BigXthaPlug Lands First No. 1 Rap Album With 'Better Over Time'
By @sharedot · · 6 pages
- Hip Hop
- Bigxthaplug
- Charts
Billboard reports BigXthaPlug's 'Better Over Time' debuts at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart with 35,000 units, his first chart-topping rap album.
A First No. 1, Four Albums In
Billboard reports that Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug has scored his first No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart, with 'Better Over Time' debuting atop the list dated Nov. 14. The set, released via BigXthaPlug/UnitedMasters, earned 35,000 equivalent album units in its first week (tracking Oct. 29–Nov.
5, per Luminate). It is his fourth entry on the chart — after 'Take Care' (No. 3), 'I Hope You're Happy' (No. 2) and '600 Entertainment: NWA' (No. 25) — so the crown arrived only on album four.
Why It's a Streaming Story
The mix is telling: Billboard notes 29,000 units came from streaming — 29.1 million official on-demand streams — with just 6,000 traditional album sales. The album also hits new career peaks: No. 2 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 7 on the all-genre Billboard 200, matching his best showing.
Ten Tracks on the Songs Chart
Billboard adds that the album lands 10 tracks on the 50-position Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by 'Burn' with Ava Max at No. 14 — the week's Sales Gainer and Streaming Gainer — while 'Lite' with Belly Gang Kushington reenters at No. 27 for a new peak.
Eight debuts bring him to 31 career entries, with 'Burn' now his third-highest charting title behind 'Hip-Hop' with Lil Wayne (No. 8) and 'MMHMM' (No. 11).
Same Day, Different Blueprint
Also on the 11th, STARNEWS reports Korean rapper Hwang Ji-sang released his first full-length album, '#800080,' named for purple's color code — 16 tracks including the title cut 'November 11,' a boom bap track built on real drum sources featuring Koonta, exploring what the rapper calls 'the reason I hate my birthday.'
Two very different paths to identity on the same date.