XXXTentacion discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
EPs | 10 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Singles | 28 |
Mixtapes | 6 |
XXXTentacion was an American rapper who released four studio albums (two of which were posthumous releases), one compilation album (which was released posthumously), two mixtapes, four collaborative mixtapes (one of which was a posthumous release), ten extended plays and 29 singles (including eight as a featured artist). As of June 2018, he sold more than 25 million album-equivalent units in the United States.[1] XXXTentacion was awarded for sales of over 20 million records by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2] As of October 2020, he has sold more than 75 million records in the United States.
Tentacion released his first track "News/Flock" in June 2013 on SoundCloud.[3] His first official mixtape XXX (Unmastered) was released on March 5, 2014, but many tracks were later deleted and some have yet to be discovered. e.motion and XXX were his firsts EPs released on SoundCloud, but they were deleted quickly after being released and their exact tracklists are still unknown.[4] Ice Hotel is the first full project that was made available to the public after its original deletion."The Nobodys" and "The Fall" were supposed to be part of a trilogy of EPs alongside "The Underworld", inspired by The Weeknd's trilogy of mixtapes. However, "The Underworld" was completely abandoned as he started working on other projects. He released various mixtapes and EPs throughout 2014, 2015 and 2016. Some unfinished projects were released on his SoundCloud account including "The Nobodys" and "Heartbreak Hotel", with their final version never being released. Some were completely scrapped, including "ItWillAllBeOverSoon" and "Red Light District", with select songs from the scrapped EPs appearing in later projects. In December 2015, XXXTentacion released his breakthrough single "Look at Me", which received millions of plays on SoundCloud before being re-released through Empire Distribution in February 2017. The single peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In May of the same year, he released his first commercial mixtape Revenge, which peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200.
In August 2017, he released his debut studio album 17, which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, with 87,000 album-equivalent units, of which 18,000 were pure sales.[5] The album spawned three singles: the gold-certified "Revenge" and the 8× Platinum "Jocelyn Flores" and certified Platinum "Fuck Love" (featuring Trippie Redd). The album has also been certified platinum in Canada, Denmark and New Zealand. XXXTentacion posthumously won Favourite Soul/R&B Album for 17 at the 2018 American Music Awards. In December 2017, he released his tenth EP A Ghetto Christmas Carol. In March 2018, he released his second studio album ?, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, with 131,000 album-equivalent units, with 20,000 pure album sales.[6] It was XXXTentacion's only US number-one album during his lifetime.[6] The album spawned three singles: "Sad!", certified Diamond, "Changes" and "Moonlight", certified 3× Platinum and 6× Platinum, respectively, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Following XXXTentacion's death on June 18, 2018, "Sad!" topped the Billboard Hot 100, where XXXTentacion became the first act to earn a posthumous Hot 100 number-one single as a lead artist since The Notorious B.I.G. with "Mo Money Mo Problems" in 1997.
In December 2018, his third studio album Skins was released, which debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 132,000 album-equivalent units, of which 52,000 were pure album sales.[7] The album spawned one single: "Bad!", which is certified Diamond. The album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 500,000 units in the US. In December 2019, his fourth and final studio album Bad Vibes Forever was released, which debuted at number 5 on the US Billboard 200 with 65,000 album-equivalent units.[8] The album spawned three singles: "Royalty", "Hearteater" and "Bad Vibes Forever". In June 2020, XXXTentacion's song "Riot" was re-released posthumously for streaming services on June 1, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests.[9]
In January 2022, XXXTentacion's song "Vice City" was re-released on all streaming platforms. In May 2022, a collaboration song with Kanye West "True Love" was released, from West's demo album Donda 2. Following its release as a single, "True Love" debuted at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100, with 12.7 million streams. It generated 1.8 million in radio audience from airplay and sold 3,000 downloads, entering the US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart at number six. The song debuted at number five on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming West's 39th top 10 on the chart and XXXTentacion's fifth.[10] In June 2022, Look At Me: The Album would release, the album was announced alongside a documentary of the same name. Look at Me was supported by two singles: "Vice City" and "True Love", both of which were announced early on that they would be appearing on streaming music services such as Spotify, both of which were previously absent mostly due to sample clearance problems. In September 2023, his fourth extended play ItWasntEnough (2016) would be re-released to all streaming platforms.
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