Lil Uzi Vert Scores The First No. 1 Rap Album Of 2023

07/11/2023

Lil Uzi Vert has officially claimed the first number-one rap album of 2023, as per Billboard.

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Lil Uzi Vert Ends “The Longest Wait In A Calendar Year” For A Top Rap Album

According to Billboard, Lil Uzi Vert’s recently released ‘Pink Tape’ debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week dated July 15. Additionally, the 28-track album has pushed 167,000 “equivalent album units in the US” since its release.

The outlet reports that ‘Pink Tape’ is Lil Uzi Vert’s third number-one album and the year’s “third-largest” album debut.

Furthermore, Billboard also adds that the album’s success marks the end to the “longest wait in a calendar year for rap set to lead the list since 1993.” Additionally, the last time the world had to wait this long during a calendar year for a number-one rap album was when Cypress Hill’s ‘Black Sunday’ debuted at number one on August 7, 1993.

Billboard adds that the most recent number-one rap album release is Metro Boomin’s ‘Heroes & Villains.’

Lil Uzi Reacts To Securing The First Number-One Album Of 2023

Lil Uzi Vert initially reacted to the accomplishment via their Instagram Story Monday evening. There, they shared a repost from Metro Boomin of the Twitter account Chart Data, which announced their accomplishment to its 2.2 million Twitter followers.

. @LILUZIVERT

ends the longest gap between #1 rap albums on the Billboard 200 this century. The last #1 rap album was 30 weeks ago, @MetroBoomin

‘s ‘HEROES & VILLAINS’.

.@LILUZIVERT ends the longest gap between #1 rap albums on the Billboard 200 this century.

The last #1 rap album was 30 weeks ago, @MetroBoomin‘s ‘HEROES & VILLAINS’. pic.twitter.com/rjsb0d4CWc

— chart data (@chartdata) July 10, 2023

Additionally, the rapper also shared a repost of their own Instagram Story with a brief message.

Sitting here thinking Bout how I went #1 on an experimental tape… My apologies… Barter 16 mixtape on the way…”

The Rapper Also Scores An Additional Accolade

Additionally, the 27-year-old has also reportedly become “one of the youngest artists in history” to chart 100 songs on the Hot 100, as reported by Chart Data.

.@LILUZIVERT has now charted a milestone 100 songs on the Hot 100. They are one of the youngest artists in history to achieve this. pic.twitter.com/TcDoOEMYqd

— chart data (@chartdata) July 10, 2023

According to Complex, 18 tracks from Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Pink Tape’ debuted on the chart, which assisted them in earning the accomplishment. “Flooded the Face” reportedly sits at No. 11 on the Hot 100, while “Suicide Doors” sits at No. 25, and “Endless Fashion,” featuring Nicki Minaj, sits at No. 20.

As The Shade Room previously reported, the latter track featuring Minaj also earned the rapper a great deal of publicity for the ‘Pink Tape’ as Minaj’s verse made headlines with a catchy mention of Natalie Nunn, which Nunn has since embraced.