Playboi Carti’s First Week Projections Get Big upgrade
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Playboi Carti’s First Week Projections Get Big upgrade

TYLER WILSON

Yesterday, Playboi Carti’s I Am Music was projected to do 250K in its first week.

It just got a pretty significant upgrade.

Now, the album is trending toward 310K.

US albums chart preview (via @HITSDD): #1 @playboicarti 310K #2 @ladygaga 84K #3 @kendricklamar 79K #4 @Partynextdoor & @Drake 67K #5 @SZA 62K #6 Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) 58K #7 @tatemcrae 53K #8 Bad Bunny (@sanbenito) 50K #9 Doechii (@OfficialDoechii) 44K #10…

chart data (@chartdata) March 18, 2025 View on X

That gives it a chance to surpass the 319K Kendrick’s GNX put up in November and be the biggest rap opening since Travis Scott’s Utopia did 496K in July of 2023.

Is Playboi making a play to be part of a new big 3.