Lil Baby has achieved another milestone with his latest album, WHAM, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. This marks his seventh top 10 album since 2019’s Harder Than Ever (No. 3 peak).
Impressive First-Week Performance
Released on Friday, January 3, WHAM garnered 140,000 equivalent album units in its first week:
- SEA Units: 90,000 (equivalent to 119.77 million on-demand streams)
- Album Sales: 50,000 (debuting at No. 1 on Top Album Sales)
- TEA Units: Minimal contribution
The album’s standard edition features 15 tracks with guest appearances by 21 Savage, Future, GloRilla, Rylo Rodriguez, Travis Scott, Young Thug, and Rod Wave.
On January 7, an extended edition with four additional songs was released exclusively via Lil Baby’s label webstore, later expanding to streaming platforms on January 10.
Both digital versions were priced at $4.99 in the iTunes Store and artist webstores.
Bad Bunny Debuts at No. 2
Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS secured the No. 2 spot with 122,000 equivalent album units, including:
- SEA Units: 113,500 (152.16 million on-demand streams)
- Album Sales: 8,000
- TEA Units: 500
The album’s success was fueled by the singles “EL CLúB” and “PIToRRO DE COCO.”
Released on January 5, it had only five days of tracking in its debut week due to the Sunday launch.
Top 10 Highlights
- Lil Baby – WHAM (140,000 units)
- Bad Bunny – DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (122,000 units)
- SZA – SOS (113,000 units; down 13%)
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX (67,000 units; down 4%)
- Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet (51,000 units; down 9%)
- Wicked Soundtrack (45,000 units; down 7%)
- Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft (43,000 units; down 5%)
- Morgan Wallen – One Thing at a Time (40,000 units; steady)
- Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us (38,000 units; steady)
- Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA (37,000 units; steady)
Chart Methodology
The Billboard 200 ranks albums based on multi-metric consumption, including album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).
Luminate, the data provider, ensures accuracy by reviewing and authenticating submissions before finalizing the rankings.
