Travis Scott’s ‘Jackboys 2’ Tops Albums Chart

Travis Scott and his Jackboys collective’s compilation album Jackboys 2 debuts at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as Billboard reports. It earned 232,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. Of those, 72,000 comprise streaming equivalent albums (SEA) equaling 94.68 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs, according to Luminate.

The follow-up to the chart-topping EP Jackboys from 2019, the sequel arrived on July 13 with seven songs available as a digital download and came in five vinyl variants. Its expanded version houses 17 tracks, available via digital download, streaming, and on CD with five variants. There is also a 20-song edition that dropped on July 17.  

In addition to Scott, Jackboys 2 features Sheck Wes, Don Toliver, SoFaygo, Playboi Carti, Future, SahBabii, Tyla, Vybz Kartel, GloRilla, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Wallie the Sensei, and Kodak Black. It also includes Scott’s single, “Dumbo.”

Elsewhere on the chart, Justin Bieber’s surprise album Swag bows at Number Two, with 163,000 equivalent album units earned, 155,000 of which are SEA. Swag also debuts at Number One on the Top Streaming Albums chart (earning the equivalent of 198.77 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), marking Bieber’s biggest streaming week ever.

Meanwhile, after ruling the top of the albums chart for its first eight weeks, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem drops to Number Three, with 147,000 equivalent album units earned.

Debuting at Number Four is Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out. Their first album in nearly 16 years garners 118,000 equivalent album units. It’s the second time the rap duo comprising Pusha T and Malice have made the Top 10, following Clipse’s Lord Willin’, which also opened at Number Four back on Sept. 7, 2002.

Rounding out the Top Five, KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack falls from Number Two to Number Five. In its fourth week on the charts, it earned 85,000 equivalent album units.

From Rolling Stone US.