Young Thug Underwhelms With Official “UY SCUTI” Billboard Debut

Younger Thug has rather a lot to be pleased with with his new album UY SCUTI. He lastly delivered a totally new LP after the YSL RICO case, has mirrored on lots of drama and hardship, took accountability, and located lots of monetary success with the mission. Nonetheless, on the planet of excessive requirements and fixed comparisons inside music discourse, the numbers have brought on lots of debate.

Billboard simply reported that the document’s first week gross sales and its debut on their 200 albums chart are lastly, formally in. Earlier projections for Younger Thug’s UY SCUTI urged a quantity six debut with 54K album-equivalent items, with even earlier ones undershooting (quantity seven with 48K). It seems that this was virtually completely correct.

Per the publication, UY SCUTI debuted at quantity six on the Billboard 200 chart with 52K items, 13K of these being full album gross sales like bodily and digital copies. The very best debut on the charts this week was the brand new Doja Cat album Vie, which landed at quantity 4. For these curious, KPop Demon Hunters topped the charts as soon as once more.

Again to Thugger, although, UY SCUTI marks his ninth prime ten album on the Billboard 200 chart. It emerged within the type of numerous field units, deluxe editions (equivalent to Younger Thug’s UY SCUTI (Supernova Version) on streaming), and digital editions with bonus tracks.

Whereas the Atlanta artists has by no means had the most important numbers, the divisive important reception to this new album – plus all of Thug’s drama in its lead-up – make this specific Billboard debut look extra dire. To name it unsuccessful can be disingenuous and inaccurate, however that is sadly how gross sales talks go generally. Nonetheless, many followers beloved Supernova, which was the extra vital matter to take care of.

As well as, Younger Thug desires to go on tour quickly, which is able to doubtless encourage extra push behind UY SCUTI and sustainable efficiency shifting ahead. Though this Billboard debut will trigger lots of debate, his greatest work in lots of’s eyes has by no means been his most profitable. Will this album get an analogous reevaluation someday? We’ll see…