A Bronx rapper has set a new record for the digital age, by topping the most recent Billboard album chart with the fewest number of albums sold — a measly 823.
Though the full-album sales were small, artist A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie climbed to the top spot for the week ending Jan. 10 with his LP “Hoodie SZN” thanks to 83 million on-demand streams of individual tracks, according to Billboard.
Each of the 823 full albums sold were digital downloads, as “Hoodie SZN” hasn’t even been released in hard copy.
“Hoodie SZN” had the equivalent of 58,000 total album sales for the week, according to Billboard’s metric, which includes streams and downloads of individual songs as well as sales of the full album.
The disparity in the numbers shows how the music industry has become dominated by streaming services while CD sales are declining dramatically.
In the first half of 2018, CD sales declined 47 percent compared to the same period in the year before, The New York Times reported.
“Hoodie SZN” is the second album by the 23-year-old rapper, who is originally from the Highbridge section of the Bronx.
He previously made the charts with his debut album, “The Bigger Artist,” which peaked at No. 4 in 2017.
With Wires