Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the California rapper’s fourth consecutive chart-topping effort. The surprise-released set sold a total of 319,000 album units following its Nov. 22 arrival, per Luminate.
Produced by Sounwave, Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, and more, “GNX” also features a variety of Los Angeles-based rappers and artists including AzChike and Lefty Gunplay, among others. It was supported with the release of a music video for “Squabble Up.”
The album arrived with the sixth-largest opening week numbers for a 2024 album (by equivalent album units), and logged the biggest streaming week for any R&B/hip-hop album (379.72 million).
“GNX” is Lamar’s fourth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1, following “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” (2022), “Damn.” (2017) and “To Pimp a Butterfly” (2015). Lamar’s “Untitled Unmastered” (2016) and “Black Panther: The Album” (2018) also debuted atop the Billboard 200.
Following Lamar is the “Wicked” film’s soundtrack, which scores the highest debut for a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical ever. The last time a stage-to-screen musical soundtrack debuted in the top five of the albums chart when “Chicago” landed at No. 4 in 2003.
The remainder of the top 10 is filled out by Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Short n’ Sweet” at No. 3; Tyler, The Creator’s “Chromakopia” is at No. 4; Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft” is at No. 5; Gracie Abrams’ “The Secret of Us” is at No. 6 and Rauw Alejandro’s “Cosa Nuestra” is at No. 7. Lastly, Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” is at No. 8; Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” at No. 9; and Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” is at No. 10.
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