A new Drake release sweeping the Billboard charts is as certain as death and taxes, but his old stuff doesn’t do too badly either. According to Nielsen Music, the 10th anniversary reissue of Drizzy’s breakout project So Far Gone, released on all streaming platforms on Feb. 15, has debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 after moving 45,000 first-week units (7,000 in pure album sales, the rest from streaming).

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Future and Juice WRLD’s collaborative album WRLD ON DRUGS debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 after selling 98,000 equivalent album units, with 8,000 coming from pure sales. The album came in behind Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack, which sold 109,000 in its third week on the chart.

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Logic scores the second No. 1 album of his career as Bobby Tarantino II tops the Billboard 200. The project, which dropped on March 9 and will be supported by The Bobby Tarantino vs. Everybody Tour, moved 119,000 equivalent album units, with 32,000 of that sum coming from traditional sales.

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Rap’s dominance reigns supreme atop this week’s Billboard 200. After debuting at No. 1 last week, the Black Panther soundtrack, curated by Kendrick Lamar and TDE, spends a second week at the top of the chart after selling 131,000 equivalent album units (40,000 in pure sales). The album shifted 154,000 equivalent units in its opening week.

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Two of hip-hop’s newest — and polarizing — stars claim the top two spots on this week’s Billboard 200. After being delayed for months, the wait for Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 has paid off as the album debuts at No. 1 with first-week sales of 135,000 (28,000 in traditional album sales). With 100,000 SEA (streaming equivalent album) units, Luv Is Rage 2 has the third-highest streaming debut of 2017 behind only Drake’s More Life (257,000) and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. (227,000).

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For the first time in approximately eight years, two months and 23 days, Drake is absent from the Billboard Hot 100.

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Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. has refused to budge from the top three spots of the Billboard 200 since its release back in April, but this week, the album has returned to its rightful position at the very top.

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Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator and Meek Mill headlined a busy album release day last Friday, and it was a close race. According to Chart Data, Lana Del Rey’s Lust For Life snagged the top spot on the Billboard after selling 103,000 equivalent album units in its opening week. Tyler’s Flower Boy came in at a close second with 100,000 sales, while Meek’s Wins & Losses landed at No. 3 with a first-week tally of 98,500. All three albums overachieved on their initial projections.

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The first week numbers for French Montana’s Jungles Rules are in. According to Nielsen Music, the Bronx rapper’s sophomore album debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 after selling 52,000 equivalent album units (16,000 in traditional sales). Lead by the song-of-the-summer contender “Unforgettable” featuring Swae Lee, which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, Jungle Rules is French’s highest charting album to date.

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