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Future Gets Promising “MIXTAPE PLUTO” First Week Sales Projections

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When we look back at 2024 in the hip-hop history books, we won’t be able to tell that story without Future’s prolific run. After two Metro Boomin collab albums that kicked off a legendary rap battle, he’s back with MIXTAPE PLUTO. While the discussion around this new project didn’t come with as many extracurricular narratives, it clearly still resonated with audiences. Moreover, HITS Daily Double reports that the mixtape is projected to sell anywhere between 120K and 135K units in its first week. This means that it has a solid chance of cinching another No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the Atlanta MC, which would mark his 11th album to do so.

Of course, we won’t know for sure until the official charts drop next week, but this is still a big win for Future. However, some fans still expressed confusion around MIXTAPE PLUTO. Some teased features for the project, including Travis Scott and Gunna, didn’t end up appearing. In fact, the latter seemed to address this issue online, which fueled more theories and rumors about the potential reasons why.

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Nevertheless, there’s a good reason as to why fans are enjoying Future’s latest mixtape so much. As the title suggests, MIXTAPE PLUTO is more evocative of his classic 2010s releases than his Metro collabs, on which we only got a slight taste of them through the bonus tracks on WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU. Sure, these collab albums held plenty of shades of 56 Nights and other tapes, but this new record and its impressive production credits fully lean into Pluto’s talents and classic appeal.

Meanwhile, Future’s influence continues to loom large over much of the rap world. For example, Playboi Carti puzzled fans when he dropped the single “ALL RED,” mainly because he sounded so much like his “Teen X” collaborator. While this is a more obvious and direct comparison, this isn’t even counting the countless rap projects that owe much of their identity to Fewtch in recent years. With projects like MIXTAPE PLUTO under his belt and its subsequent success, it’s no wonder he’s still a king.

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Latto Takes Heat From Ice Spice Fans Amid Disappointing Sales Projections

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Latto’s new album Sugar Honey Iced Tea got a lot of love from her fanbase and from the wider hip-hop sphere… But comparison is the thief of joy. Moreover, some of her rival fanbases online, including that of Nicki Minaj and her big beef opponent Ice Spice, clowned the project’s first week sales projections, which point to a number 17 debut on the Billboard 200 chart with around 27,000 in album-equivalent units sold. Of course, this isn’t the worst chart debut of all time for an artist of the Atlanta femcee’s visibility, but it certainly isn’t making the big commercial splash that she and many others likely hoped for.

Numbers aren’t everything, but the fact that Latto has these feuds with other female rappers makes her (and them) an easy target for ridicule and clowning when things don’t go perfectly. But everyone would benefit from remembering that, beyond the very tip-top of the game which is still seeing diminishing returns compared to years past, pretty much every artist in the mainstream is finding it more and more difficult to get their sales numbers up without a massive and calculated backing campaign from the industry. For example, Ice Spice’s Y2K! debuted with 28,000 in first-week sales at number 18 on the Billboard chart, and despite it being about half the runtime of Sugar Honey Iced Tea, it still puts both LPs at pretty much the same level of commercial success for now.

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Latto Haters Clown Her (And Fans Defend Her) Over First Week Sales Projections For Sugar Honey Iced Tea

Instead, what will really differentiate a lot of these albums and narratives is longevity and how these femcees and other artists across the industry will maintain their momentum or squander it. In Latto’s case, she’s got a tour coming up very soon that could help in this regard. Find more reactions to Sugar Honey Iced Tea‘s sales projections down below.

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Meanwhile, this is what Ice Spice had to say about her and Latto’s beef. “I feel like if we ever spoke and I asked her ‘What’s the issue?’ it’d be like a blank stare,” she expressed during a recent interview. “It’d really be no issue whatsoever. Especially from me. I can understand a friendly competition, but I just feel like at this point it’s a joke that she’s just dragged out, and it’s just not even funny. Like, bro, ‘Think U The S**t’ is from January. You’re going to post a piece of s**t cake to announce something that’s good news for you? But it is kind of a compliment because you’re talking about something that’s supposed to be a fun moment for you and you’re making it about me… again.”

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s Underwhelming “Vultures 2” First Week Sales Projections Arrive

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Over the weekend, Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign finally unveiled their new album Vultures 2 by surprise. The project was originally slated for release earlier this year and after various delays, expected on August 2. It arrived just a day late this time around and has since gotten mixed reactions. While many were quick to praise the duo online after the drop, some listeners had complaints about the quality of the LP. Ye seemingly responded to this by delivering new updated versions of various tracks this week.

