Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V debuts at no. 1 on Billboard 200

Tha Carter V had the second biggest streaming week ever for an album.

By Jewel Wicker

October 07, 2018

Lil Wayne’s <i>Tha Carter V</i> debuts at no. 1 on Billboard 200

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 27: Rapper Lil' Wayne performs during the 2018 Adult Video News Awards at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, giving the rapper his fourth no. 1 album on the chart. Logging 433 million on-demand audio streams, the album had the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album behind Drake's Scorpion.

The album topped the chart with 480,000 equivalent album units, 141,000 of which were traditional album sales.

Behind Wayne's Tha Carter V, Logic's YSIV debuted at no. 2 on the chart.

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Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V debuts at no. 1 on Billboard 200

Tha Carter V had the second biggest streaming week ever for an album.

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