Post Malone's "twelve carat toothache" First Week Sales Projections

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The project has the potential to earn the #1 spot on the Billboard 200.

Whether you're enjoying Post Malone's twelve carat toothache or not, the 14-track project's first week sales projections don't lie – there's a chance it could debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. As HipHopNMore notes, though he could still earn the coveted top spot, this also marks the 26-year-old's most dismal opening week since he made his debut with Stoney in 2016.

Malone's last project – 2019's Hollywood's Bleeding – moved 489K copies in its first week out, with approximately 200K of those coming from pure sales. His latest effort, which boasts features from Gunna, Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch, The Weeknd, The Kid LAROI, and more, is expected to move 115K - 130K copies in the first week.

Post Malone's "twelve carat toothache" First Week Sales Projections
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This puts him right on pace with Jack Harlow, who was anticipated to move 110K - 135K during the first week of his sophomore record, Come Home The Kids Miss You

On a Reddit thread dedicated to Malone, several users discussed the apparent difficulty that artists have been having moving units like they used to. "Given the fact that Kendrick Lamar just sold 283K after the amount of hype he carried and selling 600K+ with his last album, it feels incredibly harder to move units nowadays than before. Especially with the new Billboard rules."


Are you surprised by Post Malone's first week sales projections? Sound off in the comments below, and stream twelve carat toothache here if you haven't already. 


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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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