UPDATED 1/22, 9:45 p.m. ET: 21 Savage’s American Dream officially debuted at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart.
The rapper’s third solo studio album moved 133,000 units in its debut week with the help of 170 million first-week streams, according to a press release.
Billboard’s breakdown of the numbers shows that of the album’s 133,000 equivalent album units, his SEA (streaming equivalent albums) tallied up to 128,500. The album sales summed up to 4,000 units while TEA (track equivalent albums) comprised 500 units.
American Dream marks Savage’s second solo studio album to debut at number one, followed by his 2018 LP, I Am > I Was. His collaborative projects Savage Mode II with Metro Boomin (2020) and Her Loss with Drake (2022) also hit No. 1, making this 21’s fourth consecutive outing to top the chart.
As for the Hot 100, 21 Savage managed to land every track—barring the ineligible 1:03-long intro—on the singles chart. Ranking highest is "Redrum" at No. 5, followed at No. 10 by "Née-nah" featuring Travis Scott and Metro Boomin. Billboard reports that these 14 additions bring Savage's career total to 103 songs on the Hot 100, making him "just the 16th artist to amass 100 entries or more over the chart’s 65-year history."
21 celebrated his chart victory on X (formerly known as Twitter), writing, “Grateful Thankful I appreciate yall a lot ❤️.”
Trailing behind 21 Savage on the Billboard 200 is Kali Uchis, whose second Spanish-language album, Orquideas, bowed at No. 2 and earned the singer her highest opening week with 69,000 units.
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The first-week numbers projections for 21 Savage's third studio album American Dream are here.
HITS Daily Double reports Savage's latest offering is projected to open at 130,000-150,000. This would give 21 his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, following 2018's i am > i was, 2020's Savage Mode II with Metro Boomin, and 2022's Her Loss with Drake.
For comparison, Savage's second studio album, i am > i was, debuted atop the Billboard 200 and moved 131,000 copies in its first week. The rapper's last two projects, Savage Mode II and Her Loss, topped the chart in their first weeks of release with 171,000 and 411,000 copies, respectively.
Released on Friday, American Dream serves as the official follow-up to Savage's 2018 album i am > i was, while marking his first full length project since 2022's Her Loss.
The 15-track LP features guest appearances from Young Thug ("Pop Ur Shit"), Travis Scott ("Nee-Nah"), Lil Durk ("Dangerous"), Summer Walker ("Prove It"), Brent Faiyaz ("Should've Wore A Bonnet"), Burna Boy ("Just Like Me"), Doja Cat ("N.H.I.E."), and Mariah the Scientist ("Dark Days").
On the production side of things, Savage enlists Metro Boomin ("Pop Ur Shit," "Dangerous," "Nee Nah," "Just Like Me"), Spliff Sinatra ("American Dream," "All of Me"), "London on Da Track ("Redrum"), OG Parker ("See the Real"), Cardo ("Should've Wore A Bonnet"), and more.
