{"id":17989,"date":"2025-04-25T20:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/hip-hops-biggest-first-week-sales-for-projects-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T20:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:49:22","slug":"hip-hops-biggest-first-week-sales-for-projects-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/hip-hops-biggest-first-week-sales-for-projects-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip-Hop&#8217;s Biggest First-Week Sales for Projects in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Following a year in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/hip-hop-biggest-first-week-project-sales-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">2024 that proved to be pivotal for hip-hop<\/a> in many ways, an uptrend in sales numbers for the rap game is carrying over into 2025 with some of the genre&#8217;s top acts at the helm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/lil-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Baby<\/a> kicked off the year in January fresh out of the gate with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/lil-baby-wham-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">first album in nearly three years,\u00a0<em>WHAM<\/em><\/a>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Moving 140,000 equivalent album units in its first week, the 15-track LP marked the Atlanta rapper&#8217;s fourth consecutive\u00a0project\u00a0to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5XYdFmT54volmxN5OCI5Xy?si=OYnM_ZMcR2m5LOl_2f8V4w\" target=\"_blank\">WHAM<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>also notably found Young Thug laying down his first publicly released verse since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/young-thug-album-rollout-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">being released from jail<\/a> on the track <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5GZ0currErGJhl0G0yxgRg?si=701caae70dc347cd\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Dum, Dumb and Dumber,&#8221;<\/a> which also features Future.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/DRAKE\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/KENDRICK-LAMAR\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> took the most monumental rap beef of all time from diss tracks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drake-nothing-to-hide-umg-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">courtroom<\/a> and onto stages like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drake-grammys-super-bowl-oscars-pedophile-no-proof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl LIX halftime show<\/a>, both MCs remain\u00a0at the top of the sphere\u00a0in 2025 and have the album sales to prove it. When Drizzy made his triumphant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drake-partynextdoor-some-sexy-songs-4-u-no-1-billboard-200\/\" target=\"_blank\">return to the top of the charts<\/a> in February alongside PartyNextDoor with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drake-partynextdoor-new-album-conspiracy-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">$ome $exy $ongs 4 U<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the duo&#8217;s long-awaited joint album sold an impressive 246,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>While Drake proved that he was not to be counted out in the wake of the war with Kendrick, K-Dot once again proved his dominance\u00a0within two weeks\u00a0when 2024&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-gnx-album-drake\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<em>GNX\u00a0<\/em>returned to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200<\/a> chart in March. At the time,\u00a0<em>GNX\u00a0<\/em>outsold <em>$$$4U\u00a0<\/em>by a mere 500 album equivalent units.<\/p>\n<p>After keeping his Vamp army riddled with anticipation\u00a0for 1,067 days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/playboi-carti\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playboi Carti<\/a> finally came through with\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/playboi-carti-drops-new-album-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Music<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>on March 14, and the rabidly loyal fan base rose to the occasion in a major way.\u00a0In pushing 298,000 units in the first seven days of its release, Carti&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Music<\/em> solidified a position as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/playboi-carti-disputes-first-week-sales-music-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">highest streaming debut for any\u00a0album\u00a0in 2025<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n<p>After three straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Playboi Carti was only dethroned by his own Opium Records signee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/ken-carson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Carson<\/a>. Released on April 11, Carson&#8217;s latest album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3tIS7SDlvbyJ0oFQzNqjco?si=X8XD6DYlRK-KRX7MTlkfqQ\" target=\"_blank\">More Chaos<\/a>,<\/em> sold 59,500 EAUs in its week, which proved to be enough to land at the top of the same coveted albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>Other impressive sales numbers in 2025 include projects from the likes of the late great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/mac-miller\" target=\"_blank\">Mac Miller<\/a>, the currently incarcerated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/mac-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Durk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\">The Weeknd<\/a>, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at hip-hop&#8217;s biggest first-week project sales of 2025 below.<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">See Hip-Hop&#8217;s Biggest First-Week Sales for Projects in 2025<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script 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