{"id":387596,"date":"2026-04-08T05:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387596\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:46:08","slug":"kanyes-bully-no-1-debut-on-top-rb-hip-hop-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387596\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye’s ‘Bully’ No. 1 Debut on Top R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tYe<\/a>, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, lands his 13th No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Top R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums<\/a> chart as BULLY storms in atop the list dated April 11. The set, released on YZY\/gamma., begins with 152,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the tracking week of March 27 \u2013 April 2, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe long-teased<\/a> BULLY was released on March 27 via physical retail outlets and premiered on digital and streaming outlets the following day. During the tracking week of March 27-April 2, the album registered 96,000 units from streaming activity, equal to 98.43 million official on-demand streams of the project\u2019s songs, a further 56,000 units from album sales and a negligible number of track-equivalent units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 1,000 paid\/subscription tier or 2,500 ad-supported tier of official on-demand audio and video streams for a song on the album.)<\/p>\n

\n\tWith BULLY, Ye adds his 13th No. 1 on Top R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums and breaks from a tie with R. Kelly for sole possession of the fifth-most champs in the chart\u2019s history, which dates to 1965. The Temptations lead the count, with 17 No. 1s, while Drake and Future (16 each) and JAY-Z (14) also rank ahead.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s a rundown of Ye\u2019s 13 leaders on Top R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums. The list comprises all his charting entries except 2016\u2019s The Life of Pablo, which peaked at No. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlbum Title, Artist (if other than Ye), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
The College Dropout, three, Feb. 28, 2004
Late Registration, two, Sept. 17, 2005
Graduation, three, Sept. 27, 2007
808s & Heartbreak, one, Dec. 13, 2008
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, two, Dec. 11, 2010
Watch the Throne, with JAY-Z; two, Aug. 27, 2011
Yeezus, one, July 6, 2013
Ye, one, June 16, 2018
Jesus Is King (Soundtrack), one, Nov. 9, 2019
Donda, one, Sept. 11, 2021
Vultures 1, as \u00a5$ with Ty Dolla $ign; one, Feb. 24, 2024
Vultures 2, as \u00a5$ with Ty Dolla $ign; one, Aug. 17, 2024
BULLY, one (to date), April 11, 2026<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, BULLY opens at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums<\/a> and at No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tBULLY\u2019s impact extends to the Hot R&B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a> chart, where 15 of the album\u2019s tracks appear on the 50-position ranking. \u201cFATHER,\u201d featuring Travis Scott, leads the pack with a No. 6 entrance, marking Ye\u2019s 44th top 10 on the list and Scott\u2019s 34th.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith \u201cFATHER\u201d in front, here\u2019s a rundown of the BULLY cuts on the Hot R&B\/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week:<\/p>\n

\n\tNo. 6, \u201cFATHER,\u201d feat. Travis Scott
No. 11, \u201cKing\u201d
No. 13, \u201cPunch Drunk\u201d
No. 14, \u201cWhatever Works\u201d
No. 15, \u201cThis a Must\u201d
No. 17, \u201cPreacher Man\u201d
No. 18, \u201cMama\u2019s Favorite\u201d
No. 19, \u201cBully,\u201d with CeeLo Green
No. 20, \u201cSisters and Brothers\u201d
No. 21, \u201cI Can\u2019t Wait\u201d
No. 22, \u201cWhite Lines,\u201d with Andre Troutman
No. 23, \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d
No. 24, \u201cCircles\u201d
No. 28, \u201cDamn\u201d
No. 32, \u201cThis One Here\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYe was controversially set to headline Wireless Festival in London for three nights this July until the U.K. government denied his travel visa on April 7, leading to the festival\u2019s cancelation<\/a> that same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, lands his 13th No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Top R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[172183,7849,93,1805,61,60,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-387596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bb-charts","9":"tag-chart-beat","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-genre-hiphop","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}