KANYE WEST & TY DOLLA $IGN DENY YEAT FIRST NO. 1 ALBUM AS 'VULTURES 1' OUTSELLS '2093'

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have held onto their place atop the Billboard 200, denying Yeat his first No. 1 album.

Vultures 1 and 2093 had been locked in a tight sales race leading up to this week's chart, with Yeat projected to narrowly outsell Ye and Ty by less than 200 units.

But according to official figures from Billboard, the $ duo has emerged victorious as Vultures 1 spends a second week at No. 1 thanks to an additional 75,000 album-equivalent units.

The collaborative project debuted atop the chart last week after opening with almost double that figure, despite encountering various distribution and sampling issues following its February 10 release.

2093, meanwhile, comes in at No. 2 with 70,000 equivalent album units in its first week, which marks both the highest-charting effort and largest sales tally of Yeat's career.

The eagerly-anticipated album arrived on February 16 and initially contained 22 songs, including collaborations with Hip Hop heavyweights Lil Wayne and Future.

A day later, a deluxe edition called 2093 (P2) was released with two bonus tracks, one of which features Drake.

Then, on February 21, another version arrived called 2093 (P3), featuring four bonus tracks that were only available to download on Yeat's webstore.

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The balaclava-clad rapper made his debut on the Billboard 200 chart back in 2022 with Up 2 Me, which peaked at No. 59. He's since cracked the top 10 three times with 2 Alive (No. 6), Lyfe (No. 10) and AfterLyfe (No. 4).

Despite his rising trajectory, Yeat revealed last week that he would be releasing a ton of music in 2024 before taking some time out to focus on something "life changing."

"Imma give yall a year of music then Imma tuck away and work on something life changing, ok," he wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Elsewhere on this week's Billboard 200, SZA's SOS remains at No. 5 while Drake's For All the Dogs climbs two spots to No. 8 and 21 Savage's American Dream reenters the top 10 at No. 10.