Meek Mill's new album Championships just grabbed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.
It moved 229,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 42,000 in traditional sales in what was the ninth biggest streaming week of 2018. Meek ended up exceeding his early projections for the second biggest opening of his career: Dreams Worth More Than Money did 246K first week in 2015.
Meek's Championships song with Drake, "Going Bad" opened at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and gave the Philly rapper the first top ten hit of his career
Meanwhile, Lil Baby's "Street Gossip" mixtape grabbed the No. 2 spot on Billboard 200 and moved 88,000 equivalent album units in its first week, 5000 being from traditional album sales.
As far as Meek, where do you think Championships ranks among his album?