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Lil Baby's 'WHAM' Beats Bad Bunny for No. 1 Album

Debuts Atop Billboard 200 Chart

January 14, 2025

Lil Baby has achieved a major victory with his fourth album, WHAM (Who Harder As Me), debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The 15-track album, released on January 3rd, was followed by a deluxe edition featuring four additional tracks. WHAM earned an impressive 140,000 equivalent album units in its first week, outperforming Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos.

This marks Lil Baby's fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, joining It’s Only Me (2022), The Voice of the Heroes (2021), and My Turn (2020). His debut album, Harder Than Ever (2018), reached No. 3. WHAM is the first rap album to top the chart this year, succeeding SZA's LANA, and the first rap album to reach No. 1 since Kendrick Lamar's GNX.

Following the success of WHAM, Lil Baby has already teased his fifth album, Dominique, announcing a potential release date of February 2025 on Instagram.

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Tobi Efunnowo
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January 14, 2025
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