Moneybagg Yo Collects First Billboard 200 No. 1 Entry With 'A Gangsta's Pain'

Young Thug, The Weeknd and Pop Smoke also appear in this week’s top 10.

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Moneybagg Yo is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with A Gangsta’s Pain.

The artist’s latest release debuted on top with a total of 110,000 equivalent album units, including 106,000 in streaming equivalent album units (147.4 million on-demand streams of the tracks), 4,000 in album sales and under 1,000 in track equivalent album units. A Gangsta’s Pain officially marks Moneybagg Yo’s first ever No. 1 entry on the chart and is his fifth top 10 record following Code Red, Time Served, 43VA Heartless and Federal 3X.

Elsewhere on the chart are Young Thug and Young Stoner Life Records with Slime Language 2 at No. 2, followed by Morgan Wallen, Eric Church and Justin Bieber at Nos. 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Making up the bottom half of this week’s top 10 are Rod Wave at No. 6, The Weeknd at Nos. 7 and 8 with After Hours re-entering and The Highlights, Dua Lipa at No. 8, Taylor Swift at No. 9 and Pop Smoke at No. 10.

Elsewhere in music, Pharrell has spoken up about ownership in the music industry.

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