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Don’t Be Dumb by A$AP Rocky Hits No. 1 on Billboard 200


A$AP Rocky achieves his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, marking his first in over a decade, as Don’t Be Dumb debuts at the top of the list dated Jan. 31. The album earned 123,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the week ending Jan. 22, according to Luminate.

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A$AP Rocky previously topped the chart with AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP (June 2015) and LONG.LIVE.A$AP (February 2013), both of which also debuted at No. 1.

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, ENHYPEN achieves its sixth top 10-charting album with the No. 2 debut of THE SIN : VANISH; Bad Bunny’s former leader DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS jumps from No. 12 to No. 3 after a new Amazon-exclusive vinyl was released; YoungBoy Never Broke Again secures his 17th top 10 with the No. 6 debut of Slime Cry; and Madison Beer lands her first top 10 with the No. 10 debut of Locket.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or ten individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Jan. 31, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Jan. 27. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Of Don’t Be Dumb’s 123,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 76,000 (equaling approximately 78.02 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks, marking A$AP Rocky’s best streaming week ever — it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 47,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

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The release date for Don’t Be Dumb, announced on Dec. 19, was Jan. 16. The long-awaited set was issued as a widely available standard 15-track vinyl LP, as well as a CD and cassette sold exclusively via the artist’s webstore. The wide digital download and streaming editions included two additional tracks. In total, the album was released across more than a dozen vinyl variants (adding up to approximately 40,000 sold — his best week ever on vinyl). The set also received a boost from its availability in multiple deluxe boxed sets sold in his webstore, each containing a copy of the album on CD and branded clothing items. Additionally, on Jan. 21, two more tracks were added to the digital and streaming version of the album.

The album’s debut was preceded by its song “PUNK ROCKY,” which entered the Billboard Hot 100 dated Jan. 24 at No. 64.

ENHYPEN secures its sixth consecutive top ten album on the Billboard 200 as THE SIN : VANISH debuts at No. 2. The act achieved its first top ten in 2022 with MANIFESTO: DAY 1 (No. 6) and has seen each of its five subsequent releases debut in the top five. The new album earned approximately 122,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, with around 113,000 of that total coming from traditional album sales (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, marking the act’s fourth leader). SEA units contributed approximately 9,000 (equaling around 9.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — marking the act’s best streaming week ever) while TEA units comprised a negligible sum.

The album’s first-week sales received a boost from its availability across more than twenty CD variants (all containing collectible items such as photocards, posters, and stickers), including signed editions.

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Bad Bunny’s former leader DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS jumps from No.12 to No.3 following the release of a new Amazon-exclusive red-colored vinyl variant on Jan.16. Last September, Amazon collaborated with the artist to livestream his final concert during his Puerto Rico residency on Sept.20 via Amazon Music, Prime Video, and Twitch.

In the week ending Jan.22, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS earned approximately119,000 equivalent album units (up by approximately270%). Of that total, pure album sales numbered around85,000 (up by approximately4,909%), primarily attributed to vinyl purchases — marking Bad Bunny’s best week ever for vinyl sales and surpassing his previous record of48,000 sold for this same album when it first became available on vinyl (May17 dated chart). The week’s sales for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS on vinyl represent also the largest sales week in modern history for a Spanish-language album on vinyl since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in1991.

Bad Bunny is set to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb.8; two days prior to that event, a new vinyl edition of the album will be released — this time as a white-colored vinyl available across all retailers.

Morgan Wallen’s former No.1 I’m the Problem dips from No.2 to No.4 on the latest Billboard200 (75,000 equivalent album units; down9%), while Zach Bryan’s With Heaven On Top falls fromNo.1 toNo.5 in its second week (70,000; down48%).

YoungBoy Never Broke Again charts his17th top10 effort onthe Billboard200 as Slime Cry debuts atNo.6.The set earned70,000 equivalentalbumunitsinits openingweek;69,000of that total came fromSEAunits(equatingtoapproximately72.6millionon-demandofficialstreams ofthealbum; itdebutsatNo4onTopStreamingAlbums).

With this17th top10 entry, YoungBoy Never Broke Again ties Drake for thesecond-most top10 albums ever among rappers; only Future has more top10 albums among rap artists with18.

Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving falls fromNo3toNo7onthelatestBillboard200(56,000equivalentalbumunits earned; down13%), Swift’s former leader The Life of a Showgirl slides fromNo4toNo8(53,000; down15%)andthechart-toppingKPop Demon Hunters soundtrack descendsfromNo5toNo9(47,000; down16%).

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Closing outthetop10isMadisonBeer’sLocket, debutingatNo10with43,000equivalentalbumunits earned.It is herfirst top10—andtop40—entryas asinger-songwriter,she previously reachedas highasNo65withLife Supportin2021.The newalbumwasprecededbyBeer’sfirstHot100hit,“Bittersweet,”whichdebutedatNo98onthechartdatedJan10.On themostrecentlypublishedPopAirplaychart(datedJan31),thetrackrebounds toitsNo23best.

Ofthe43,000first-weekunitsforLocket(Beer’sbest-everweekbyunits),album sales comprise24,000(herbiggestsalesweekyet; itdebutsatNo4onTopAlbumSales),SEAunits comprise18,000(equalingapproximately18.89millionon-demandofficialstreams ofthe set’stracks—herbeststreamingweekever; itdebutsatNo33onTopStreamingAlbums)andTEAunits comprisea negligible sum.

The first-week sales for Locketwere bolstered byitsavailability across eightvinyl variants(includingasignededition), threeCDvariants(includingasignedversion),astandarddigitaldownloadeditionandacassettetape.Locket wasonceavailableindeluxeboxedsetvariationssoldonBeer’swebstorecontainingacopyoftheCDandbrandedmerchandise.

Luminate,theindependentdataprovider to the Billboardcharts ,completesathoroughreviewofalldata submissionsusedincompilingtheweeklychartrankings.Luminatereviewsandauthenticatesdata.Inpartnershipwith Billboard ,datadeemed suspicious orunverifiableisremovedusingestablishedcriteria beforefinalchartcalculationsaremadeandpublished.

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Sarah Parker is a research analyst and content contributor with a strong interest in business strategy, organizational behavior, and social development. With a background in sociology and public policy, she focuses on exploring the intersection between research and real-world application. Sarah regularly contributes articles that bridge academic insights and practical relevance, aiming to foster critical thinking and innovation across sectors.