is the first 2017 album release to be certified platinum, but it is certainly the fastest to reach the mark. I've played Kendrick's music from beginning to end in my car almost every day. Dre and Eminem, who have both worked with Kendrick Lamar. The skits remind me of other albums like those of Dr. Lamars debut major-label recording, good kid, m.A.A.d City, was released to great acclaim and impressive sales for an up-and-coming recording artist.
I really like how it tells a story his experiences as a teenager growing up in Compton, CA. As week 3 draws to a close, Interscope Records, Kendrick’s record label, has tweeted that the album has achieved platinum status, meaning that it has already moved 1 million equivalent units. The album starts with eerie sounds and seems dark at times. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album sales chart for the week ending. has remained at the top of the album charts, with equivalent album numbers of 239,000 in week 2. Kendrick Lamar ’s To Pimp a Butterfly proved that it still has plenty of wind beneath its wings by maintaining the No. What’s more, with an opening tally of 603,000 equivalent albums (sales and streams) the album scored the biggest sales week of 2017, surpassing Drake’s More Life. He achieved his first ever solo #1 single, with the release of “ HUMBLE.” He also secured his third consecutive #1 debut with his album DAMN. 4” on March 23, Kendrick Lamar has been on an absolute tear. Lamar has donated to Compton-area school districts to support their extracurricular, music and afterschool programs.Since releasing his song “ The Heart, Pt.For the 58th GRAMMY Awards in 2016, Lamar shot a short film with The Recording Academy celebrating his hometown of Compton and his GRAMMY-winning song, "Alright.".Did you know? Lamar attended Centennial High School in Compton, the same school as Dr.The first-week sales figures for his new album, DAMN., are in. Billboard reports the LP sold 603,000 total units in its first week, besting Drake's first-week sales. Kendrick Lamars big week just got a little more exciting. Lamar made his GRAMMY stage debut alongside Imagine Dragons at the 56th GRAMMYs, performing a mashup of his "m.A.A.d City" and their "Radioactive." The first week numbers for Kendrick Lamar's latest album DAMN. He won his first career GRAMMYs for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "I" for 2014. Kendrick Lamar's fourth album DAMN., released April of last year, just became the artist's. Lamar earned his first career GRAMMY nominations, including Best New Artist and Album Of The Year for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, for 2013. The Grammy-winning effort sold 4,000 copies this week, totaling 1.02 million traditional albums sold.1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. by Kendrick Lamar 4th studio album by the American rapper, released one month after his career going platinum 3 tracks.