Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake Had The Biggest Streaming Week For An Album In Two Years

Back in October 2018, Lil Wayne's long-awaited Tha Carter V racked up 433 million streams in its beginning week of release. Since then, no album has been able to match that sort of debut power on the Billboard 200 chart — up until Lil Uzi Vert came along. The Weezy descendant blasted off with his likewise rather anticipated Eternal Atake on March 6, even dropping a deluxe edition-slash-entirely new project just a week later.


The move paid off. Lil Uzi's Eternal Atake has hit No. 1 on the chart, giving him the second No. 1 album of his career, Billboard reports. It's also the hugest streaming week for an album since Tha Carter V's debut per year as well as 1/2 ago.


Getting granular for a moment, this is notable because January 2020 was the opening month Billboard's new streaming metrics went into effect for its 200 chart. Right now, both on-demand audio streams and video streams are tallied, meaning YouTube clicks count alongside Spotify plays. But, in the scenario of Lil Uzi, it wouldn't have mattered anyway: "Eternal Atake would still have the largest streaming week since Tha Carter V's arrival, even if only audio streams were counted," the Billboard report reads.


The report also reveals another, different sort of milestone. As Eternal Atake bumps Lil Baby's My Turn from the best spot, it marks the initial one Lil artist has replaced another at No. 1.


The chart news comes just as Lil Uzi has been accused of allegedly copying the artwork for his Backstreet Boys-interpolating single "My Way" from Korean artist Tae Tae. "My picture was posted on my blog six years back, also it is possible to use it for profile photographs or non-commercial purposes, nevertheless it isn't allowed to use anything else," he wrote on Instagram. Right now I'm very embarrassed and don't aspire to let this go."


Uzi weighed in on Instagram, writing in a comment, "Hey I'm not a mean person or a thief I get inspired a lot in the event you want Cash I am going to have my team contact you and give you Cash He also mentioned, as captured in a screen shot, "I wanna help in all areas I love art it's the only thing that keeps me okay and leveled."


Uzi's designer Artxstic, who made the "My Way" artwork, also wrote on the Instagram post of his version that the "original artist is being compensated."