Tyler, The Creator earns new career milestones on Billboard’s charts, thanks to his latest album, Chromakopia.
The set debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Nov. 9) with 299,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the Oct. 25-31 tracking week, according to Luminate – Tyler, The Creator’s biggest week ever in terms of units. Notably, the set was released on an off-cycle Monday (Oct. 28); thus, its first-week sum is from only four days of activity. (Most albums are released on Fridays, giving them a full seven days of activity in their opening chart weeks.)
The LP sold 66,000 on vinyl, the third-biggest debut week for a rap album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991.
Further, all 14 songs from Chromakopia chart on the latest Billboard Hot 100, led by the set’s opening track, “St. Chroma,” featuring Daniel Caesar, at No. 7, and “Noid” (released ahead of the album on Oct. 21), which jumps 43-10. The tracks mark his first two career Hot 100 top 10s.
Here’s a recap of every song from the album on the latest Hot 100 (all of which are debuts except “Noid”):
Rank, Title
No. 7, “St. Chroma,” feat. Daniel Caesar
No. 10, “Noid” (up from No. 43)
No. 14, “Sticky,” feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
No. 15, “Darling, I,” feat. Teezo Touchdown
No. 16, “Rah Tah Tah”
No. 32, “Thought I Was Dead,” feat. ScHoolboy Q & Santigold
No. 33, “Hey Jane”
No. 40, “Judge Judy”
No. 42, “Take Your Mask Off,” feat. Daniel Caesar & LaToiya Williams
No. 45, “Like Him,” feat. Lola Young
No. 46, “I Killed You”
No. 53, “Tomorrow”
No. 56, “Balloon,” feat. Doechii
No. 65, “I Hope You Find Your Way Home”
Prior to this week, Tyler, The Creator had charted 33 Hot 100 hits, reaching as high as No. 13 with “Earfquake” in 2019. His new total of 46 career entries dates to September 2011, when he first charted as a featured act on The Game’s “Martians vs Goblins,” also featuring Lil Wayne. The song spent one week on the chart at No. 100. He returned in July 2017 with “Who Dat Boy” (No. 87 peak).
Thanks to their featured appearances on the songs listed above, Santigold, LaToiya Williams and Lola Young all earn their first career entries on the Hot 100.
Meanwhile, Lil Wayne tallies his 187th career Hot 100 hit, and first of 2024, thanks to his feature on “Sticky.” He has now charted at least one song on the Hot 100 in every year since 2004 – 21 consecutive years and counting, the longest active streak among all acts. The next-longest active runs are by Jason Aldean and Chris Brown (20 years each), Taylor Swift (19), Luke Bryan (18) and Mariah Carey (17) – all five acts have all charted in 2024, thus continuing their respective streaks.