Of course, amid all of this debate, social media users were eager to see how the project would perform. Luckily, its first-week sales projections arrived today courtesy of Chart Data, and are nothing short of impressive. Reportedly, Vultures 2 is on track to move almost 68K units in its first week.

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 2 Expected To Move 68K Its First Week

Rappers Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign perform onstage during the “Vultures 1” playback concert during Rolling Loud 2024 at Hollywood Park Grounds on March 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

This would put the album in second place on the Billboard 200 chart, just behind Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department. This is certainly no lousy feat, but it would be only the third time in Ye’s career that he doesn’t top the chart after a release. The past two times were with his 2004 debut The College Dropout and Kids See Ghosts with Kid Cudi in 2018.

Either way, this number is something to be proud of, particularly considering some disappointing first weeks fans have seen lately. What do you think of Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 2 first-week sales projections? Are you surprised or not? Does the number seem low, high, or just right? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Childish Gambino’s Disappointing “Bando Stone And The New World” First Week Sales Projections Arrive

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Earlier this month, Donald Glover unveiled his final project under his Childish Gambino moniker, Bando Stone And The New World. The eclectic project has since received mixed reviews. While many found it to be a solid last effort, others were left somewhat disappointed. This is expected to be reflected in the album’s commercial performance too, as its first-week sales projections are less than impressive.

According to HITS Daily Double, Bando Stone And The New World is on track to move 35K album-equivalent units in its first week, including 3K in pure sales. This would mean that the album wouldn’t crack the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Instead, it would debut at No. 15.

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Childish Gambino’s Bando Stone And The New World Expected To Sell 35K Its First Week

Childish Gambino’s Disappointing “Bando Stone And The New World” First Week Sales Projections Arrive
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While this figure is certainly lower than one would hope, this doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise, as Gambino has seen a steady decline in sales since his 2020 album 3.15.20. In its first week, it sold 25K, a considerable drop-off from the numbers he was seeing in the 2010s. His 2013 album Because the Internet, for example, earned 96K in its first week and debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. This was before Billboard counted streams towards album sales. 2016’s “Awaken, My Love!” had a similarly impressive first week, entering the top five with 101K.

Regardless, Gambino’s latest release marks the end of an era, and the beginning of another. To celebrate, he’s scheduled to kick off a world tour next month with a performance in Oklahoma and has set the bar high. “If this isn’t the best live show you’ve seen,” he promised on Hot Ones, “After the first song, if you’re like, ‘I gotta go,’ you can leave and I’ll give you your money back. That’s how much I care about all of this. That’s not a joke.” What do you think of the first-week sales projections for Childish Gambino’s new album, Bando Stone And The New World? Are you surprised or not? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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PartyNextDoor’s “P4” First-Week Sales Projections Are In

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Last week, PartyNextDoor unveiled his eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4). The project has since been met with plenty of praise from fans and critics alike, with many arguing that it’s some of his best work yet. The album is his first in four years and follows his 2020 LP PARTYMOBILE. It’s the third in his self-titled series, following his 2016 offering, P3.

While fans continue to hype the Canadian-born performer’s latest project, estimates on how it’ll perform in its first week have surfaced online. According to HipHop-N-More, it’s on track to sell 33–38k. This is a bit of a drop-off from what his last album PARTYMOBILE sold in its first week, 50k.

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PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 On Track To Sell 33–38K In First Week

The announcement of PartyNextDoor’s new album made a splash, thanks in part to its NSFW cover art. It features a nude model bent over on a bed, which had all of social media shaken. The cover is so shocking that many even suspected it was some kind of April Fool’s Day prank, but alas, it wasn’t. The model in question is Lanazia Greene, who also goes by MaamiNextDoor. It was later revealed that she has a child with Haiti Babii, who took to social media to address the outcry over the scandalous album art. Fortunately, he didn’t seem too upset by the cover. In fact, he seemed happy for the mother of his child.

“I didn’t know my child’s mother stripped or did only fans or was a part of PND rollout,” Haiti Babii explained. “I’m not posting to shame or humiliate her because I know she’s living her dream.” What do you think of PartyNextDoor’s new album, P4? What about predictions that it’ll sell between 33-38K in its first week? Do these numbers surprise you or not? Did you expect it to sell more or less? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Future & Metro Boomin’s “WE DON’T TRUST YOU” First Week Sales Projections Are In

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Future and Metro Boomin just set the rap world ablaze with their new collaborative album WE DON’T TRUST YOU for a couple of reasons. All of them, though, have contributed to a lot of discussion, debate, and of course, a whole lot of play on digital platforms. Moreover, we now have the first wave of first week sales projections for the LP, and they are a pretty promising prediction. If the legendary Southern trap duo keeps their pace up, they are expected to move between 190K and 220K album-equivalent units. This would certainly land them high on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and points to a very likely No. 1 debut.

