Playboi Carti Holds Onto Billboard No. 1 Spot With Second Week Sales Projections For "MUSIC"

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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 15: Playboi Carti performs during the 2024 Rolling Loud music festival at Hard Rock Stadium on December 15, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage/Getty Images)
If Playboi Carti wasn't just trolling, then he might reward fans with even more new music very soon to celebrate this success.

Playboi Carti just assisted NAV on his new album cut "UNLIMITED," which is a word many die-hards might use to glamorize the extent of his reach these days. His new album MUSIC continues to dominate current hip-hop conversations, and this gargantuan project will clearly keep its legs for the rest of the year. According to second week sales projections provided by HITS Daily Double, the long-awaited LP will move 130K units, landing it another No. 1 spot. It already debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart last week, and if these projections are accurate, it will mark King Vamp's longest run at the top yet.

This is very exciting news for people who keep up with Playboi Carti's many social media teases, as he wants to drop another album BABY BOI at some point in the future. With his track record in mind, we expect it to come out in 2032. Jokes aside, we have no other details around this next project beyond the Atlanta creative's promises to reward fans for running MUSIC up as much as they have. But again, we know not to take his promises very seriously.

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Also, there's a good chance that the Opium boss already gave his supporters their reward. Playboi Carti's expanded MUSIC - SORRY 4 DA WAIT deluxe included the new cut "FOMDJ" and long-awaited streaming releases of "DIFFERENT DAY," "BACKR00MS" with Travis Scott, and "2024," which is just too ironic. Maybe that's what he referred to with all these new music teases, but obviously fans hope BABY BOI is actually a reality. Either way, they have plenty of new material to bump in the meantime. The only question is whether or not that hardcore fandom will sustain these staggering commercial performances on their own or if the industry will double down.

Sadly, Playboi Carti has more important things on his mind these days, such as the tragic and shocking loss of a massive inspiration, the one and only Young Scooter. He paid tribute to the Atlanta trailblazer on social media. At least the success of MUSIC and its celebration of the city's culture and musical history provides community during this difficult time.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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