Kendrick Lamar's 'Untitled Unmastered' Debuts No. 1 As Expected

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It simply doesn't surprise Kendrick Lamar fans when his albums debut at number one or does huge numbers in the first week. His most recent project Untitled Unmastered debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart.

Untitled Unmastered moved 178,000 album units in the week of March 10, 142,000 of which happened to be pure album sales. The album happened to be a surprise drop much like that of To Pimp A Butterfly and also proved to be one of his most controversial pieces yet.

Untitled Unmastered contains the same mashup of jazz and trap fusion that fans have come to love from Lamar.

"The set was released without advance notice on March 4 and gives Lamar his second chart-topping set in less than a year, following To Pimp a Butterfly," according to Billboard.

"The latter (his first No. 1) was released on March 16, 2015, and bowed atop the list with 363,000 equivalent album units in its first week, of which 324,000 were in pure album sales."

Lamar has gained a huge following including celebrity fans like Taylor Swift. He continues to dominate the hip-hop genre and again, it's not surprise that he has yet another No. 1 chart topping album with Untitled Unmastered.