Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle

Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle

Jack Harlow took a new direction in his career on his new album Monica, but the more soulful and R&B-centric sound isn’t translating into the first week sales numbers he’s enjoyed in the past. According to Kurrco on Twitter, projections for this Billboard debut are even lower than previously anticipated. Earlier this week, reports suggested that the new LP would land outside of the top 20 on the publication’s albums chart and sell less than 26.5…

ALBUM SALES (week 12, 2026): Jack Harlow, Don Toliver, Bruno Mars, SZA & more!

Here’s our weekly overview of Hip-Hop and R&B album sales in the U.S., along with an update on where each album ranks on the Billboard 200 chart — this time for week 10 of 2026. This week’s recap includes the first-week sales of Monica, the new album from Jack Harlow, which debuts at No. 36. Source: HITS Daily Double Chart # Artist(s) Album title Sales Sales + Streams 6 Don Toliver OCTANE 396 55,658 8 Bruno Mars The Romantic 13,057 53,290 13…

Jack Harlow's Hubris Overshadowed His Most Interesting Album

Jokes and memes aside, Harlow’s fourth album, Monica, is worth a listen. Stripped of all context, racial, commercial, and cultural, it’s pretty staggering that Jack Harlow was allowed to release a nine-song ode to early 2000s R&B and the Soulquarians on a major label. It’s a MadLibs of the modern music industry, the sort of plotline more suited for Lil Dicky’s Dave than reality. I would have paid to be a fly on the wall in the Atlantic boardroom…