Last week, Travis Scott’s re-released mixtape “Days Before Rodeo” jumped from No. 106 on the Billboard 200 records chart to the top spot. Along the way, the project set new records. It had the best week for a rap album on vinyl since Luminate began recording in 1991.
But after a week, “Days Before Rodeo” had what might be the biggest drop from No. 1 in the history of the Billboard 200. It disappeared from the chart completely, almost five weeks after it was released on digital music services to mark the 10th anniversary of its first release. (Variety asked Billboard for proof, but they didn’t answer right away.)
There is a pretty easy reason for the drop-off. It went up a huge amount last week because the vinyl versions that people had pre-ordered finally arrived, giving it a big sales boost. More than 156,000 equivalent album units were sold in the US. Of the 150,000 standard album sales, 149,000 were vinyl albums sold only on Scott’s website. Without more vinyl sales or even more streaming, the album’s comparable units dropped a lot this week, which caused it to fall from the top.
Since “Days Before Rodeo” was shipped on vinyl last week, it was the best-selling record that week and the sixth-best-selling vinyl week of all time. It was also the biggest jump to No. 1 since Tyler, the Creator’s “Call Me If You Get Lost” went from number 120 to number one after it came out on vinyl in 2022. “Days Before Rodeo” vinyl came in two different types: standard and deluxe. It also came in two box sets and two Fan Packs.
When it came out again on August 23, the mixtape debuted at No. 2 with 361,000 copies, mostly from digital record sales. In August 2014, “Days Before Rodeo” came out as a free preview of his first record, “Rodeo,” which came out the next year.
Last time an album fell so far from No. 1 was after Bon Jovi’s “This House Is Not for Sale” came back to the top of the charts in 2018 thanks to a live ticket-album bundle. The following week, “This House,” which came out two years ago, fell again, this time to No. 169.