With his fourth appearance on Billboard ‘s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, Don Toliver achieves his first No. 1 as Hardstone Psycho launches atop the list dated June 29. The set, released on June 14, earned 76,500 equivalent album units in the U.
S. for the tracking week of June 14 – 20, according to Luminate. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Of Hardstone Psycho ’s 76,500-unit start, streaming activity contributed 57,000 units, a sum representing 75.
98 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs. Traditional album sales supplied 19,500 units, while track-equivalent album units comprise a negligible sum. Both the streaming sum and album-sales figures are new career bests for the Houston native.
(One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.) Hardstone Psycho , issued on Cactus Jack/Atlantic Records, gives Don Toliver a first champ on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums after the rapper and singer’s three prior releases each hit the top five, but couldn’t capture the top slot. His debut full-length, Heaven or Hell , peaked at No.
5, while sophomore effort Life of a Don reached a No. 2 best and his third LP, Love Sick , attained a No. 4 high.
Elsewhere, Hardstone Psycho opens at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart, where Don Toliver likewise bags his first lead.