In addition, there’s one song whose viral status and rap game-shattering status has a big chance to land in the top three of Billboard‘s Hot 100 song chart -– and ironically, it’s about the Big Three. If for some reason you haven’t heard Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” yet, then you’re in for a treat, so stop reading right now if you don’t want spoilers. Well, we already spoiled the former TDE lyricist’s surprise feature, but that’s beside the point. In his feature performance, he challenges Drake and J. Cole, dismissing their status as the “Big Three” of 2010s and current hip-hop and proclaiming himself to be the sole top dog.

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Future & Metro Boomin’s Commercial Performance For WE DON’T TRUST YOU Is Great So Far

What’s more is that Future and Metro Boomin allegedly had plenty of reasons to welcome Kendrick Lamar’s shots here. For example, there are rumors that Future and Drake have beef right now, as people have pointed to specific lines on WE DON’T TRUST YOU as “evidence” of this. Regardless of fans’ excitement at another rap feud, this is all very speculative right now. As such, we just have to wait and see whether this develops in a battlefield or behind relatively closed doors, as nothing is safe from the Internet.

Meanwhile, Metro and Drake supposedly have their own rough patch to handle. Even though most of this article spoke on these alleged beefs, WE DON’T TRUST YOU is much more than just this narrative. Folks and the media are just going wild over this story, but there are plenty of bangers, standout lines, incredible production moments, and solid sequencing to make this album greater than the sum of its parts. As if all this wasn’t enough, Spotify announced that this is the most streamed album in a single day of 2024 so far. With another team-up full-length record coming from them in just a couple of weeks, if everything goes as scheduled, fans expect this reunion to get even better. Let’s see how it fares. For more news and the latest updates on Future, Metro Boomin, and their collaborative albums, stay up to date on HNHH.

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ScHoolboy Q Gets First Week Sales Projections For New Album “BLUE LIPS”

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ScHoolboy Q may have just crafted a gem of the 2020s with his new album BLUE LIPS, his first in five years. Moreover, fans have been very receptive to the comeback, singing the tracklist’s praises and breaking down all the intricacies within. Although this is still a very big release, it also feels like it really cements the TDE MC’s legend status rather than forge a new claim to the throne. Despite that, it seems like he will still make a big commercial impact and set up many more great albums to come. Furthermore, the first week sales projections for the LP are here via a HITSDailyDouble report.

According to this report, BLUE LIPS is expected to push between 30K and 35K album-equivalent units in its first week, based on day one streams and sales. While this might not seem like all that impressive compared to other big releases, it’s great to see that ScHoolboy Q can make a significant splash after so long out of the game. Of course, the cultural, critical, and fanbase impact was going to be there regardless, and it’s much more important than what any numbers suggest. Overall, the “Foux” spitter should be very proud of what he offered here, and of the success it’s bound to have.

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Los Angeles, CA – December 19: SCHOOLBOY Q performs at Top Dawg Entertainment’s (TDE) 10th annual toy drive and concert featuring SZA, Jay Rock, YG and other TDE artists in the Nickerson Gardens housing projects on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Not only that, but projections indicate BLUE LIPS will be the highest-charting album to debut this week on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It will be interesting to see if ScHoolboy Q can top other charting 2024 releases as of late in the rap world, namely Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s VULTURES 1 and Yeat’s 2093. As for this week, it seems like Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time will nab another non-consecutive week as the highest-charting album in the U.S. You probably still haven’t forgotten the absolutely dominant run that this country record went on in 2023, and it looks like it won’t slow down just yet.

Meanwhile, if you’re curious, you can check out fans’ reactions to BLUE LIPS and see if you agree. What did you think of this new album, and how do you feel about these first week sales projections? Whatever the case, let us know down in the comments section below. Also, check back in with HNHH for the latest news and updates on ScHoolboy Q.

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“Vultures” First Week Sales Projections Increase Amid Distribution Drama

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Say what you will about Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s new collaborative album Vultures, but it’s been the talk of the town all week. Moreover, whether folks are discussing some of their favorite moments or unpacking the controversies behind the release, everyone has something to say about the LP. If you remember last time we got projections for its first-week sales, this first installment in an allegedly longer series was expected to sell around 140K units. However, a new report from HITSDailyDouble on Friday (February 16) indicates that it’s now expected to sell over 150K units and debut at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart with less than a full week of availability.

