Roddy Ricch Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Roddy Ricch is ballin’ on the charts.
The Compton rapper earns his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. The 16-track set, which features Meek Mill, Ty Dolla $ign, and Gunna, opens with 101,000 equivalent album units, of which 3,000 were in album sales.
Taking to Twitter, the 21-year-old MC celebrated the achievement. “please excuse me for being antisocial is officially a #1 album 🏆 thank u God,” he tweeted.
please excuse me for being antisocial is officially a #1 album 🏆 thank u God
— Roddy Ricch (@RoddyRicch) December 13, 2019
Roddy made his Billboard chart debut in November 2018 with his Feed Tha Streets II mixtape, which bowed at No. 68 on the Billboard 200. He recently earned his first three Grammy nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for “Racks in the Middle” with Nipsey Hussle, along with Best Rap/Sung Performance for the Mustard-assisted “Ballin’.”
Camila Cabello enters at No. 3 with Romance. The pop star’s sophomore album moved 86,000 equivalent album units, of which 54,000 were in album sales. Her debut Camila opened at No. 1 in January 2018, earning 119,000 units in its first week.
XXXTentacion also makes his debut this week with Bad Vibes Forever. The rapper’s final posthumous album enters at No. 5 with 65,000 equivalent album units.
One week after his death, Juice WRLD returns to the top 10 with two entries. His debut Goodbye & Good Riddance rises 71-6 (59,000), while his former chart-topper Death Race for Love ascends 88-10 (49,000). His collaborative album with Future, WRLD On Drugs, re-enters at No. 75 (13,000).
Billboard 200 Top 10
1. Roddy Ricch – Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial – 101,000
2. The Who – Who – 89,000
3. Camila Cabello – Romance – 86,000
4. Post Malone – Hollywood’s Bleeding – 66,000
5. XXXTentacion – Bad Vibes Forever – 65,000
6. Juice WRLD – Goodbye & Good Riddance – 59,000
7. The Frozen II Soundtrack – 59,000
8. Michael Bublé – Christmas – 52,000
9. Pentatonix – The Best of Pentatonix Christma – 52,000
10. Juice WRLD – Death Race for Love – 49,000