Kendrick Lamar gets his second No. 1 album in under the year.
Unsurprisingly, untitled unmastered. did not outsell To Pimp a Butterfly, which sold 363,000 album units in its first week. Still, seeing that the new album was released with zero promo and that each of its eight tracks are both untitled and unmastered (obviously), the sales speak volumes to Kendrick’s star power.
Billboard reports that Kendrick is the third act since the beginning of 2015 to achieve two No. 1 albums in less than a year — the other two being Drake and Future. Man, hip-hop is really dominating these days.
For this week’s chart, the other notable hip-hop release is 2 Chainz‘ ColleGrove, which is effectively a joint album with Lil Wayne, with Weezy guesting on eight of twelve tracks. The album, Chainz’ first since 2013 B.O.A.T.S. II, makes its debut at No. 4 on the chart with first week sales of 53,000 units. Ahead of ColleGrove is Rihanna‘s Anti, which holds steady at No. 3, and Adele’s 25, which has been fluctuating between No. 1 and 2 since its November release.
