Lil Wayne Extends Decades-Long Billboard Chart Streak Thanks To Tyler, The Creator

Lil Wayne has extended a two-decade-plus Billboard chart streak, courtesy of his appearance on the new album from Tyler, The Creator.

LilWayneHQ spotted the fact that Tyler’s “Sticky” breaking into the Hot 100 this week means that Wayne has had an appearance on the Billboard singles chart every year from 2004 to the present — 21 years.

The streak began with two 2004 tracks, “Go DJ” and Destiny’s Child‘s “Soldier,” the latter of which featured guest appearances from both Weezy and T.I.

“Sticky” marks the third time Tyler and Wayne have made the chart with a collaboration. The first was The Game‘s “Martians Vs Goblins” in 2011, and the second was “Hot Wind Blows,” from Tyler’s 2021 project Call Me If You Get Lost.

“Sticky” wasn’t the only chart success Tyler’s had recently.

His new album Chromakopiahas not only landed him at the top of the Billboard album chart, it’s also given him something he’s never had before: top 10 singles.

Two songs from the project, “St. Chroma” and “Noid,” made it to the top 10 of Billboard’s latest Hot 100 singles chart, dated November 9. The former, which features Daniel Caesar, debuted at No. 7. “Noid” made a huge leap up the chart, from No. 43 last week to No. 10.

These are the first top 10 singles of Tyler’s career. His previous highest-charting single was 2019’s “Earfquake,” which topped out at No. 13.

As for the album chart, Chromakopia debuted at the top after earning 299,500 equivalent units, according to Billboard.

Of that figure, 157,000 came from on-demand streams (which totaled 212.55 million), while album sales accounted for 142,000. The remaining 500 was from TEA (track equivalent album) units.

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It means Chromakopia has the second highest tally of any rap album this year, behind only the commercial release of Travis Scott‘s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo (361,000).

The figure also represents the biggest first week of Tyler’s career, eclipsing fellow chart-toppers IGOR, which opened with 165,000 units, and Call Me If You Get Lost, which moved 169,000.

Making Chromakopia’s sales all the more impressive is the fact that the album had a short tracking week due to it being released on a Monday instead of the customary Friday.