Playboi Carti's First Week Projections Get Big upgrade

Yesterday, Playboi Carti's I Am Music was projected to do 250K in its first week.

It just got a pretty significant upgrade.

Now, the album is trending toward 310K.

US albums chart preview (via @HITSDD):

#1 @playboicarti 310K
#2 @ladygaga 84K
#3 @kendricklamar 79K
#4 @Partynextdoor & @Drake 67K
#5 @SZA 62K
#6 Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) 58K
#7 @tatemcrae 53K
#8 Bad Bunny (@sanbenito) 50K
#9 Doechii (@OfficialDoechii) 44K
#10…

— chart data (@chartdata) March 18, 2025

That gives it a chance to surpass the 319K Kendrick's GNX put up in November and be the biggest rap opening since Travis Scott's Utopia did 496K in July of 2023.

Is Playboi making a play to be part of a new big 3.