Cyrus Langhorne
Rappers Logic and Lil Yachty have plenty to celebrate this week. The hip-hop artists’ newest solo albums have both landed Top 5 spots on the Billboard 200 chart.
After a hefty 7 days, Logic’s Bobby Tarantino II managed to edge Yachty’s Lil Boat 2 with over 100,000 sold copies.
Logic scores his second No. 1 album in less than a year on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, debuts atop the list. The set, which was released on March 9 through Visionary/Def Jam, bows with 119,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music. At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Lil Yachty notches a new personal high-water mark on the list, as he sails in with his new studio album, Lil Boat 2, bowing with 64,000 units (7,000 in traditional album sales). (Billboard)
Initial estimates had Logic easily beating Yachty in the sales chart battle.
Logic (Def Jam) 115-125k total activity, 30-34k album
David Byrne (Nonesuch) 57-62k, 56-61k
Lil Yachty (Quality Control/Motown/Capitol) 57-62k, 6-8k
Judas Priest (Epic) 36-40k, 35-39k
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Stax/Concord) 30-34k, 28-32k
Jimi Hendrix (Legacy) 29-34k, 27-30k
Three Days Grace (RCA) 14-17k, 13-15k (HITS Daily Double)
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