Lil Durk makes his first Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart arrival, entering at No. 2 with his major-label debut Remember My Name. The set starts with 32,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music.
The rapper, now signed to Def Jam, concurrently scores his first appearance on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with the set’s lead single, “Like Me,” featuring Jeremih. The track debuts at No. 43, aided mostly by a 32 percent streaming gain (to 1.7 million domestic weekly plays). An 117 percent rise in digital sales (to 8,000 downloads) additionally assists the bow, while prompting its No. 31 arrival on Rap Digital Songs.
Hello, ‘By’: Rapper Dom Kennedy also debuts on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, as By Dom Kennedy touches down at No. 3, his highest ranking yet on the chart. With 20,000 units sold, Kennedy’s latest album bests his two previous entries: Get Home Safely (No. 4 debut and peak, with 12,000, in 2013) and ll: From the Westside, With Love (No. 19; 6,000, in 2011).
Scott Hits Top 10: Jill Scott rises 13-7 on Adult R&B Songs with “Fool’s Gold,” attaining her 13th top 10 on the airplay ranking. The track grows by 37 percent, earning the Greatest Gainer tag.
With the rise, Scott ties Mariah Carey for the fifth-most top 10s by a female on the chart (which began in 1993). Mary J. Blige leads with 19, followed by Alicia Keys(17), Toni Braxton (15) and Whitney Houston (14). (The leader among all acts? Gerald Levert, with 22.)
Scott concurrently makes her inaugural arrival on the nearly three-year-old Hot R&B Songs chart (which blends airplay, sales, and streaming), where “Gold” shines at No. 22.
