Two albums released on behalf of rappers who passed away too early to see their own success debuted last week in the top 10 of the most successful first week sales.
Juice WRLD showed phenomenal numbers and earned the biggest debut sales week for a posthumous album by any artist this century since The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac in 1997. He also earned the biggest debut sales week in 2020 so far across all genres. He has reshuffled the leader board and now he tops it with 497,000 copies sold that might be very difficult to contest to any new runner ups.
As a result of WRLD’s intervention, Eminem stepped down a notch and now resides at No.5 of the list of the biggest debut week sales in the US.
Pop Smoke moved 251,000 copies of “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon” on the first week of its release and landed on the seventh place of the leader board.
Biggest US debuts of 2020:
1. Juice WRLD “Legends Never Die 497,000
2. The Weeknd “After Hours” 444,000
3. BTS “Map Of The Soul: 7” 422,000
4. Lil Uzi Vert “Eternal Atake” 288,000
5. Eminem “Music To Be Murdered By” 279,000
6. Lady Gaga “Chromatica” 274,000
7. Pop Smoke “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon” 251,000
8. Halsey “Manic” 239,000
9. Kenny Chesney “Here And Now” 233,000
10. Justin Bieber “Changes” 231,000
Biggest US debuts of 2020
#1 Legends Never Die, @JuiceWorlddd 497K
#2 After Hours @theweeknd 444K
#3 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 @BTS_twt 422K
#4 Eternal Atake 288K
#5 Music to Be Murdered By 279K
#6 Chromatica 274K
#7 Pop Smoke 251K
#8 MANIC 239K
#9 Here and Now 233K
#10 Changes 231K— chart data (@chartdata) July 19, 2020
