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Jhené Aiko Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Westside Whimsy’
The album earned 74,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 70,000 from streaming, according to Luminate.
- On The Billboard chart dated Sept. 26, Jhené Aiko secured her first No. 1 album with Westside Whimsy, earning 74,000 equivalent album units in the United States during its opening week.
- The milestone arrives 12 years and 10 months after Aiko first entered The Billboard chart with Sail Out in 2013, following her 2020 project Chilombo which reached the top 10.
- Streaming fueled the album's success, accounting for 70,000 of the 74,000 total units, while the project generated 71.33 million on-demand official streams during the tracking week.
- Aiko is the first female R&B artist to lead The Billboard chart in 2026, marking the first such achievement since SZA's SOS in May 2025; Bruno Mars' The Romantic is the only other R&B No. 1 this year.
- Released Sept. 11, the 20-track project features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Tyga, Larry June, and OHMA, announced just days before its surprise arrival.
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Jhené Aiko Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Westside Whimsy’
Jhené Aiko has scored her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with her fourth record “Westside Whimsy.” Aiko bows atop the chart with 74,000 equivalent album units, making it the first R&B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 this year and the first to reach No. 1 since SZA’s “SOS” […]
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Jhené Aiko’s first Billboard 200 No. 1 arrives as Westside Whimsy debuts atop the chart dated September 26, 2026, officially. The R&B singer earned 74,000 equivalent album units during the tracking week ending September 17, according to Luminate data. Westside Whimsy marks Aiko’s first chart-topping album after nearly thirteen years since she first entered Billboard...
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