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<p>Lil Uzi Vert has officially claimed the first number-one rap album of 2023, as per <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lil-uzi-vert-pink-tape-number-one-billboard-200-debut-1235369002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Lil Uzi Vert Ends &#8220;The Longest Wait In A Calendar Year&#8221; For A Top Rap Album</h3>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lil-uzi-vert-pink-tape-number-one-billboard-200-debut-1235369002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a>, Lil Uzi Vert&#8217;s recently released &#8216;Pink Tape&#8217; debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week dated July 15. Additionally, the 28-track album has pushed 167,000 &#8220;equivalent album units in the US&#8221; since its release.</p>
<p>The outlet reports that &#8216;Pink Tape&#8217; is Lil Uzi Vert&#8217;s third number-one album and the year&#8217;s &#8220;third-largest&#8221; album debut.</p>
<p>Furthermore, Billboard also adds that the album&#8217;s success marks the end to the &#8220;longest wait in a calendar year for rap set to lead the list since 1993.&#8221; Additionally, the last time the world had to wait this long during a calendar year for a number-one rap album was when Cypress Hill&#8217;s &#8216;Black Sunday&#8217; debuted at number one on August 7, 1993.</p>
<p>Billboard adds that the most recent number-one rap album release is Metro Boomin’s &#8216;Heroes &; Villains.&#8217;</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Lil Uzi Reacts To Securing The First Number-One Album Of 2023</h3>
<p>Lil Uzi Vert initially reacted to the accomplishment via their Instagram Story Monday evening. There, they shared a repost from Metro Boomin of the Twitter account Chart Data, which announced their accomplishment to its 2.2 million Twitter followers.</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">. </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/LILUZIVERT">@LILUZIVERT</a></span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> ends the longest gap between #1 rap albums on the Billboard 200 this century. The last #1 rap album was 30 weeks ago, </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/MetroBoomin">@MetroBoomin</a></span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&#8216;s &#8216;HEROES &; VILLAINS&#8217;.</span></p></blockquote>
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<p>Additionally, the rapper also shared a repost of their own Instagram Story with a brief message.</p>
<blockquote><p>Sitting here thinking Bout how I went #1 on an experimental tape&#8230; My apologies&#8230; Barter 16 mixtape on the way&#8230;&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Rapper Also Scores An Additional Accolade</h3>
<p>Additionally, the 27-year-old has also reportedly become &#8220;one of the youngest artists in history&#8221; to chart 100 songs on the Hot 100, as reported by <a href="https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1678496375749636115" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chart Data</a>.</p>
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<p>According to <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/a/jose-martinez/lil-uzi-vert-pink-tape-tops-billboard-200-number-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Complex</a>, 18 tracks from Lil Uzi Vert&#8217;s &#8216;Pink Tape&#8217; debuted on the chart, which assisted them in earning the accomplishment. &#8220;Flooded the Face&#8221; reportedly sits at No. 11 on the Hot 100, while &#8220;Suicide Doors&#8221; sits at No. 25, and &#8220;Endless Fashion,&#8221; featuring Nicki Minaj, sits at No. 20.</p>
<p>As <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/natalie-nunn-nicki-minaj-shoutout-lil-uzi-vert-track-chin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Shade Room</a> previously reported, the latter track featuring Minaj also earned the rapper a great deal of publicity for the &#8216;Pink Tape&#8217; as Minaj&#8217;s verse made headlines with a catchy mention of Natalie Nunn, which Nunn has since embraced.</p>
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<p>Roomies, please join us in sending congratulations to Lil Uzi!</p>
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