Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack collective have stormed to the top of the Billboard 200 with the compilation album JACKBOYS 2, which opens at No. 1 this week. The project racked up about 232,000 equivalent album units in its first week – the second-largest debut for any rap album this year. Of that sum, a whopping 160,000 were pure album sales (boosted by merch bundles), while streaming accounted for roughly 94 million song streams. This marks Scott’s first full-length release since 2021 and solidifies his hold on the charts once again.
Other big bows fill out a crowded top ten. Justin Bieber enters at No. 2 with his surprise album SWAG, moving around 163,000 units – largely driven by streaming, which earned Bieber the biggest streaming week of his career. Notably, this is the first time in Bieber’s 15-year career that one of his albums has not debuted at No. 1, snapping a streak of six consecutive chart-toppers for the pop superstar. Meanwhile, hip-hop duo Clipse reunite after 16 years to debut at No. 4 with Let God Sort Em Out, notching approximately 118,000 units and giving Pusha T and No Malice their second top-ten entry.
The rest of the Top 10 features a diverse mix of genres. K-pop sensations TWICE land at No. 6 with their new EP (earning about 80,000 units), and boy band ATEEZ arrives at No. 7 – a career high for the rising Korean group. R&B singer GIVEON also makes a strong showing, debuting at No. 8 with his latest project, Beloved, which opens with roughly 44,000 units. Country star Morgan Wallen and the soundtrack to K-Pop Demon Hunters round out the upper tier, underscoring one of the year’s most competitive album release weeks. As Billboard’s chart manager put it, “Travis Scott came out on top in a stacked week of new releases,” and the numbers back it up.
