Lil Tecca Returns to No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart Six Years Later

Nearly six years since he last ran Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, Lil Tecca reclaims the top spot as Dopamine debuts at No. 1 on the list dated June 28. The new leader is the rapper’s first champ since We Love You Tecca led in September 2019, and marks his sixth consecutive top 10.

Dopamine, released on Galactic/Republic, enters with 48,000 equivalent album units earned in United States in the tracking week of June 13-19, according to Luminate. Streaming activity contributes 45,000 units of the sum, equal to 65.3 million official on-demand audio and video streams of the album’s songs. 3,000 units are from traditional album sales, with a negligible amount of activity from track-equivalent units. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.)

With Dopamine, Lil Tecca collects a sixth top 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Here’s a review of his half-dozen titles:

Title, Peak Position, Peak Date

Elsewhere, Dopamine likewise begins at Lil Tecca’s second No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart, and opens at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

In addition to its chart-topping start, Dopamine pushes 11 of its tracks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including nine debuts. The two exceptions? Lead single “Dark Thoughts,” which rallies 17-9 to match its highest peak and wins both the Sales Gainer and Streaming Gainer awards for the best improvements in the respective metrics among the chart’s 50 titles and second single “Owa Owa,” which jumps 20-12 in its third week on the chart.

Here’s a complete review of Dopamine tracks on this week’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.