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Lil Uzi Vert Scores Top 10 Chart Debut With “Eternal Atake 2” Despite Fans’ Disappointment

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Fans didn’t think that Lil Uzi Vert would do too well commercially with Eternal Atake 2, but even a disappointing performance compared to the triple-digit numbers of Pink Tape and the first Eternal Atake took them a long way. The new album, which many fans disliked per online discussions, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart with 59K units sold in its first week. This is the Philly superstar’s fifth top ten debut and falls behind Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet at number two and Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA at number one, its second consecutive week atop the chart.

Furthermore, this caused a lot of fans to debate the weight and significance of Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake 2, something that they already debated from a critical reception standpoint upon its release. While this is not as impressive as other commercial performances from them, they still remain a massive and resonant enough cultural force to chart higher than any brand-new hip-hop album this week. Plus, when you compare the rollouts and single pushes with other LPs, it’s easy to see how this did not have the highest performance ceiling, either.

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Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake 2 Lands No. 3 Spot On Billboard 200

All in all, we doubt that Lil Uzi Vert minds this and is instead grateful for all the love and support for Eternal Atake 2, as their mission remains committed to their fanbase above all else. Also, this release pushed more extracurricular avenues for them that continue to speak to their cultural grip on many rap fans and music consumers. For example, Nike launched a new Eternal Atake 2 Air Force 1 Low, which is only available for friends and family at press time. Maybe it sees a wider release down the pipeline, which many fans would love to see.

Elsewhere, Lil Uzi Vert feels energized by Eternal Atake 2‘s release no matter if it sold ten copies or ten billion. They teased more new music coming soon, remarking that they remain hard at work in the studio with fresh material. Maybe the frequency of these drops will push Uzi further up the charts or more focused on what their core fans love.

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Travis Scott’s Label Accuses Billboard & Luminate Of Sabotaging Sabrina Carpenter Race

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The conspiracy theory that Sabrina Carpenter robbed Travis Scott of a No. 1 Billboard album chart debut just got even more contentious. Moreover, for those unaware, these artists had one of the closest sales races in recent memory, with Sabrina’s Short N’ Sweet beating our Travis’ re-released DAYS BEFORE RODEO by just about 1,000 units as of September 3’s final results. But a new Vulture article claims that the publication reportedly received a very interesting alleged letter sent from Scott’s label Cactus Jack to Billboard and Luminate, which is the company that tracks Billboard‘s weekly chart data. In it, Cactus Jack accused them of a “unreliable and incomplete” data tracking process that legitimately cost their artist a chart-topping debut.

However, the Cactus Jack brand claimed that they are “not reaching out as management for an upset artist” but rather as representatives of Travis Scott’s label and store. This is all a bit complicated and alleged, but we’ll try to sum up the gist of it under the unconfirmed assumption that this is what the supposed letter contains. Basically, Cactus Jack learned that “about 1,000 units” of DBR that came out as new digital deluxe editions on August 29 (the last tracking day) at 11:20 EST would not be reported this week, but rather in the next tracking week due to a delay. The label reportedly didn’t take issue with this since they were in the lead as of Saturday, August 31 by about 11,000 copies. But Carpenter took the lead by Sunday through independent retail sales.

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Travis Scott & Sabrina Carpenter Sales Battle Is Still Under Scrutiny

Furthermore, the letter from Travis Scott’s label accuses Luminate and Billboard of weighting Sabrina’s indie record sales more heavily than regular album sales. According to them, this contrasted the decision to stop that particular weighting practice at the start of 2024 to ensure more accuracy. “It clearly bumped Sabrina’s final number of units just above Travis by almost the exact amount of units we erroneously ‘lost’ that would have counted toward week 1,” the letter reportedly reads. These units “comprised 1,291 actual units verified to have timestamps between 11:45–11:59pm” according to the letter. Cactus Jack claims that they tried to speak to Luminate about this before September 3.

Another alleged element is that this same situation happened to Travis Scott’s UTOPIA last year, but that they were able to count it that time around. As such, there’s a bit of a contentious discrepancy here according to the letter. Finally, the most scandalous claim from this letter is the accusation that the Luminate employee that Cactus Jack and Single tried to resolve this unit issue with is a former employee of Sabrina Carpenter’s label, Island Records. They think that this employee had a biased reason for Carpenter to get the No. 1 spot, and thus ignored or erroneously downplayed these numbers. The letter ends by asking Luminate “to give one final consideration” to this debacle. “We are confident that our numbers are correct in accordance with our processes and methodology,” a Luminate spokesperson reportedly expressed regarding this letter.

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