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Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal has lastly cracked the High 10 on the Billboard 200, practically eight months after its unique launch. On Sunday (April 27), the publication confirmed the venture made an enormous leap — from No. 24 all the best way to No. 10 — thanks largely to new vinyl and CD releases.

The 19-track venture pulled in a powerful 33,000 items on the chart dated Could 3, with 14,000 of these coming purely from album gross sales. The remainder comes courtesy of streaming numbers, in response to Luminate data, because the Tampa native continues her successful streak from an enormous 2024.

Doechii’s numbers look even higher when you consider how rapidly music comes and goes within the streaming period. Loads of albums drop one week and vanish from the dialog the following — deluxe editions and excursions included — however High Dawg Leisure’s main women appear to have figured it out (see SZA’s SOS returning to No. 1 nearly two years later).

Not solely did the Swamp Princess parlay her breakthrough second right into a Grammy Award — because of a choose few pageant performances, her tour and the “DENIAL IS A RIVER” skits — however her TikTok-viral “Nervousness” additionally performed an enormous half. In truth, including the music to the prolonged model of Alligator Bites By no means Heal pushed the LP as much as No. 12 on the Billboard 200 in March.

Talking of the Will Smith-approved track, “Nervousness” additionally earned Doechii her first-ever High 10 entry on the Sizzling 100 chart. Although it is progressively slipped since peaking at No. 10 in late March, its visible companion, which arrived on April 18, has helped preserve its momentum on the chart.

Within the coming months, Doechii is predicted to take the stage on the inaugural Create & Cultivate Festival, adopted by Lollapalooza and Exterior Lands in August, so hopefully the aforementioned venture and single hold their momentum.