Meek Mill’s fourth studio album Championships recently released on Atlantic Records and Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group has debuted at an impressive #4 in Australia on the official ARIA charts.
The highly anticipated 19-track album debuted at #1 in both Canada and America, as well as charting strongly throughout Europe, becoming the prolific Philadelphia rapper’s second #1 album after 2015’s platinum-selling Dreams Worth More Than Money.
Selling an impressive 229,00 equivalent albums in the first week alone in America, the release features a star-studded cast including Drake, Cardi B, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Fabolous, Future, Young Thug, Kodak Black, Jeremih, 21 Savage and recorded the ninth-largest streaming week of 2018 for an album. Other albums to debut in the current Top 40 this week in Australia include Ski Mask the Slump God’s “Stokeley” at #7, Earl Sweatshirt’s “Some Rap Songs” at #9 and J.I.D’s “DiCaprio 2” at #33.
Eminem’s Kamikaze remains at #1 after 14 weeks in Australia, followed by Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys before Drake’s Scorpion rounds out the top 3 hip hop albums. The only two non-North American albums to be in the current Top 40 Album charts are the Australian albums Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under The Stars by the Hilltop Hoods at #25 and ChillinIt’s excellent 15-track Women Weed & Wordplay featuring Wombat, Huskii, Lil Sknow, Kamakaze (UK) and Body Bag Media on the independent 420 Family at #32.
Far from an overnight success that he may appear to the casual fan, ChillinIt has been patiently developing and honing his craft for many years into one of the most exciting rappers to emerge out of Australia. Getting somewhat of a breakthrough via the influential Hustle Hard TV YouTube some six years ago, the talented and versatile Sydney rapper has recently released his excellent debut album “Women, Weed & Wordplay” to widespread critical acclaim and success. With an impressive independent 1.5 million-plus streams with no playlist help or distribution deal in the first week alone, the proof is in the numbers for the versatile wordsmith with the album charting at #1. Along with contemporaries Wombat, Nerve, Talakai, Shadow, Huskii, Lil Sknow, Mitchos Da Menace, Triple One, TRYL and Skrub, ChillinIt has led the charge for the new generation of skilled emcees to emerge from down under – aided by the excellent work that the affiliated Body Bag Media platform has been able to develop. Building on the style of the independent foundation created by the likes of Kerser, Fraksha, Fortay, and Alex Jones before him, ChillinIt has certainly emerged in the last year or two with a legion of fans and a strong potential to take his refreshing sound truly global. His music has already organically linked him to the UK, scoring a spot on JDZ Media and a collaboration with English grime emcee Kamakaze. The charismatic ChillinIt oozes star factor and has cultivated a family of fans known as the #420Fam. It is easy to see why he has developed such a rabid following in the recent years, with skills and authenticity on the microphone only matched by his energetic live shows that have many saying are some of the best in the country. There’s no rapping off phones, there’s no stumbling and fumbling his way through live shows just near complete hungry, raw, professionalism. Amassing tens of millions streams/views in the last year or so alone, ChillinIt definitely has the potential to be one of the first rappers from Australia to truly break through to the contemporary American market and has already sparked significant major record label interest. The hungry rapper is keen to showcase his many different styles with lyrical content to match almost any mood. If reaction videos were a gauge of his potential overseas, he may eventually prove to be as fire globally as he is at home. With a strong, consistent work ethic already in the young talented artist, it will be an interesting few coming months to see how ChillinIt is able to negotiate his increasingly new levels of success which only seems to develop by the hour. A truly talented rapper at the core, Australia is proud that such an artist is leading the charge and expect him to level up again soon. Expect to see him on further major Australasian tour support and festival slots by his own accord soon – before taking the world by storm. Check his debut album “Women, Weed & Wordplay” streaming now and catch up on his extensive back catalog before it’s a Chill takeover. #420Family The post Australia Artist ChillinIt’s Independent Debut Album Goes #1 appeared first on The Source. Source: AussieHipHop.com
