NBA YoungBoy Holds A$AP Rocky From Top Spot On Apple Music Chart

NBA YoungBoy continues to dominate whatever the circumstances. After failing to drop Slime Cry on the finish of November, he as an alternative determined to launch it the identical day as A$AP Rocky’s Don’t Be Dumb. On high of that, YB already handled his rabid fanbase to a few tapes final yr.

But not solely is there no launch fatigue, however the fierce competitors from an eagerly awaited LP is not getting in his manner from reaching the mountaintop. Per Kurrco, the Louisiana native at the moment has the primary tape on U.S. Apple Music throughout all genres.

Rocky is simply behind him at quantity two, however nonetheless, that is fairly the accomplishment. There’s a fantastic probability that these two will probably be tussling within the week forward, in addition to for the highest spot on the Hot 200.

Per a current press launch, Rocky might have the leg up in that contest, although. Prior to Don’t Be Dumb‘s launch on Friday, it already offered 130,000 bodily copies thanks solely to the inventory of vinyl obtainable.

YB normally does his work on streaming platforms completely, so we must see the place he sits heading into the primary week of monitoring. Now that Billboard and YouTube aren’t collaborating in regard to streams, it is going to be fascinating to see if that impacts YB as nicely.

He’s up there, reportedly in possession of over 16 billion views per The Hype Magazine. With all that being mentioned, buckle up for the primary entertaining gross sales and streams battle of 2026.

But this is not the one achievement that YB is celebrating proper now. Yesterday, due to the 26-year-old receiving 36 new plaques from the RIAA, he is now the most certified rapper ever. He holds 126 in whole, and with one other new album out, he is bought the prospect so as to add to that whole quickly.

YoungBoy’s Slime Cry does have an absurd variety of songs on it too (30) making that actuality much more doubtless.