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Playboi Carti’s MUSIC has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, the publication reported on Sunday (March 23). The 30-song undertaking moved a formidable 298,000 album-equivalent items, which in the end marked the largest rap debut of 2025.
In accordance with Luminate knowledge, MUSIC scored the second-biggest debut of the yr to date throughout all genres, proper behind Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” collaborator The Weeknd, whose Hurry Up Tomorrow opened with 490,000 items. Trailing behind at No. 3 is Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, which, regardless of having some rap songs on it, was billed as an R&B launch and managed to promote 246,000 inside its opening week.
How Playboi Carti’s Rollout Technique Helped ‘MUSIC’ Go No. 1 On The 200 Chart
It goes with out saying the demand for MUSIC was already there, contemplating Playboi Carti’s final album was 2020’s Complete Lotta Pink. Nonetheless, on the advertising and marketing facet, the rapper’s third LP went up for pre-order in September 2024, proper alongside the discharge of “ALL RED” — one other heater that sadly didn’t make the ultimate minimize.
Three digital variants are additionally obtainable by way of the rapper’s official web site, and in line with Billboard, CDs — at present obtainable in eight variations — are set to start out transport within the coming weeks, which might give MUSIC one other push.
Different Rappers Who Went No. 1 On The 200 Chart In 2025
Although we’re only some months into the yr, MUSIC and Lil Child’s WHAM have been the one Hip Hop tasks to debut at No. 1 on the 200 chart to date. The “Woah” artist opened with 140,000 album-equivalent items. He’s obtained one other providing, titled Dominique, coming in Might, so don’t be shocked if he does it once more.
In the meantime, Playboi Carti and DJ Swamp Izzo hinted at probably unloading a second undertaking in 2025 as properly. “I’m not performed,” the “MOJO JOJO” rapper stated on Saturday (March 22).