Furthermore, this last point will be quite an interesting one for Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign because of how difficult it’s been to put Vultures out. The album already disappeared several times from Apple Music after failing to appear on Spotify in the first place. This was due to various distribution issues, which since resolved themselves temporarily with a simple change letting the album back on the streaming platform. As such, many folks wonder what difference these removals and issues caused when it comes to the project’s bottom-line sales, streams, and marketing.

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Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures Gets First-Week Sales Projections Update

Not only that, but Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign faced a whole slew of other technical problems with Vultures. Sample clearance issues, delayed live events, clearing verses… the list goes on. Still, it seems like the duo hasn’t given up yet and doesn’t mind continuing to deal with these headaches. They are apparently holding more listening parties for the collab album and for its supposed sequels, but this time, in Italy.

Meanwhile, with more live performances scheduled (such as for Rolling Loud California), we’ll see how much longer the Vultures train stays on track. Well, not having a clear track seems to be the point, so we’ll see how much longer they can keep this all up. If previous Ye rollouts are anything to go by, then this is just the beginning. On that note, stay up to date on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Kanye West, Ty Dolla Sign, and Vultures.

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Yung Miami Unbothered By “RAW” Album Sales Projections Critics

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The landscape of the industry has changed significantly in recent years, leaving many artists with lower first week sales numbers than ever previously seen in their careers. In particular, women working in music are having a difficult time keeping up with their male counterparts, and as a result, getting clowned online despite all their hard work and other achievements. We saw it happen to both Coi Leray and Chloe Bailey earlier this year. Now, it’s the City Girls whose critics are coming at them over their RAW sales. Regardless of what people like DJ Akademiks have to say, Yung Miami and JT don’t seem to be letting their projections get them down.

Earlier this week, we found out that the duo’s new arrival is set to move a total of 6K – 9K album equivalent units during its first seven days out. Compared to artists like Drake or Bad Bunny, these numbers are obviously minuscule, but as Caresha pointed out on Twitter, she’s not mad at the results. “That’s good for a b**ch who voice y’all hate and can’t rap😏,” the Florida native wrote on Monday (October 23) evening.

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In another post, Miami made it clear that she’s keeping tabs on those who are throwing shade her way. “All of a sudden everybody hate me,” she posted yesterday. “I’m bookmarking everything ☺. I love to make a b**ch eat they words!” the “Twerkulator” artist further noted.

Even though the numbers for City On Lock (approximately 19K) were substantially higher than RAW, the former album actually stirs up plenty of emotional turmoil within Yung Miami whenever it crosses her mind. Ahead of their latest drop, the City Girls sat down together to discuss their past work, which gets the podcaster all up in her feelings over the untimely death of her baby daddy. Read everything Miami had to say at the link below and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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Lil Uzi Vert’s “Pink Tape” First Week Sales Projections Are A Potential No. 1, Young Thug Album Moves 88K

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Lil Uzi Vert has been keeping us on our toes with teasers of his Pink Tape album for years now. On Friday (June 30), the highly anticipated effort finally hit DSPs, much to rap lovers’ relief. It came complete with 26 tracks and appearances from Don Toliver, Bring Me The Horizon, and Travis Scott. Perhaps one of the most well-received titles on LUV’s new release is “Endless Fashion” with Nicki Minaj. The Queen of Rap contributed a verse that she’s revealed was nothing short of “exhausting” to complete.

Little more than 24 hours after Pink Tape made its debut, it’s being reported that it could mark the first No. 1 hip-hop album of the year. Uzi’s last LP, Eternal Atake, arrived to great success in early 2020. It subsequently moved 288K album-equivalent units and earned 400M US streams in its first week. At the time, it was the fourth-largest streaming debut the music industry had seen, so it’s no wonder the Philadelphia native took their time with dropping the follow-up.

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Lil Uzi Vert’s Pink Tape is a Hit

At the time of publication, Twitter is facing issues preventing us from receiving exact first week projections for Pink Tape. Regardless, knowing that the fashion icon could help hip-hop achieve such a major milestone is exciting.

It was thought that Young Thug might be the man for the job last month, however, he unfortunately fell short to Morgan Wallen after selling 88K. The country superstar has been topping the carts for several weeks now, but could very well be dethroned by Lil Uzi Vert in the coming days.

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Young Thug’s BUSINESS IS BUSINESS Does Impressive Numbers

Check out last week’s full list of album sales on Reddit below. Are you surprised that Young Thug’s BUSINESS IS BUSINESS missed out on taking home rap’s first No. 1 album of 2023? Let us know in the comments, and read our review of the new YSL LP at the link above.

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