Pop Smoke's 'Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon' Projected to Return to No. 1 After 15 Weeks

The posthumous debut album is yet to leave the chart’s top 10.

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Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut album Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon is projected to return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 15 weeks after it first released.

According to HITS Daily Double, the album is predicted to garner a total of 66,000 equivalent album units including 65,000 in streaming equivalent album units and 1,000 in track equivalent album units. As of writing, Shoot For The Stars is at No. 4 and has yet to leave the chart’s top 10 since its release on July 3.

Shoot For The Stars made a historic No. 1 debut; Pop Smoke became the first and only hip-hop artist in history to posthumous open at No. 1 with a debut studio, and is one of only four hip-hop names with posthumous No. 1 efforts alongside 2PacThe Notorious B.I.G. and XXXTentacion.

In related news, Steven Victor, the owner of the label Pop Smoke is signed to, reflected on the late rapper’s legacy and the difficult task of completing his debut album.

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