Hip Hop Album Sales: Quavo & Travis Scott Pass Eminem On Billboard 200

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While pop reigns supreme on the Billboard 200 this week (Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran sit in the #1 and #2 spots, respectively), Hip Hop isn’t far behind for the week ending December 28.

Quavo and Travis Scott’s Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho makes its debut at #3, beating out Eminem’s Revival, which sits in the #4 spot in its second week on the chart.

Meanwhile, Gucci Mane’s El Gato: The Human Glacier fails to crack the Top 20 and lands at #28 in its first week.

Huncho Jack, Jack HunchoLands In Top 5

Quavo and Travis Scott’s joint project, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho,made an impressive debut at #3, collecting 89,775 total album equivalent units (16,561 in pure albums and a streaming count 105,321,887).

It marks the duo’s first album together under the Huncho Jack moniker. Features include fellowMigos members Takef and Offset as well as production from Murda Beatz, Southside, Buddah Bless and Cardo.

Read DX’s review the project here.

RevivalDips Almost 70 Percent

After nabbing the Billboard 200 crown last week, Eminem’s Revival has settled in at #4 this weekafter a 68 percent decline in sales.The Detroit rap goliath’s ninth studio album moved 84,221 total album equivalent units (55,934 in pure album sales and collected a streaming count 32,987,494).

Revival marks the first time in Billboard 200 history an artist has earnedeight consecutive #1 debuts.All seven Slim Shady’s last albums have hit the chart at #1, includingThe Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Recovery (2010), Relapse (2009), Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), Encore (2004), The Eminem Show (2002) and The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).

Read DX’s Revival review here.

El Flopo?

Gucci Mane’s El Gato: The Human Glacier hasentered the chart at a surprisingly low number. The East Atlanta Santa’s latest projectlandedat #28, a far cry fromMr. Davis’ monsterdebut, which hit the chart at #2in October.

Gucci has been putting out music at a rapid rate since his 2016 release from prison.Last week,heteased the title for yet another solo album,The Evil Genius.

Read DX’s review El Gato: The Human Glacierhere.

Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 12/28/2017

Note: The first number below is this weeks total album equivalent units count, an intersection album sales, single sales, and streams implemented by Billboards new rating system. A pure album sales figure is available in bold in parenthesis and information about each albums streaming count is available in brackets.

  1. Quavo & Travis Scott #3 Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho 89,775 (16,561) 105,321,887]
  2. Eminem Revival #4 84,221(55,934)32,987,494]
  3. G-Eazy The Beautiful & Damned #8 49,585 (11,168) 45,565,851]
  4. Kendrick Lamar DAMN. #9 46,564(35,556)28,492,565]
  5. Post MaloneStoney #10 43,612(6,809)42,128,529]
  6. Lil Uzi VertLuv Is Rage 2 #14 33,745 (4,036)37,661,241]
  7. Khalid American Teen #15 33,175(8,756)25,145,792]
  8. Chris Brown Heartbreak On A Full Moon #21 26,002 (3,853)29,188,889]
  9. Lil Pump Lil Pump #22 25,921 (3,896) 23,201,232]
  10. Gucci Mane El Gato: The Human Glacier #28 21,104 (4,970) 22,771,331]