Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Pop Smoke‘s first studio album is on top of the charts.

The late artist, who was tragically murdered at the age of 20 back in February, landed at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with his posthumous set, Shoot for the Stars, as of Sunday (July 12) according to the chart company.

The album was released on July 3 and garnered 251,000 equivalent album units in its first week. It now marks the sixth biggest week of 2020 for any album, and the third largest for a hip-hop album. It also had the fourth largest streaming week of 2020, and is the first posthumous No. 1 since December of 2018 with XXXTentacion‘s Skins.

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See this week’s full Top 10 on the Billboard 200…

1. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars
2. Hamilton: An American Musical original cast recording
3. Lil Baby, My Turn
4. DaBaby, Blame It on Baby
5. Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding
6. The Weeknd, After Hours
7. Harry Styles, Fine Line
8. Polo G, The Goat
9. Lil Uzi Vert, Eternal Atake
10. Lil Durk, Just Cause Y’all Wanted