I’m going to need a round of applause for Pretty Flacko!! The 26 year old Harlem native debuted his second number one album At.Long.Last.A$AP on the Billboard 200 chart. In the first week, Flacko sold 146,000 unit with guest appearances from ScHoolboy Q, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Miguel, and James Fauntelroy. The highly anticipated album was was set to release on June 2, but was consequently released a week early on May 25th after it leaked online. A$AP’s first studio album, Long.Live.A$AP was released January 15, 2013, and sold 139,000 copies.
A.L.L.A. is the sixth rap album to top the Billboard 200 in 2015. A$AP has now joined Kendrick Lamar, Big Sean, Drake and Wale who are the only Hip Hop artists to earn number 1 album’s in 2015. The Furious 7 soundtrack is also amongst the list.
Check out the top ten albums on the Billboard 200 below, and congratulations to A$AP Rocky!
1. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP – 146,000
2. Taylor Swift – 1989 – 70,000
3. Boosie BadAzz – Touch Down 2 Cause Hell – 64,000
4. Pitch Perfect 2 Soundtrack – 51,000
5. Hillsong United – Empires – 50,000
6. Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface – 38,000
7. Ed Sheeran – x – 35,000
8. Meghan Trainor – Title – 34,000
9. Fifty Shades of Grey Soundtrack – 30,000
10. Furious 7 Soundtrack – 30,000
