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    Artist of the Week: Gunna

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    The ‘Drip Harder’ rapper earns his first No. 1 album on Billboard Hot 200 while introducing his fans to his new persona ‘Wunna’ with the newly-released second studio album.
    Jun 8, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Gunna is a standout among new young rappers from Atlanta’s hip-hop scene. The 26-year-old rapper carved his path to success through a series of “Drip” mixtapes that he capped off with a debut album “Drip or Drown 2” which peaked at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 200 in 2019.
    After successfully shaping up his “Drip” persona, he was keen to introduce his fans to the other side of him that many people didn’t really know. With his sophomore set “Wunna”, he wanted his loyal devotees to meet the “Wealthy Unapologetic N**ga Naturally Authentic.”
    He did half of his second studio album in Jamaica while exploring the different scenery. “Gunna is more chill, just the drip god. I don’t really do too much. You really just see me doing more just clothes and music. Wunna, I feel he’s more spontaneous,” he explained in an interview.
    Powered with 18 brand new rap tracks that feature the likes of Young Thug, Lil Baby, Roddy Ricch, and Travis Scott (II), the album chronicled Gunna’s fast-paced life in the past few years from meeting “Argentina” girls in Cali, taking a hot air balloon to enjoy the exotic landscape of Jamaica, dressing up to high-fashion events, stacking up money in his bank account, to doing shows all over the world.
    But it’s not just having fun for the rapper. He also talked about “life and things that are deeper.” In one song dedicated to the late Nipsey Hussle, he reflected on his journey to stardom. From “having no cash for gas, stove or heat,” he’s climbing out of poverty to be one of the prominent stars in the rap scene.
    The album debuted at the top spot on Billboard Hot 200 with a total of 111,000 album-equivalent units which mostly attributed to the 144 million on-demand streams. Across the pond, it entered the U.K. Albums chart at No. 5, giving the rap star his first top ten album in the country.
    Gunna, real name Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, also landed 13 songs on Billboard Hot 100 chart, led by “Dollaz on My Head”. The song entered the singles chart at No. 38, marking his eighth top 40 hit.
    Despite all those feats, he was not in a celebratory mood. “It’s hard celebrating a #1 album when the world is Hurting,” he tweeted, seemingly referring to his fellow African-American brothers and sisters marching for Black Lives Matter to fight racial injustice across the country.

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      Gunna Nabs First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Wunna'

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      This week’s Billboard 200 chart also sees The 1975’s ‘Notes on a Conditional Form’ debuting at No. 4 with 54,000 equivalent album units, marking the band’s third top 10 album.
      Jun 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gunna is celebrating his first No. 1 album on Billboard 200 chart with his new album “Wunna”. The album successfully debuts atop the chart with 111,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 28, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
      Of the sum, 106,000 units are in the form of SEA units, while 4,000 are album sales and less than 1,000. are in TEA units. Prior to this, Gunna ranked as high as No. 3 with his last release, “Drip or Drown 2”. Addressing his milestone, Gunna took to Twitter to write, “It’s hard celebrating a #1 album when the world is Hurting.”
      Hot on its heels is Lil Baby’s “My Turn” that ascends to No. 2 with the earning of 65,000 equivalent album units. Former No. 1 album, Future’s “High Off Life”, meanwhile, falls to No. 3 with earning 61,000 units its second week.
      This week’s chart also sees The 1975’s “Notes on a Conditional Form” debuting at No. 4 with 54,000 equivalent album units. The set marks the band’s third top 10 album joining “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships” (No. 4 in 2018) and “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It” (No. 1 in 2016).
      Occupying No. 5 is Polo G’s “The Goat” that shifts from No. 2 to No. 5 with 52,000 album equivalent units. Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” also slips from its spot last week, going from No. 4 to No. 6 with 48,000 units.
      Descending two spots, from No. 5 to No. 7 with 42,000 units is DaBaby’s “Blame It on Baby”. Rounding out the top 10 are The Weeknd’s “After Hours”, Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake” and Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding”. “After Hours” falls from No. 7 to No. 8 with 40,000 units with “Eternal Atake” dropping from No. 6 to No. 9 with 37,000 units. As for “Hollywood’s Bleeding”, it dips two spots from No. 8 to No. 10 with just under 37,000 units.
      Top Ten Billboard 200 (Week ending May 28, 2020):
      “Wuna” – Gunna (111,000 units)
      “My Turn” – Lil Baby (65,000 units)
      “High Off Life” – Future (61,000 units)
      “Notes on a Conditional Form” – The 1975 (54,000 units)
      “The Goat – Polo G (52,000 units)
      “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” – Drake (48,000 units)
      “Blame It on Baby” – DaBaby (42,000 units)
      “After Hours” – The Weeknd (40,000 units)
      “Eternal Atake” – Lil Uzi Vert (37,000 units)
      “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (just under 37,000 units)

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