Key Takeaways:

• The album’s shock launch technique might have impacted its chart place in comparison with its friends.
• Despite having a shorter rollout, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? outperformed Young Thug’s UY SCUTI and trailed simply behind Gunna’s The Last Wun.
• 21 Savage’s newest launch provides to his streak of Top 5 Billboard debuts, exhibiting constant fan help.

The numbers are in for 21 Savage’s WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?. On Sunday (Dec. 21), Billboard reported that the London-born rapper’s shock fourth studio album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

According to the music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-showgirl-10-weeks-number-one-billboard-200-1236143930/”>publication, the undertaking moved 73,000 album-equivalent items in whole, 48,000 of which got here from SEA items (equal to about 65.83 million on-demand streams), whereas the remaining 25,000 have been pure gross sales. In addition to the streaming version — which included the Drake-assisted “MR RECOUP” — Savage additionally launched 4 limited-edition CDs in collaboration with designer Olaolu Slawn.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? is Savage’s seventh undertaking to debut throughout the Top 5 on the Billboard 200. His earlier album, american dream, opened at No. 1 in 2024.

Who’s The Highest-Selling Atlanta Rapper In 2025?

If you’re questioning how WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? stacks up in opposition to the remainder of Atlanta’s rap releases in 2025, it falls someplace within the center. Playboi Carti’s music nonetheless holds the music“>highest hip hop debut at 298,000 items, with Lil Baby’s WHAM trailing far behind at 140,000.

Gunna’s The Last Wun scored a No. 3 debut on the Billboard 200 in August with 80,000 items, placing him barely forward of Savage’s numbers. As shocking as it could sound, Young Thug’s UY SCUTI solely moved 52,000 items in its first week.

Of course, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? arrived on streaming companies simply days after being introduced, so you possibly can argue it may need charted greater with a full rollout. Either manner, followers appear to be loving the 14-song effort, which housed collaborations with GloRilla, G Herbo, Metro Boomin and Lil Baby, to call a couple of.

As Rap-Up famous in our review, Latto appeared to reference her rumored relationship with Savage on “POP IT,” whereas he honored hip hop’s misplaced ones on the emotional nearer, “I WISH.” Stream the LP beneath.