New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The 'Pink Tape' brings a rap album to No 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time in 2023, marking the longest wait in a calendar year for rap set to lead the list since 1993. That year, the chart didn't see a rap set top the tally until Cypress Hill's
Black Sunday opened at No. 1 on the Aug. 7, 1993-dated chart (two years before Uzi was born on July 31, 1995).
In addition to Lil Uzi Vert's 2018 Grammy nomination as "Best New Artist," the artist also received the "Breakout Artist of the Year Award" and the "Breakthrough Artist" award during Billboard's 2017 Touring Awards.
The rap superstar has also been featured on several record-breaking tracks including
Travis Scotts' RIAA 3X platinum certified "
Wasted" featuring Kanye West, the RIAA gold certified single with
Future "Drankin and Smokin" and Lil Baby's RIAA platinum certified "
Commercial" single to name a few.
In 2020, Uzi dropped the deluxe edition of the long-awaited release, Eternal Atake, which includes part two of the album, titled LUV vs. The World 2, reaching #1 on the Billboard 200. Eternal Atake would go on to gain RIAA Platinum certification and was nominated for favorite rap/hip hop album at the 2020 American
Music Awards. Immediately following these projects, Uzi and
Future released both Pluto x Baby
Pluto and the deluxe version in the same year. The Eternal Atake would go on to peak at #2 on Billboard 200 and features the notable singles "Patek" and "Over Your Head." Uzi made his 2022 return a strong one with a flood of national festival performances and the release of the EP Red & White.
"Long-awaited Pink Tape finds an artist still relentlessly barreling forward, leaving everyone in the dust…" - ROLLING STONE
"…gargantuan new album that refuses to pick one sonic lane. Uzi revels in disparate production techniques and daring stylistic choices…" - BILLBOARD
"The album, which also went live at midnight, is nuts. It's fucking insane. Pink Tape is a masterpiece." - STEREOGUM
"…expand their sonic horizons to a space that is comfortable yet still innovating." - HYPEBEAST.
