Tyler, The Creator has at all times had a bit extra of a hipster cache than different rappers. At this time that reputation with the record-buying public has paid off as Stereogum reports that the Los Angeles rapper has set a report for the biggest vinyl gross sales week for any hip-hop report ever. Name Me If You Get Misplaced, his glorious album from final yr offered essentially the most vinyl copies for a rap report since 1991, which is when Billboard’s knowledge firm Luminate began maintaining monitor of those kinds of gross sales.
The album not too long ago received a Grammy on the 2022 awards, which definitely helped it promote a number of extra copies. Whereas the album was launched in June 2021, it simply now began taking pre-orders for the vinyl model, which explains the late gross sales increase. With gross sales for the vinyl version nearing 50,000, it shot the album again as much as the highest of the Billboard 200 listing.
The album options DJ Drama and is a callback to the traditional Gangsta Grillz mixtapes of the mid-00s. It has standout options by artists like Lil Wayne (who was a star of the Gangsta Grillz collection), Domo Genesis, Lil Uzi Vert and has manufacturing work by Jamie xx and Jay Versace.
The increase in gross sales isn’t simply spectacular for a rap report; it’s the ninth highest week of vinyl gross sales for any style, becoming a member of Taylor Swift amongst others. It surpassed Child Cudi’s 2021 album Man On The Moon III: The Chosen, the earlier record-holder for vinyl rap data.
One final spectacular word – Tyler, The Creator’s album turns into the fourth report to return to #1 following the discharge of a vinyl version. He joins the aforementioned Swift and Olivia Rodrigo in that firm.
Lesson right here? Individuals are shopping for vinyl – and never simply hipsters – and it’s most likely probably that Tyler’s report will probably be surpassed prior to later. Maybe he’ll break his personal report?
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