Playboi Carti Has the First No. 1 Album of 2021; Mariah Carey’s Single Is Tops Even After Christmas

variety.com:

Chris Willman Music WriterPlayboi Carti interrupted Taylor Swift’s run at the top of the album chart as his late December release “Whole Lotta Red” debuted at No.

1 with 94,100 album units.At No. 2, Lil Durk’s “The Voice” nearly counted as a debut, too, although it had slipped into the lower ranks of the chart last week after being released Christmas Eve, in the waning hours of that chart week.

Lil Durk finished his first full chart week in second place on the Rolling Stone album chart with 65,200 album units.After two weeks on top, Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” slipped to No.

3 with 60,800 album units. Although the Swift album was not the biggest streamer of the week, it was far ahead of anything else in the top 10 in full album sales,.