In the wake of Lil Peep’s death, his debut album Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 1has hit the Billboard 200 chart at #169 for the week ending November 16. The 21-year-old emo rapper died on November 15 from a suspected drug overdose.
Chris Brown’s Heartbreak On A Full Moon saw a 31 percent decline in sales but is still holding the #3 slot, while Post Malone’s Stoney reenters the Top 5 at #4. Elsewhere on the chart, Offset, 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s Without Warning project sits in the Top 10 at #6.
Lil Peep Charts For 1st Time
Lil Peep delivered his debut album Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 1 in August and it failed to chart upon its release. Following Peep’s untimely death, the album has entered the chart at #169 with 5,132 total album equivalent units (1,163 in pure albums and a streaming count of 5,473,386.
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Countless fans and peers alike have taken to social media to express their condolences. Consequently, his death has sparked a conversation about the epidemic of prescription drug abuse happening across America. Lil Uzi Vert also announced he was taking steps toward sobriety in the wake of Peep’s death.
3 Is The Magic Number?
Chris Brown’s massive 45-track album, Heartbreak On A Full Moon,remains in the #3 slot for the third week in a row. With 50,542 total album equivalent units sold (10,193 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 56,625,833), it was enough to maintain his Top 5 placement despite the 31 percent decline in sales.
The R&B singer’s last album, Royalty, was released in 2015 and peaked at #3.
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Post Malone Still Maintaining
Post Malone’s Stoney album was released in December 2016 and debuted on the Billboard 200 at #6. Forty-nine weeks later, Stoney returns to the Top 5 and currently sits at #4. With 38,873 total album equivalent units sold (2,800 in pure album sales and a streaming count of 49,480,306), it only had a decline of three percent.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 11/16/2017
Note: The first number below is this week’s “total album equivalent units” count, an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboard’s new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
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- Chris Brown — Heartbreak On A Full Moon — #3 — 50,542 (10,193) [56,625,833]
- Post Malone — Stoney — #4 — 38,873 (2,800) [49,480,306]
- Offset, 21 Savage & Metro Boomin — Without Warning — #6 — 37,086 (2,264)[50,516,484]
- Lil Uzi Vert — Luv Is Rage 2 — #11 — 30,611 (457) [43,416,410]
- Lil Pump — Lil Pump — #13 — 28,461 (1,170) [37,322,469]
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. — #14 — 24,997 (3,636) [29,143,939]
- Khalid — American Teen — #15 — 27,377 (2,103) [30,217,575]
- Gucci Mane — Mr. Davis — #19 — 18,898 (1,668) [24,137,959]
- A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie — Bigger Artist — #20 — 18,737 (283) [26,766,375]
- XXXTENTACION — 17 — #21 — 18,709 (500) [26,417,012]
