Drake And 21 Savage's "Her Loss" Debuts At No. 1

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The OVO and Slaughter Gang team-up dethroned Taylor Swift's "Midnights" atop the Billboard charts.

Drake and 21 Savage's collaborative album, Her Loss, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Moreover, this is the 6 God's 12th No. 1 album and 21's third. Her Loss is the year's highest hip-hop/R&B debut in a week, and the fourth-largest US streaming week of all time.

The recently crowned No. 1 album pushed 404,000 equivalent album units according to Billboard with 513.56 million official streams. Interestingly, Her Loss trails behind Taylor Swift's Midnights and Drake's Certified Lover Boy and Scorpion for the largest US streaming week. The Beatles and Jay-Z are the only artists to surpass Drake's No. 1s, with 19 and 14 albums respectively.

Additionally, Drake and 21 dethroned Midnights as the No. 1 album in the U.S. That album debuted with record-breaking numbers and is still getting spun like crazy. With Her Loss, 21 Savage and Drake are competing head-to-head with some of pop's music most successful stars. The "Bank Account" rapper is also being mentioned alongside Adele or John Lennon when talking numbers. Wild.

Despite these reports, Her Loss has made headlines for much more than its numbers. Firstly, it's one of Drake's most well-received projects in a long time, with great beats and bars for fans. However, many of those bars have caught Drizzy in particular a lot of hot water. He dissed Megan The Stallion and also went back on his reconciliation with Kanye West on "Circo Loco." Also, he threw some shots at Serena Williams' husband and reignited a feud with D.R.A.M.

Furthermore, a lot of the duo's promotional tactics went south fast because, well, all the promo was fake. An SNL performance, Howard Stern interview, COLORS show, and Vogue cover, all for show. In fact, that Vogue cover actually got them a lawsuit from the magazine's owners Conde Nast. They have been ordered to stop using the fake cover as promotional material.

The rap game's new star duo found incredible success with this album, even with some ugly behaviors and questionable promotion. Regardless, we're sure that the story behind Her Loss and its rollout isn't over yet. Stay tuned to HotNewHipHop for the latest on rap numbers, Drake, and 21 Savage.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.
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