Playboi Carti Scores Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘MUSIC’
- Playboi Carti's album Music has debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with 298,000 album equivalent units in the U.S. As reported by Billboard.
- The album achieved 384 million on-demand official streams in its first week, marking the biggest streaming week for any album in nearly a year, according to Luminate.
- Carti's Music unseats Lady Gaga's Mayhem, which slipped to Number Two with 74,000 units, according to Billboard.
- The rapper's previous Number One album, Whole Lotta Red, debuted with over 100,000 first-week units in January 2021 and has since been certified gold.
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Playboi Carti’s ‘Music’ Bows at Number One
Playboi Carti’s Music debuts at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the publication reports. It’s the Atlanta artist’s second Number One album, further cementing his commercial stature ahead of his upcoming stadium tour. The project debuted with 298,000 album equivalent album units in the U.S., according to Luminate. Of those units, streams comprise 283,000 (equaling 284 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs). With…
Playboi Carti Scores Second No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ‘MUSIC’
Playboi Carti captures his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his latest studio project, MUSIC, debuts atop the tally dated March 29. The set debuts with 298,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 20, according to Luminate. That marks the biggest week of 2025 for a rap album. It also arrives with the biggest streaming week for a rap set since 2023. Playboi Carti previously topped the chart with h…
Charts: Playboy Carti Streamed Most Tracks This Week, But Lady Gaga Caused the Most Sales Mayhem - Showbiz411
The top 50 albums is a weird, sad place as usual this week. Playboy Carti finished at number 1 with 302,000 equivalent albums sold. The problem for Carti is that 290,000 were all streaming. He actually only 10,000 CDs and paid downloads of his new album. Fans were curious but didn’t need to own his […] The post Charts: Playboy Carti Streamed Most Tracks This Week, But Lady Gaga Caused the Most Sales Mayhem appeared first on Showbiz411.

Will Smith Bumps Playboi Carti, and It Was Lowkey Cringe
Is Will Smith now a Vamp? After cooking up some music in real-time on PlaqueBoyMax’s stream, Will stepped out of the booth for a break. Max saw the perfect opportunity to introduce him to “OPM BABI” from Playboi Carti’s new album. What happened next was pure comedy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by XXL (@xxl) The second the beat dropped, Will looked lost. His face twisted up like he just smelled something foul, and you could tell h…
Kai Cenat Had The ‘Craziest’ Time Joining Playboi Carti During His Rolling Loud Set
Kish/Rolling Loud Media It was an eventful weekend for Playboi Carti: He released a new album, Music, and performed a headlining set at Rolling Loud California. The “Good Credit” rapper was joined by The Weeknd, as well as Kai Cenat. The Twitch star described his experience at Rolling Loud during a recent livestream. “Chat, I don’t know what it was. When I got on that stage, it’s something different. When I got on that stage, I just turned into …
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