Another profit for Kendrick Lamar: His “gnx” album returns to the top of Billboard 200 with 236,000 corresponding album units after his performance on Super Bowl -Half time Show.
With its latest jump from No. 4 to 1, the “GNX” set the second week on top of the chart after release in November. In addition, two of Lamar’s second albums – 2017’s “Damn” and 2012’s “Good Kid, Maad City” – return to top 10, as the former grows from no. 29 to 9 and the latter from no. 28 to 10. His latest The latest feat makes him the first rap artist who has three albums in the diagram top 10 at the same time.
“Gnx“Debuted on No. 1 on Billboard 200 When it was released in November and became California’s fourth chart topping. The surprised set sold a total of 319,000 album units. The album’s debut also launched Lamar to become the fourth artist in history – to join Taylor Swift, Drake and The Beatles – to at the same time hold the five best places on Hot 100 with the set’s leading singles: “Squabble Up”, “TV off “And” Luther “with SZA.
Lamars Halftime -Show Super Bowl took SZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams and Mustard for an Ode to Compton on the world’s biggest stage. The set list consisted largely of songs from “GNX” as well as some classics from his deeper catalog: “DNA”, “Peekaboo”, “Squabble up” and of course “not like us.”
The performance followed Lamar’s big sweep At this year’s Grammy ceremony where his Drake Diss track, “Not Like Us”, took home five awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video.
