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21 Savage’s ‘What Happened to the Streets?’ Opens at No. 3 With 73,000 Units

The album tops the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, with online claims about filtered D2C sales still unverified.

Overview

  • Billboard reports a No. 3 debut on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 album-equivalent units, extending 21 Savage’s run of projects opening in the chart’s top five.
  • First-week consumption includes 48,000 streaming units from 65.8 million on-demand streams and about 25,000 in pure album sales.
  • What Happened to the Streets? starts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums and lands in the top five on both Top Album Sales and Top Streaming Albums.
  • Thirteen tracks enter Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, led by the Drake collaboration Mr Recoup at No. 4.
  • Social-media posts claim roughly 37,000 pure-sales units were filtered after a late D2C surge, but chart authorities have not confirmed any irregularities.