Nas achieves his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as Life Is Good close to 150,00 in record sales in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Nas album scored higher than what the “industry elite” predicted which was roughly close to $125,00.
The queens rapper now leads among his fellow rap vet’s Tupac, and Lil Wayne who tied eight billboard No.1 nod’s with him . Jay-Z leads the pack with 12 no.1 nod’s on the billboard chart.
Nas earned his previous No. 1s on the list with “It Was Written” (1996), the collaboration set “The Firm” (1997; with Foxy Brown, AZ and Nature), “I Am” (1999), “Stillmatic” (2002), “God’s Son” (2003), “Hip Hop Is Dead” (2007), “Untitled” (2008) and his “Distant Relatives” collabo with Damian Marley (2010).
When asked what he thought of his recent success and new album Nas says:
“I’m very humbled by this moment, much love to everybody. Thanks for the support,” he said. “It felt amazing. A good time in the rap game. It felt like the title. Everything was just flowing.”
“I’m doing a song for my son next. I already got half the first verse finished.”