Lil Wayne 'Funeral' & Russ 'Shake The Snow Globe' First Week Sales

UPDATE: The final numbers for last week’s releases are in. Lil Wayne sits at #1 with 138,388 copies of Funeral sold first week and 37,229 of that number coming from pure sales. This is one of the lowest first weeks of Wayne’s career. Free Weezy Album and I Am Not A Human Being were lower, but they were streaming only and digital only respectively. Excluding those, these are Wayne’s lowest numbers since Lights Out in 2000.

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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Russ debuts at #3 behind Roddy Ricch with 67,716 copies of Shake The Snow Globe sold and 39,815 coming from pure sales.

Two big Hip-Hop releases — Russ and Lil Wayne — came out January 31st on a crowded day which also saw many other project and single drops from Yo Gotti, Royce 5’9″, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Saweetie, Curren$y and more.

Lil Wayne’s latest album Funeral had been in the making for a long time and the veteran rapper finally decided to put it out this Friday filled with 24 songs. HDD projects that Weezy’s thirteenth studio album is on course to move 110-125k copies in the first week with about 10-15k coming from pure sales (assisted by a D2C). This should put him at the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 next week.

If these numbers hold up, it will potentially end up being the lowest first week numbers for the rapper since early 2000s when Tha Carter moved 116k copies in the first week back in 2004. Funeral features plenty of guest appearances from Big Sean, Lil Baby, Jay Rock, Adam Levine, 2 Chainz, XXXTentacion, O.T. Genasis, The-Dream, Takeoff and more.

Russ’ third major album Shake The Snow Globe is on course to do 60-75k copies in the first 7 days at retails with about 40k coming from pure sales, which is fueled from a ticket bundle to his upcoming tour. The melodic album has guest features from Rick Ross, Benny The Butcher, Devin The Dude, Bia and more.