Chart Check: Lil Uzi Vert Becomes 9th Rapper To Score 100 Hot 100 Hits Thanks to 2023’s First Billboard 200 #1 Hip-Hop Album ‘Pink Tape’

As has become standard fare for Lil Uzi Vert‘s albums, ‘Pink Tape’ – the rapper’s June 30-released third studio effort that features the smash hit ‘Just Wanna Rock’ – rocked Billboard charts this week with the year’s biggest first-week sales yet for a Rap album. Details inside. Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Pink Tape’ » Read more about: Chart Check: Lil Uzi Vert Becomes 9th Rapper To Score 100 Hot 100 Hits Thanks to 2023’s First Billboard 200 #1 Hip-Hop Album ‘Pink Tape’ » The post Chart Check: Lil Uzi Vert Becomes 9th Rapper To Score 100 Hot 100 Hits Thanks to 2023’s First Billboard 200 #1 Hip-Hop Album ‘Pink Tape’ appeared first on ..::That Grape Juice.net::.. - Thirsty?.

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Chart Check: Lil Uzi Vert Becomes 9th Rapper To Score 100 Hot 100 Hits Thanks to 2023’s First Billboard 200 #1 Hip-Hop Album ‘Pink Tape’

As has become standard fare for Lil Uzi Vert‘s albums, ‘Pink Tape’ – the rapper’s June 30-released third studio effort that features the smash hit ‘Just Wanna Rock’ – rocked Billboard charts this week with the year’s biggest first-week sales yet for a Rap album.

Details inside.

Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Pink Tape’

First-Week Sales (SPS): 167,000

First-Week Sales (Pure): 11,000

Billboard 200 Debut: #1

After hitting the top of the Billboard 200 with ‘Eternal Atake‘ in 2020 and ‘Luv Is Rage 2‘ in 2017, Uzi (born Symere Woods) kept his #1s streak in tact with the booming first-week sales performance of ‘Pink Tape.’

The set’s arrival at the chart’s summit brings to end a drought for Hip-Hop chart-toppers as ‘Pink’ is the first Rap LP to be painted at tally’s top spot in 2023. Among all genres, it boasts he year’s third-biggest debut sales week following the 501,000 and 249,500 units sold that accompanied Country superstar Morgan Wallen‘s ‘One Thing at a Time’ and Stray Kids’ ‘5-Star’ respectively.

Billboard 200 This Week

As if the Billboard 200 triumph wasn’t enough to celebrate, 18 songs from ‘Pink Tape’ were colored in spots on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.

Bringing his career-long entry total to 106, Woods becomes the 14th artist (9th rapper) in the Hot 100’s 64-year history to collect more than 100 hits. Look below for the full list of hitmakers in the exclusive club.

Most Hot 100 Appearances (All Acts)

296, Drake
207, Glee Cast
190, Taylor Swift
185, Lil Wayne
165, Future
141, Kanye West
136, Lil Baby
132, Nicki Minaj
114, Chris Brown
109, Elvis Presley
106, Lil Uzi Vert
105, Justin Bieber
105, Jay-Z
103, YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Uniquely, Lil Uzi Vert has already charted 22 songs on the Hot 100 in 2023 – the most among all rappers (second-most overall among all acts after Wallen’s 39). At present, the ‘Just Wanna Rock’ star holds the all-time record for the most Hot 100-charting songs in a calendar year among soloists: 46.

See who joins him on this week’s updated TGJ Chart Check.