot from last week’s ranking. Last week’s No. 1, Big Sean, falls 1-7 with his album, “Detroit 2”. In addition, Post Malone’s 2019 release, “Hollywood’s Bleeding” continues its magnetic impact on the chart, holding strong at No. 10, more than a year later.

By: Ahalya Narayanan