21 Savage banks his fifth overall – and consecutive – No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as What Happened to the Streets? starts atop the list dated Dec. 27. The set, on Slaughter Gang/Epic Records, earned 73,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the Dec. 12-18 tracking week, according to Luminate.
What Happened to the Streets? was a semi-surprise from 21 Savage, with its official announcement on Dec. 8, four days before its release. Its track list contains features from major hip-hop stars including familiar collaborators Drake, Lil Baby and Metro Boomin as well as G Herbo, GloRilla and Latto.
Of the first-week total for What Happened to the Streets?, streaming activity contributed 48,000 units, representing 65.8 million official on-demand audio and video streams of the album’s songs. 25,000 units came from traditional album sales, while a negligible amount of track-equivalent album units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 1,250 paid/subscription tier or 3,750 ad-supported tier of official on-demand audio and video streams for a song on the album.)
With his new album, 21 Savage achieves his fifth No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, encompassing his last five appearances on the list for a streak-extending stretch. He first ruled with I Am > I Was, a two-week leader in January 2019, returned to the summit via collaborative projects with Metro Boomin (Savage Mode II, a one-week leader in October 2020) and Drake (Her Loss – four weeks on top in November – December 2022), and logged the three-week solo champ American Dream in January-February 2024.
Elsewhere, What Happened to the Streets? arrives as 21 Savage’s sixth No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart and at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200.
In addition to the album’s win, 13 of its tracks crash onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, led by the Drake teamup “Mr Recoup” at No. 4. Its entrance secures 21 Savage’s 37th top 10 on the ranking, while Drake extends his all-time record to 143 in the top tier.
Here’s a review of the What Happened to the Streets? track placements on this week’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart:
No. 4, “Mr Recoup,” with Drake
No. 11, “HA”
No. 14, “Where You From”
No. 15, “Stepbrothers,” with Young Nudy
No. 16, “Dog $hit,” with GloRilla
No. 22, “Pop It,” with Latto
No. 24, “Code of Honor,” with G Herbo
No. 26, “J.O.W.Y.H (JUMP OUT)”
No. 30, “Cup Full”
No. 31, “I Wish,” with Jawan Harris
No. 34, “Gang Over Everything,” with Metro Boomin
No. 35, “Atlanta Tears,” with Lil Baby
No. 48, “Halftime Interlude”