BigXthaPlug Scores His First No. 1 Rap Album With ‘Better Over Time’

BigXthaPlug scores his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart as Better Over Time debuts atop the list dated Nov. 14. The set, released on BigXthaPlug/United Masters, starts with 35,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the tracking week of Oct. 29-Nov. 5, according to Luminate.

Better Over Time’s first-week figure breaks down into 29,000 units from streaming activity (representing 29.1 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs), traditional album sales contributing 6,000 units and a negligible number of track-equivalent sales. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 1,000 paid/subscription tier or 2,500 ad-supported tier official on-demand audio and video streams for a song on the album.)

Thanks to the new album, the Dallas-based rapper born Xavier Landum achieves his first No. 1 on Top Rap Albums with his fourth entry. He first reached the ranking in 2024 with Take Care, which debuted and peaked at No. 3, while 2025’s I Hope Your Happy secured him the runner-up rank. Earlier this year, 600 Entertainment: NWA — a collaborative project with Ro$ama and other artists — reached No. 25.

In addition to its chart-topping rap opening, Better Over Time launches at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, a new career peak, and at No. 7 on the all-genre Billboard 200, matching I Hope You’re Happy for the rapper’s best showing.

Largely due to its streaming performance, Better Over Time lands 10 tracks on the 50-position Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Current single “Burn,” featuring Ava Max, ranks highest, pushing 27-14 as both the week’s Sales Gainer and Streaming Gainer for the largest improvements in both metrics. Previous release “Lite,” featuring Belly Gang Kushington, reenters at No. 27 to capture a new peak in its third week on the chart.

Here’s a list of BigXthaPlug’s placements on this week’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, all debuts excluding “Burn” and “Lite.”

The eight new arrivals bring BigXthaPlug to 31 career entries on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. “Burn” becomes his third-highest charting title, after his and Lil Wayne’s collab “Hip-Hop,” featuring Jay Jones (No. 8 in 2025) and “MMHMM” (No. 11, 2024).