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A$AP Rocky Scores Third No. 1 as 'Don’t Be Dumb' Opens With 123,000 Units

A variant-led physical push alongside record streaming strength powered the debut.

Overview

  • Billboard, citing Luminate, reports 123,000 first-week equivalent units, with 76,000 from streaming (78.02 million on-demand plays) and 47,000 from pure sales, marking Rocky’s first Billboard 200 topper in more than a decade.
  • More than a dozen vinyl variants totaled about 40,000 sold, with additional CDs, cassettes, webstore deluxe box sets, and late-week digital track additions bolstering the launch.
  • Rihanna publicly congratulated Rocky on X, writing, “Just me here to let yall know my baby daddy got the NUMBER 1 ALBUM!!! Aaahhhhhh hah! DONT BE DUMB!!!”.
  • It was a tight chart race, with ENHYPEN debuting at No. 2 with 122,000 units and Bad Bunny rising to No. 3 with 119,000 units following an Amazon-exclusive vinyl release.
  • The rollout continues with a Don’t Be Dumb Tour set for May–July in North America and August–September in Europe, as Rocky teases a ‘Disc 2’ deluxe featuring more collaborations.