Fetty Wap has enjoyed quite the year with three of his hit singles landing within the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 charts. The “Trap Queen” artist can now add to his winning streak after his self-titled LP debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album charts.
The Paterson, N.J. Hip-Hop sensation owned 2015 with the aforementioned “Trap Queen” at one point being the second-most popular song on the Billboard Hot 100. The other hit singles, “679” and “My Way” landed at No. 6 and No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts respectively.
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Rapper Fetty Wap crowns the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his self-titled debut studio album opens at No. 1. The set, which was released Sept. 25 through RGF/300 Entertainment, earned 129,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 1, according to Nielsen Music.
Fetty Wap leads a busy week on the chart, where a total of seven albums debut in the top 10.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Oct. 17-dated chart (where Fetty Wap is No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s website on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
The feat from Fetty is noteworthy as there hasn’t been a Hip-Hop act to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 album charts since A$AP Rocky did so with his major label debut, Long.Live.A$AP.
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