Kanye West’s ‘Ye’
Officially Becomes
His Eighth No. 1 Album ‘Ye’ joins the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart The seven-track album was released on June 1 and earned 208,000 equivalent album units by the end of the week on June 7, according to Nielsen Music. During its first week, it also garnered 180.1 million on-demand audio streams, marking the seventh-biggest debut streaming week for an album. It currently has the fifth-largest week for an album in 2018, with a starting sum of 85,000 units in traditional album sales. Yeezy is now tied with Eminem for the second-most No. 1 albums among hip-hop acts in the history of the 200 albums chart. Jay-Z is ahead of the two, with 14 chart-toppers for hip-hop, but The Beatles reign supreme among all acts with 19.