Tyler, The Creator had outdone himself yet again. His latest album CHROMAKOPIA has debuted number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
As per Billboard, the Odd Future collective founder has secured the top-selling album according to the music industry’s leading trade publication. His newest effort has sold 299,500 equivalent album units over the course of the week ending Oct. 31.
Not only is this Tyler’s best sales performance yet for a new album but the selling window was shorter as the LP was released off-cycle (albums are typically released on Fridays). Additionally, this also marks his strongest performance on online streaming platforms.
Originally announced in October, CHROMAKOPIA is largely inspired by his mother Bonita Smith, and the life lessons she told him as a child. Later on, he would better appreciate this information which prompted him to make this concept work.
During his album listening party, Tyler revealed that his goal was to give the world insight into his life prior to his time in Odd Future.
“But the album now has turned into me taking a bunch of sh*t my mom told me as a kid. Now that I’m 33 all of that stuff is like, ‘Oh, that’s what the f*ck she was talking about. Oh, I’m not the guy that I was at 20.’ Like, oh sh*t, people are getting older. Folks having kids and families and all I got is a new Ferrari.”
Thus far the album has been largely embraced with favorable responses from critics and his fans alike. CHROMAKOPIA is his third album to chart number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Tyler, The Creator also won Grammy Awards for “Best Rap Album” for both IGOR in 2020 and Call Me If You Get Lost in 2022.
You can check out CHROMAKOPIA below.
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