Taylor Swift Defeats Kanye West, Blocks His New Album ‘Vultures 2′ From Debuting at No. 1
Taylor Swift has topped Kanye West.
Swift's wildly successful album, The Tortured Poets Department, stopped West's newest album alongside Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures 2, from landing on top.
TTPD clocked a 14th straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, "with 142,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 8," reported Billboard.
Ye and Ty Dolla $ign's Vultures 2 debuted at No. 2 "with 107,000 equivalent album units, marking the 13th Ye album to reach the top two (his entirety of charting releases), while Ty Dolla $ign ups his tally of top 10s to three."
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After releasing a teaser for Vultures 2, West immediately received hate from Swifties, including her beau Travis Kelce's dad, Ed.
On West and Ty Dolla $ign's track with Lil Wayne, "Lifestyle," the rapper name drops Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.
"Ice up in my veins, old flames tryna melt me / I twist my Taylor spliffs tight at the end like Travis Kelce," Weezy raps.
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Following the release of the track, Ed Kelce shared a Daily Mail article referencing the namedrop, saying: "Mental illness on full display," reported hotnewhiphop.com.
The "Karma" singer and West have been at odds ever since he hijacked her MTV Video Music Award win in 2009 by declaring that Beyonce was "robbed" and should have won the award.