Pop Smoke Breaks Billboard Record With ‘Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon’! Pop Smoke continues to make history albeit posthumously. According to Billboard, Pop Smoke’s posthumous debut album Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon now holds the longest reign at the No. 1 spot on the Top Rap Albums chart ever. The project has now spent 20 weeks atop the chart since its release in July 2020, overtaking Eminem’s 19-week reign with Recovery.
“@POPSMOKE10‘s ‘Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon’ has now spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on the #TopRapAlbums chart, breaking the record for the longest-running No. 1 album in the chart’s history,” the Billboard Charts on Twitter posted on Tuesday (March 23).
.@POPSMOKE10's 'Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon' has now spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on the #TopRapAlbums chart, breaking the record for the longest-running No. 1 album in the chart's history.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 23, 2021
Apart from the rap charts, Pop Smoke has also been a dominant force on the premium Billboard 200. Shoot for the Stars maintains to mark its territory in the album chart’s Top 5 and has now spent a solid 33 weeks there, which makes it the third most this century to spend that many weeks in the top 5. The Dior hit maker’s impressive run only comes after Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Adele’s 21 albums as far as time spent in the Top 5 goes.
Most weeks spent in the top 5 of the #Billboard200 this century:
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 23, 2021
68, @Adele 21
40, @taylorswift13 1989
33, @POPSMOKE10 Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon
32, @DisneyFrozen original soundtrack
28, @Drake Views
27, @PostMalone Hollywood's Bleeding
Pop was shot and killed during a home invasion in his Los Angeles home in February 2020. The Brooklyn native was only 20 at the time he met his death. On that note, his team is doing their very best to keep his legacy as well as future plans intact.
Pop’s team released the visuals to “AP” earlier this month, which served as the lead single off the Boogie soundtrack. The rapper also made his debut as an actor in the film taking on the role of a rival basketball player named Monk.
Check out Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon below.
