October 11, 2023
10 of Hip-Hop’s Biggest First-Week Album Sales in 2023
[ad_1] Do first-week sales still matter? While 2023 marks the 50th year of hip-hop, ironically, rap is having a down year, as the genre reaches five decades in existence.Hip-hop, once the biggest genre of music just a few years ago, has recently shown a decline in the mass market due to a number of factors. Even tickets sales are suffering. As proof of the sales dip, only a handful of rappers have landed No. 1 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts in 2023. Artists are starting to feel the pinch. On Oct. 9, Southern rap veteran Juicy J lamented about hip-hop's downturn."I know a lot of people don’t want...