Theo Skudra
Drake's 'So Far Gone' Mixtape Debuts at No. 5
Ten years after its release, Drake’s So Far Gone makes its debut on the charts.
The mixtape, which was originally released for free on Feb. 13, 2009, enters at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 45,000 equivalent album units (7,000 in album sales) in the U.S., earning Drake his 10th overall and consecutive top 10 project.
So Far Gone, featuring appearances from Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, and Omarion, was never commercially released to streaming services until Feb. 15 of this year in honor of its 10th anniversary. In 2009, a seven-song So Far Gone EP debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.
All of @Drake's charting albums on the Billboard 200:
#1 Thank Me Later
#1 Take Care
#1 Nothing Was the Same
#1 If You're Reading This It's Too Late
#1 What a Time to Be Alive
#1 Views
#1 More Life
#1 Scorpion
#5 So Far Gone
#6 So Far Gone EP— chart data (@chartdata) February 24, 2019
According to Billboard, a physical release is due March 8.
So Far Gone was the third-most streamed album of the week, behind Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (168.6 million) and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN (57.5 million).
Thank U, Next spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 151,000 equivalent album units (20,000 in album sales). It becomes the first album by a solo woman to earn more than one week at the top in over a year, since Taylor Swift’s Reputation.
Elsewhere in the top 10, A Boogie’s Hoodie SZN falls 4-6 (39,000), Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys slips 5-7 (34,000), Travis Scott’s Astroworld drops 6-8 (33,000), 21 Savage’s I Am > I Was dips 7-9 (32,000), and Meek Mill’s Championships holds at No. 10 (32,000).
Billboard 200 Top 10
1. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next – 151,000
2. Various Artists – Bohemian Rhapsody – 56,000
3. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born – 51,000
4. Florida Georgia Line – Can’t Say I Ain’t Country – 50,000
5. Drake – So Far Gone – 45,000
6. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN – 39,000
7. Post Malone – beerbongs & bentleys – 34,000
8. Travis Scott – Astroworld – 33,000
9. 21 Savage – I Am > I Was – 32,000
10. Meek Mill – Championships – 32,000