2024 has been an epic year for Kendrick Lamar, and he’s ending it on a high note. His surprise album GNX debuted atop the Billboard 200, while its songs occupy the majority of the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, with “Squabble Up” becoming his third track to hit No. 1 this year.
GNX soared to the top with 319,000 first-week equivalent album units during its debut week. SEA units comprise 285,000 (equaling 379.72 million on-demand official streams), album sales comprise 32,000 since it was only widely available through standard digital download, while TEA units comprise 2,000.
GNX is Lamar’s fifth album to soar to the top of the Billboard 200, following in the footsteps of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), DAMN. (2017), Untitled Unmastered (2016) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).
Songs from this record occupy the majority of the Billboard 100 chart this week, including the top five. He joins an exclusive club of only three artists who manage to place at No. 1-5 in a single week – Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Beatles.
“Squabble Up” is shaping up to be the album’s biggest hit after debuting at No. 1, ahead of “TV Off” ft. Lefty Gunplay, “Luther” ft. SZA, “Wacced Out Murals”, and “Hey Now” ft. Dody6. This is Lamar’s third No. 1 hit in 2024 after “Like That” ft. Future and Metro Boomin and “Not Like Us”, making him the only artist to achieve three No. 1 songs this year.
