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…

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…
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