Run The Jewels' 'RTJ4' Debuts at No. 10 on Billboard 200
Lil Baby, Gunna and Future also appear in this week’s top 10.
Run The Jewels is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 10, with RTJ4 accumulating a total of 38,000 equivalent album units with 30,000 in album sales. This marks the first top 10 effort of Killer Mike and El-P, moving past Run the Jewels 3‘s No. 13 position in 2017. Released two days ahead of schedule, the album was available to download for free on the duo’s website as they urged fans to donate to the Mass Defense Program. The numbers for the free downloads were not reported to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
Other new debuts include Lady Gaga‘s Chromatica at No. 1 with 274,000 equivalent album units, Jimmy Buffet’s Life on the Flip Side at No. 2 and Anuel AA at No. 8.
Elsewhere on the chart, Lil Baby moves down to No. 3, followed by Gunna and Future at Nos. 4 and 5. The bottom half of the chart’s top 10 is comprised of Drake at No. 6, Polo G at No. 7 and DaBaby at No. 9.
Elsewhere in music, Republic Records announced it will no longer be using the term “Urban” in its artist roster.
