Fred Again…, TZUYU and Rich Homie Quan all debut albums on the Billboard 200 chart (dated September 21), albeit under vastly different circumstances.
Fred again..
The EDM star enters an album on the Billboard 200 for the first time this week with his new project Ten days. The set debuts at No. 166 with 9,000 equivalent albums earned in the Sept. 6-12 tracking week, according to Luminate. It also becomes the fifth LP to chart on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums, opening at No. 3.
Here's a look at his full Hot Dance/Electronic album history:
Top position, title, chart date
No. 3, Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022)12/11/2022
No. 10, Real Life (April 14 – December 17, 2020)17/12/2022
No. 24, Secret Life20/5/2023
No. 4, USB29/6/2024
No. 3, Ten days21/9/2024
Fred Again… also lands eight songs from the album on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, including five debuts. Here's a recap:
No. 17, “Just Stand There” featuring SOAK (debut)
No. 19, “Places To Be” with Anderson .Paak & CHIKA
No. 22, “Adore U” (Re-Entry)
No. 23, 'Ten' with Jozzy (Re-Entry)
No. 27, “Glow” featuring Duskus, Four Tet & Skrillex (debut)
No. 29, “Fear Less” featuring Sampha (debut)
No. 37, “Peace U Need” featuring Joy Anonymous (debut)
No. 40, 'Backseat' featuring The Japanese House & Scott Hardkiss (debut)
He now has 26 hits on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs in his career, dating “Don't Judge Me” with FKA Twigs and Headie One in 2021.
TZUYU
The Taiwanese singer-songwriter has already made waves as a member of South Korean group TWICE, but is now making a name for herself as a solo artist.
Her first solo EP with six songs aboutTZU: The 1st Mini albumreleased via JYP/Imperial/Republic Records, debuts at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 (24,000 units). It also debuts at No. 1 on the World Albums.
TZUYU remains an active member of TWICE and has been since 2015. The group has carved out a successful history in Bulletin boardcharts, including seven charting projects on the Billboard 200. He scored his first No. 1 earlier this year with his EP Together with YOU.
Rich Homie Quan
The rapper returns to Bulletin boardof the charts after his death on September 5 with an 11-year-old mixtape.
I promise I will never stop enteringreleased in November 2013, debuts at No. 110 (11,000 units, up 230%). The project includes “Walk Thru,” featuring Trouble, which peaked at No. 74 on the Hot 100 in 2014.
Rich Homie Quan charted two other projects on the Billboard 200 prior to this week: Back to Basics (No. 84 peak in 2017) and his debut studio album Rich As In Spirit (No. 32, 2018).
Quan's entire musical catalog also received a lot of attention after his death. In the last tracking week (the most recent since his death, Sept. 6-12), his catalog generated 44.2 million official US streams on demand, according to Luminate, a 227% gain from the previous week.
Rich Homie Quan (real name: Dequantes Lamar) died on September 5th in an Atlanta hospital. The cause of death has not yet been announced.
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