"Utopia" spent another week on the Billboard 200 albums chart after debuting atop last week on the genre-blending chart.
Currently, "Utopia" is the biggest hip-hop album of 2023.
Travis Scott 'Utopia' Billboard 200
According to Billboard's recent numbers, "Utopia" is spending another week on the Billboard 200 chart. Luminate reports that the album is the first rap album to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 in nearly two years since Drake's "Certified Lover Boy" in 2021.
Per Luminate's numbers, "Utopia" amassed 147,000 album-equivalent units last week. Among those numbers were 110,000 streaming units, which equaled 145.99 million on-demand official streams. Meanwhile, 37,000 were attributed to album sales and track units with 1,000.
Last week, "Utopia" debuted with 496,000 album units, the biggest week for any R&B and Hip-Hop or rap album in 2023.
Brad Pitt Helped Release Travis Scott 'Utopia'
As Scott earned his second week atop the charts, it was revealed that he recorded the said album at Brad Pitt's Miraval Studio in France.
According to an Instagram account named Legends Inc, they confirmed that Scott indeed recorded "Utopia" in the famed recording and editing studio overseas.
"Miraval recording studio in the South of France owned by Brad Pitt. This is where Travis Scott recorded his latest album 'Utopia', on the site of a winery and chateau," the caption said.
In fact, Scott wasn't the only star who recorded at the said famed studio. Sade and Pink Floyd also performed there in the past.
Billboard 200 Top 10 Album Ranking
According to Billboard, Travis Scott's second week of "Utopia" at the top leads a quiet Top 10 as there were no recorded debuts at the said region.
Morgan Wallen's "One Thing At A Time" rebounded to No. 2 while the "Babie" soundtrack also ascended to No. 3, a spot below its initial debut and peak. At No. 4 is Taylor Swift's "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" and "Midnights" at No. 5. "Lover" also ranked No. 6 - which boasts a huge stride for Swift again as three of her former No. 1s rank close to each other in the Top 10.
Post Malone's "Autin" dropped to No. 7 with Peso Pluma's "Genesis" slipping to No. 8. Another Swift chart leader "Folklore" also jumped to No. 9 from No. 12 while "Dangerous: The Double Album" rounds the Top 10.
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