Metro Boomin‘s new album Heroes & Villains has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Launched on December 2, the Atlanta producer’s second studio effort earned roughly 185,000 album-equivalent items in its first week. Of that determine, 179,000 had been SEA items (233.38 million on-demand track streams), 5,000 had been pure album gross sales and 1,000 had been TEA items.
Heroes & Villains beat out Taylor Swift’s Midnights to the highest spot, with the pop juggernaut’s best-selling album falling to No. 2 after managing an extra 143,000 items within the final week.
The star-studded undertaking — which options Future, Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, 21 Savage, The Weeknd and extra — serves as Metro’s third consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and his fifth to succeed in the highest 10.
Metro Boomin’s debut album Not All Heroes Put on Capes additionally opened at No. 1 in 2018 with roughly 99,000 album-equivalent items, along with his 2020 collaborative album with 21 Savage, Savage Mode II, additionally topping the Billboard 200.
Metro’s 2017 joint album with 21 Savage and Offset, With out Warning, peaked at No. 4, whereas his Double or Nothing effort with Large Sean hit No. 6 that very same 12 months.
Throughout a current interview with GQ, Metro Boomin spoke about how fellow tremendous producer Dr. Dre’s 2001 impressed Heroes & Villains, with Nate Dogg laying the blueprint for Don Toliver’s contributions.
“I advised [Don Toliver], ‘Like 2001, you’ve acquired the Nate Dogg position. That’s you,’” he stated.
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Heroes & Villains was initially set to reach on November 4, however was delayed to December 2 resulting from pattern clearance points. Nonetheless, Metro denied he pushed it again to keep away from a showdown with Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss.
“I couldn’t get all of the samples on my album cleared in time for subsequent week so I’m dropping on Dec 2nd now so I’ve sufficient time to be sure to all get this masterpiece as meant. I promise it’s definitely worth the wait!!” he tweeted on the time.
“P.S. I might NEVER transfer my album date due to anybody else,” he added together with a crying face emoji.
