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Lil Uzi Vert Surpasses Eminem’s First Week Sales In 2020

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5 years ago

March 7, 2020

We reported earlier on how youngins have taken over Hip Hop radar and Meek Mill taking to twitter to praise the new artists whom he believes are out-hustling his own generation and those that preceded him.

“The young artist got the older artist shook after further review ima just be the first to say it. ima light y’all lil asses up when it’s my turn tho …. keep snapping youngbulls!!!” he tweeted.

Couple of the new artists dropped their albums this week, including Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Eternal Atake’, Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Suga’ and prolific singer Jhene Aiko’s ‘Chilombo’. According to Hits Daily Double, Suga is projected to move 35-40k album-equivalent units, which would mark Meg’s biggest debut to date.

.@theestallion‘s ‘SUGA’ headed 35-40K first week in the US, Megan’s biggest sales debut to date (via @HITSDD).

— chart data (@chartdata) March 7, 2020

Jhene Aiko could have secured a No. 1 album but Lil Uzi Vert came through with the surprise release of his long-awaited sophomore album.

Chilombo is projected to pull in 95-120k album-equivalent units, which could have beat out the K-pop group NCT 127’s Neo Zone – The 2nd Album (70-80k).

.@JheneAiko‘s #CHILOMBO headed 95-120K first week in the US, Jhene’s fastest selling album to date (via @HITSDD).

— chart data (@chartdata) March 7, 2020

.@NCTsmtown_127‘s ‘Neo Zone – The 2nd Album’ headed top 10 debut with 70-80K first week in the US (via @HITSDD).

— chart data (@chartdata) March 7, 2020

Uzi’s ‘Eternal Atake’ is heading for 275-325k, which is a wildly impressive debut when you consider that he announced the project would be releasing that day mere minutes before it appeared on streaming services. With these numbers, Uzi will definitely debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Comparing and contrasting album performances in 2020 so far. Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Eternal Atake’ album may surpass Eminem’s ‘Music To Be Murdered By‘, which currently holds the title for second-biggest debut week of the year with 279k equivalent units (BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 sits at No. 1 with 422k).