21 Savage’s 'I Am > I Was' Is the No. 1 Album in the Country

The LP debuts at the top of the Billboard 200.

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21 Savage‘s I Am > I Was debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, his first number one LP. Billboard reports that the album moved 131,000 equivalent album units, 18,000 of which were traditional album sales. Savage’s debut studio album, Issa Album, debuted on the chart at No. 2 last year.

I Am > I Was was released on Dec. 21 via Slaughter Gang/Epic Records and features guest appearances from Childish Gambino, Schoolboy Q, City Girls, J. Cole, Post Malone, Gunna, Lil Baby, Young Nudy and Offset.

Also making his debut, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie‘s Hoodie SZN lands at No. 2, moving 90,000 equivalent album units, 6,000 which were traditional album sales.

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