DaBaby could have watched his first three albums soar to high 10 glory on the Billboard 200 (with two even topping the tally), however his fourth – the September 23-released ‘Child on Child 2’ – doesn’t appear poised to ship an analogous business efficiency.
See what we imply inside.
First Week Gross sales (SPS): 17,200 models
First Week Gross sales (Pure): 450 models
Billboard 200 Debut: #34
Launched because the conceptual follow-up to his 2019 debut LP, ‘Child on Child,’ ‘BOB2’ comes as his first studio effort launched since he was met with backlash for making what many deemed to be derogatory feedback in regards to the LGBTQ+ group and other people dwelling with HIV/AIDS final yr. The opus additionally comes as his first to enter the chart race with no Scorching 100 high 40 hit to help it.
The influence of the controversy appears to stay on because the challenge, regardless of being promoted by way of a number of music movies for its housed tracks, didn’t get pleasure from that very same stage of help by way of a media run just like the three studio efforts earlier than it. Absence of stated visibility – which DaBaby (born Jonathan Kirk) claimed was as a consequence of being ‘blackballed’ by the trade – led it to promote a reported 17,200 complete models final week.
That determine could have bested its predicted first-week gross sales, however it nonetheless comes as an almost 87% drop from the primary week of its chart-topping predecessor – 2020’s ‘Blame It On Child.’
The brand new album’s debut at #34 on the Billboard 200 comes because the lowest first-week opening for any DaBaby LP and follows 2019’s ‘Child on Child’ (#25 premiere), 2019’s ‘Kirk’ (#1 premiere), and 2020’s ‘Blame It On Child’ (#1 premiere).
Look under to see who joins him on TGJ’s up to date ‘Chart Examine.’
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