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Travis Scott’s ‘Days Earlier than Rodeo’ Turns into Highest-Promoting Mixtape in Historytheinsiderinsight

Travis Scott can now test off one other merchandise on his bucket checklist!

Only one month after Days Earlier than Rodeo dropped on Aug. 18, the rapper, 33, formally has the highest-selling mixtape in historical past. Previous to its launch, Scott had introduced that Days Earlier than Rodeo can be out there on streaming in its entirety for its tenth anniversary.

Additionally accompanying Days Earlier than Rodeo when it dropped was an unique digital deluxe model with new tracks, the file on vinyl and a one-night-only sold-out present in Atlanta the place he performed many of the mixtape.

The hype surrounding the undertaking was adequate sufficient for Scott to knock out a few new data, particularly having the highest-selling mixtape in historical past. He additionally earned his fourth consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard charts alongside 2023’s Utopia, 2018’s Astroworld, and 2016’s Birds within the Lure Sing McKnight.

Days Earlier than Rodeo additionally grew to become the highest-selling rap album of 2024, inching out Eminem’s idea album, The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). Nonetheless, it did not high the charts instantaneously although, for the ability of Sabrina Carpenter prevailed.

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In accordance with Billboard, Scott additionally now reigns supreme as having the highest-selling vinyl gross sales week for a rap album and the sixth-best week throughout all genres for vinyl since Luminate started monitoring gross sales in 1991. The “SICKO MODE” musician bought an equal of 156,000 album items up to now week ending Thursday, Sept. 19. Out of that determine, 149,000 are due to the unique vinyl bought via his webstore.

On the tail-end of the Weblog Period, Scott catapulted onto the mainstream’s radar along with his groundbreaking 2014 mixtape Days Earlier than Rodeo. The free mixtape, which was launched on Soundcloud independently, includes a powerhouse roster of collaborators together with Migos, Massive Sean, Younger Thug, and Wealthy Homie Quan. All tracks had been blended and mastered by the legendary Mike Dean and Alex Tumay and producers embrace Metro Boomin, Lex Luger, FKi, Wondagurl, and Scott himself.

Travis Scott in December 2023.

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Scott kicked off his CIRCUS MAXIMUS tour all through the U.S. in 2023 and simply completed a lap round Latin America this month. He’ll return to the U.S. for a particular present at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Oct. 9.

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