May 27, 2019
Tyler the Creator's IGOR tops the Billboard 200 this week, giving the rapper his first no. 1 album on the chart. He beat out DJ Khaled’s Father of Asahd to top the chart.
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The New York Times reports the album earned 165,000 equivalent album units, 74,000 of which were traditional album sales. Tyler the Creator's last album, Flower Boy, debuted at no. 2 in 2017.
Khaled's Father of Asahd landed at no. 2 on the chart this week, selling 136,000 equivalent album units.
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According to The Times, the deciding factor for which album would top the chart was traditional album sales.