Kehlani's "Kehlani" sets female R&B debut sales week record

Kehlani lands at #4 on Billboard 200 with new album

The R&B star earns one of the year’s strongest female R&B openings with 69,000 first-week units. Kehlani is back in the Billboard Top 5. The singer’s self-titled fifth studio album, ‘Kehlani’, has debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, earning 69,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Of that total, 24,000 came from pure album sales, marking a major commercial moment for the Oakland-born R&B artist. Released on April 24 through Atlantic Reco…

Kehlani's "Kehlani" sets female R&B debut sales week record

Kehlani’s “Kehlani” sets female R&B debut sales week record Kehlani has delivered one of the biggest R&B moments of 2026. Her self-titled album Kehlani debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. It also earned the largest opening sales week for an R&B album by a woman this year. The project arrived on April 24 and quickly gained traction across streaming platforms and social media. This release shows how Kehlani continues to evolve. It also highligh…