Tyler, the Creator’s new LP IGOR has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart, The New York Times and Forbes report. The record earned 165,000 equivalent album units—selling 74,000 albums and gaining 122.9 million song streams—according to Nielsen. The second spot went to DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd, which sold 136,000 equivalent units, according to the reports. IGOR is Tyler, the Creator’s first No. 1 album. Reacting to the news, Tyler tweeted, “IGOR, NUMBER UNO, STANK YOU.”
IGOR had a stronger first week than Flower Boy, which debuted at No. 2 back in 2017. Flower Boy sold 106,000 album equivalent units in its first week, falling just 1,000 units short of the top spot, which went to Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life. “1,000 IM FUCKING HOT OMG,” Tyler tweeted after the charts were revealed. “WAS SO CLOSE UHHGGG.” He also congratulated Lana on her No. 1 record.
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