{"id":4955,"date":"2026-09-06T19:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4955"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:53:30","slug":"rod-wave-achieves-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-with-dont-look-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4955","title":{"rendered":"Rod Wave Achieves Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 with \u2018Don\u2019t Look\u00a0Down\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Plus, Alex Warren&#8217;s\u00a0<em>WILDCHILD<\/em>\u00a0debuts at No. 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rod-wave\">Rod Wave<\/a>\u00a0earns his fourth No. 1 album on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0chart as\u00a0<em>Don\u2019t Look Down<\/em>\u00a0debuts atop the list dated Sept. 12. The set earned 99,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week, ending Sept. 3, according to Luminate, largely driven by streaming activity. He previously led the list with\u00a0<em>Nostalgia<\/em>\u00a0(in 2023),\u00a0<em>Beautiful Mind<\/em>\u00a0(2022) and\u00a0<em>SoulFly<\/em>\u00a0(2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/alex-warren\/\">Alex Warren<\/a>\u00a0notches his second top 10 and highest-charted set yet as\u00a0<em>WILDCHILD<\/em>\u00a0opens at No. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Sept. 12, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Sept. 9 (a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. on Sept 7). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of&nbsp;<em>Don\u2019t Look Down<\/em>\u2019s 99,000 first-week equivalent album units, SEA units comprise 90,000 (equaling 95.07 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs \u2014 it debuts at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 9,000 (it debuts at No. 13 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album was released as a 20-track standard, widely available CD and vinyl LP, alongside an expanded 24-track digital download and streaming edition. For its physical release, it was issued across six vinyl variants (including two signed editions) and two CD variants (one signed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Don\u2019t Look Down<\/em>&nbsp;was preceded by a trio of top 40-charted titles on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs chart: \u201cHustle\u201d (No. 13 peak in August), \u201cPiece of Your Love\u201d (No. 24 in July) and \u201cFeed the Streets\u201d (No. 33 in February).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Don\u2019t Look Down<\/em>&nbsp;marks the singer-rapper\u2019s eighth top 10-charted project on the Billboard 200, comprising the entirety of his charted titles. His first top 10 came with&nbsp;<em>Ghetto Gospel<\/em>&nbsp;in 2019, peaking at No. 10 that November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Alex Warren notches his highest-charted album as his second full-length studio album,&nbsp;<em>WILDCHILD<\/em>, debuts with 75,000 equivalent album units earned \u2014 his best week ever by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 55,000 (his best sales week \u2014 it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 20,000 (equaling 20.74 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s songs; it debuts at No. 25 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warren previously hit the top 10 with his debut effort,&nbsp;<em>You\u2019ll Be Alright, Kid<\/em>, which peaked at No. 5 in August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new album\u2019s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 13 vinyl variants (two of them signed), five CD variants (two signed), three download editions (two with bonus tracks) and a cassette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WILDCHILD<\/em>&nbsp;was preceded by three charted songs on the Billboard Hot 100: \u201cPassenger\u201d (No. 100 in June), \u201cFine Place To Die\u201d (No. 87 in May) and the radio-promoted single \u201cFever Dream\u201d (No. 21 in March).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four former No. 1s follow Warren on the latest Billboard 200.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\">Ella Langley<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Dandelion<\/em>&nbsp;dips 2-3 (a little more than 67,000 equivalent album units earned, down 3%);&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/olivia-rodrigo\/\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/em>&nbsp;falls 3-4 (67,000, down less than 1%);&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>I\u2019m the Problem<\/em>&nbsp;slips 4-5 (60,000, down 4%); and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/noah-kahan\/\">Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Great Divide<\/em>&nbsp;rises 7-6 (53,000, down 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolly Parton\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Ultimate Dolly Parton<\/em>&nbsp;falls two spots to No. 7, after reentering at a new peak of No. 5 a week ago following her death on Aug. 25. In the most recent tracking week, the set earned 45,000 equivalent album units (down 23%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake\u2019s former No. 1\u00a0<em>ICEMAN<\/em>\u00a0rises 9-8 with 39,000 equivalent album units (down 5%); Olivia Dean\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Art of Loving<\/em>\u00a0steps 12-9 with 38,000 units (down 3%); and Karol G\u2019s\u00a0<em>No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto\u00a0<\/em>rebounds to the top 10, climbing 16-10 with 36,000 units (up 7%). The latter is benefitting from its track \u201cBbY WOW,\u201d with rusowsky and Judeline. The song surged 34-16 on the Streaming Songs chart dated Sept. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4955\" data-postid=\"4955\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4955 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Alex Warren&#8217;s\u00a0WILDCHILD\u00a0debuts at No. 2. 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