After a hard-fought battle, Gunna has managed to shoot straight to #1 on the Billboard 200 – narrowly powering past Pop star The Weeknd.
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With the final numbers tallied, the MC has debuted at #1 with his latest studio album ‘DS4Ever.’
The LP, which features the likes of Drake, rumored boo Chloe Bailey, Chris Brown, and Future, launched in pole position with sales of 150,300 units.
Streaming led the charge. For, of that sum, 144,600 were streaming-accrued units.
Gunna pulled off the feat ever-so-slightly.
The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’ – which appeared to be leading the race – was hot on his heels and delivered a final count of 148,000. Meaning the project had to settle for #2.
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It’s of note that ‘DS4Ever’ was sold for $7.99 on iTunes, while Gunna’s official online store sold the LP digitally for $4 – the latter of which still met the minimum threshold to count on the Billboard 200 ($3.99).
For The Weeknd, the numbers represent a near 60% drop from 2020’s ‘After Hours’ – which premiered at #1 with 444,000.
With both releases, physical editions were not available at the time of their respective roll-outs. So, time will tell if the inevitable CDs, vinyl, cassettes, and the like will give the albums legs moving forward.