Future is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with I NEVER LIKED YOU.
The 16-track album earned a total of 222,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 214,000 in streaming equivalent album units (283.75 million on-demand streams of the tracks), 6,500 in album sales and 1,5000 in track equivalent album units. I NEVER LIKED YOU marks Future’s 15th entry in the Billboard 200 top 10 following High Off Life (2020), Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (2019), HNDRXX (2017), Future (2017), Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (2015) and DS2 (2015) and is his largest week for a solo record; his collaborative What a Time to Be Alive joint with Drake earned 375,000 units.
Elsewhere in the chart, The Weeknd’s Dawn FM returns to No. 2 from No. 35 following the release its vinyl, cassette and deluxe box sets, followed by Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert and Olivia Rodrigo at Nos. 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Making up the bottom half of this week’s top 10 are Li Durk, the Encanto soundtrack, NoCap, Drake and Doja Cat.
In related news, Future’s “WAIT FOR U” with Drake and Tems also debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart.
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