Kanye West is no stranger to dominating the Billboard 200.
Indeed, since 2005’s ‘Late Registration,’ the Chi-Town native has built a near-unbreakable streak of chart-topping solo albums.
But, as the age-old adage goes, all things come to an end – and that includes his #1 run.
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The rapper’s new project, ‘Bully,’ has officially debuted at #2, marking his first solo studio album to miss the top spot in over two decades.
Instead, BTS continues their reign with ‘ARIRANG,’ which holds firm at #1 for a second week with 187,000 equivalent album units.
Meanwhile, ‘Bully’ launches strong but not strong enough, pulling in 152,000 units. The lion’s share was accrued via streaming, with 98.43 million on-demand streams powering its performance.
Despite being one of pop culture’s most polarizing provocateurs and easily one of its loudest, Ye’s LP landed sans minimal conventional promotion.
Avoiding the conventional press trail, West instead mounted shows at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium and was announced as headliner at all three days of the Wireless Festival in London.
As reported, the latter has come under fresh fire after Pepsi recidned its sponsorship of the globally-renowned spectacle in the wake of mounting condemnation of West from prominent figures, including the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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