Chance the Rapper's 'Acid Rap' Hits No. 5 on Billboard 200 Following Streaming Debut
Chance the Rapper recently put his breakthrough mixtape Acid Rap on streaming services alongside his debut project 10 Day. Now that they're available for streaming, they're also eligible for the Billboard 200, where they both made their debut this week despite originally dropping in 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Acid Rap arrives at No. 5, making it Chance's highest charting release so far, while 10 Day has debuted at No. 73. Coloring Book, which peaked at No. 8 when it released back in 2016, also re-entered at No. 46.
#AcidRap is now @chancetherapper's highest charting project on the Billboard 200 (#5), passing #ColoringBook. It was originally released as a mixtape in 2013.
— chart data (@chartdata) July 8, 2019
.@chancetherapper's #10Day (2012) debuts at #73 on this week's Billboard 200 (10.1K units).
— chart data (@chartdata) July 8, 2019
.@chancetherapper's 'Coloring Book' re-enters this week's Billboard 200 at #46. It earns its highest rank in 2 years.
— chart data (@chartdata) July 8, 2019
Chris Brown's 32-track album Indigo has debuted at the top spot as previously projected, making it his third No. 1 record after F.A.M.E. and Fortune. Indigo brought in 96,000 album equivalent units.
Billboard 200: #1(new) @chrisbrown, Indigo 96,200 (16,700 in pure sales).
— chart data (@chartdata) July 8, 2019
Rounding out the rest of the chart, Lil Nas X has managed to maintain his No. 2 spot with his debut EP 7. More impressively, "Old Town Road" is still No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which means it has now dominated the singles chart for fourteen consecutive weeks.
Billboard Hot 100: #1(=) Old Town Road, @LilNasX & @billyraycyrus [18 weeks]. *fourteenth week at #1*
— chart data (@chartdata) July 8, 2019
Mustard's Perfect Ten made its debut on the Billboard 200 at No. 8, J Balvin and Bad Bunny's surprise OASIS project landed at No. 9, while Daniel Caesar bagged his highest charting album to date at No. 17 with CASE STUDY 01.
