JID Secures First Week Sales Projections For New Album

JID continues to construct momentum as not only a important darling in up to date hip-hop, however a industrial power in his personal proper. Based on Kurrco, we now have the primary week gross sales projections for his new album God Does Like Ugly, which appears to be like to be his most commercially profitable challenge but in relation to first week gross sales.

Per this report, the brand new LP is anticipated to promote 34K album-equivalent models in its first week and debut at quantity ten on the Billboard 200 albums chart. This is able to mark the Atlanta rapper’s highest-selling first week for a challenge thus far and his highest variety of first week gross sales to this point. These numbers nonetheless do not have an official affirmation at press time, although. So take this with a grain of salt.

Regardless, followers and the group behind GDLU proceed to have a good time it, and JID has much more on the best way. Throughout an interview with Advanced, he revealed that his collab album with Metro Boomin will hopefully be his subsequent file, if every little thing pans out. As for when it is going to come out, we don’t know.

However, God Does Like Ugly‘s success additionally partially owes itself to a compelling press run with varied different retailers. This led to varied curious subjects of dialogue, together with JID’s ideas on rap beef and why it is “very unattractive” to him.

“Except it’s actual,” he defined. “If it’s actual, then it’s actual. I’d really admire that extra, if any individual have been to really say, ‘I f***ing hate you.'”

A variety of people engaged in related conversations over the previous two years or so, and it wasn’t simply due to the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle. Subsequent feuds such because the East Coast and West Coast scuffle, plus Skepta versus Joyner Lucas, additionally drew debate for supposedly clout-chasing.

However on the finish of the day, none of that robotically results in industrial success. Certain, JID’s reference to followers and his arduous work on his artistry would not do this both. But it makes industrial efficiency really feel that rather more deserved, and we hope his craft sees extra direct rewards.