J.I.D‘s new album DiCaprio 2 has debuted at number 47 on the Billboard 200 chart this week.
Being released on a Monday, the project only had four days of tracking, but still managed to move an impressive 14,554 units — 2,546 of those are traditional album sales. DiCaprio 2 serves as the follow-up to the Dreamville’s rapper’s The Never Story debut, which was released last year.
It’s worth noting that sales and chart position were not a priority for J.I.D. Hopefully, other artists will follow suit and release projects on days other than the busy Friday window.
I see yall askin me “y aRE yEw DRopPiN mUNdAY INshteAD Of fryDAe”, 😂bruh I👏🏾don’t👏🏾af👏🏾about👏🏾no 👏🏾first 👏🏾week👏🏾sales, first week sales are kool for the Coles, Kdots, Drake’s And Nikki’s but, that’s not the game I’m playin right now, i need the attention I can garner, cont..
— (J.I.D) (@JIDsv) November 22, 2018
I’m not playing the game they want me to play, we doing this shit our way and letting the people have the music how we see fit, I’m excited for Dicaprio2, the Level of shit talk I produced on “Slicktalk” is unparalleled, I tapped in on this project 😂
— (J.I.D) (@JIDsv) November 22, 2018
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