Gunna's "The Last Wun" Officially Scores Top 3 Billboard Debut

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Sep 18, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Recording artist Gunna greets LAFC fans after the match against Austin FC at BMO Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ryan Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
This marks Gunna's sixth album in the top three of the Billboard 200 chart, and his eighth charter overall.

Gunna continues to prove why he's one of the most consequential rappers of the 2020s decade, for many different reasons. Many narratives and conversations around him still take a backseat to his music, and his latest album The Last Wun is enjoying that success right now.

Furthermore, the new project officially debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with 80K album-equivalent units in its first week, according to Luminate. This marks the Georgia artist's sixth top three debut on the chart and his eighth charting release overall, albeit with one of his lower first week sales in recent years.

Still, it's not a far cry from the success of LPs like a Gift & a Curse and One Of Wun. Most of these album-equivalent units came from streaming performance (104.49 million official on-demand streams across all platforms), with only a thousand comprising its full album sales.

As such, Gunna's final album under YSL clearly resonated with the base. We will see what hits from the record stick around for the rest of 2025 and whether or not we'll get more releases soon.

Gunna Discography

Following chart-toppers WUNNA and DS4EVER, this catalog continues to boast a lot of engagement and hype whenever we get a new entry. Over the past three years, though, a lot of this attention owes itself to Gunna's hip-hop divisions and controversies, all stemming from the YSL RICO trial's plea deal and his bond with Young Thug and his circle.

While both sides sent subliminal or direct shade each other's way, we still don't have a lot of information or clarification to go off of here. So fans still bicker and debate over small details and assumptions, such as snitching allegations, commercial comparisons, and shady affiliations.

Whether or not Gunna and Young Thug reconcile, both fanbases – and their crossovers – will ultimately hinge on the music to give them more energy. The Last Wun made an impact, and now fans eagerly await the next step in Wunna's career and evolution. The haters hope it comes sooner rather than later, but the die-hards are in full support.

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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