Bryson Tiller 'True To Self' & Lil Yachty 'Teenage Emotions' First Week Sales

UPDATE: The final numbers are in. Bryson Tiller’s True To Self sold 116,471 first week with 47,209 of those being pure sales. Lil Yachty comes in at 43,755 with streams with 18,000 being pure sales.

Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up The Super Bowl With Bold Drake Diss And Surprise Guests

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl 59 halftime performance was nothing short of legendary, leaving fans buzzing with surprise cameos and bold moments that took his long-running feud with Drake to new heights. Kicking off with an unreleased song snippet and followed by “Squabble Up” from his latest album GNX, Kendrick immediately set the tone for a game-changing performance. Fans eagerly waited to see if Kendrick would play his diss track Not Like Us, especially with Drake's ongoing lawsuit against him and his label for defamation and harassment. Lamar's performance included an unexpected appearance by SZA and a quirky cameo from Serena Williams, along with Samuel L. Jackson’s comedic interruptions, all building the suspense around the Drake drama. In the middle of his performance, Kendrick turned up the heat, looking straight into the camera and directly addressing Drake with his famous lyrics, “I heard you like them young," as fans held their breath. Despite the tension, Kendrick censored himself when it came time to call Drake a "certified lover boy" and avoided saying “pedophile,” which had been widely speculated. Social media lit up with mixed reactions, with some fans mocking the performance as a "mid mashup" and others noting the intense hostility toward Drake. With the hashtag #KendrickBowl trending, it’s clear that Kendrick’s performance was a cultural moment that pushed boundaries—but has he gone too far, or is this just another chapter in hip-hop history? Only time will tell, and Drake has yet to respond.

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Traditionally when artists release their albums earlier than expected, sales can be affected and we saw an example of this most recently when Wale pushed his SHINE release date forward and suffered partly because of it. On Friday Bryson Tiller released his album almost a full month earlier than expected and many speculated that his sales could be a little lower than they should be. We now have the projections in.

True To Self is projected to sell 110k–130k first week including streaming with 40k–50k of those being pure sales. This is about double his last project TRAPSOUL which sold about 22k first week and so a healthy increase. You can support the R&B star by picking up the LP here.

Just behind him is Lil Yachty with his debut album Teeage Emotions. That’s set to sell 55k–60k sales plus streaming and 19k–22k pure sales.