Metro Boomin’s ‘Spider-Man’ Soundtrack Swings Onto Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

Metro Boomin’s star-studded soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse shoots to a No. 2 debut on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (dated June 17). The set was released on June 2, the same date of its parent film, and begins with 66,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June, according to Luminate.

Of its starting sum, Metro Boomin Presents: Across the Spider-Verse traces 62,000 units to streaming, equaling 92.6 million official U.S. on-demand audio and video streams of the album’s songs. 3,000 of the soundtrack’s remaining units come from traditional album sales, with the final 1,000 units deriving from track-equivalent albums. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.)

With its runner-up start, Across the Spider-Verse matches the No. 2 peak of its predecessor film’s soundtrack, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, achieved in January 2019. The set was fueled by Post Malone and Swae Lee’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Sunflower.”

As Metro Boomin’s latest creation arrives, the producer captures his eighth top 10 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Here’s a rundown of his top 10 collection on the list:

Album Title, Artist (if other than Metro Boomin), Peak Position, Peak Date
Savage Mode, with 21 Savage, No. 9, Aug. 6, 2016
Perfect Timing, with NAV, No. 7, Aug. 12, 2017
Without Warning, with 21 Savage and Offset, No. 2, Nov. 18, 2017
Double or Nothing, with Big Sean, No. 2, Dec. 30, 2017
Not All Heroes Wear Capes, No. 1 (one week), Nov. 17, 2018
Savage Mode II, with 21 Savage, No. 1 (one week), Oct. 17, 2020
Heroes & Villains, No. 1 (one week), Dec. 17, 2022
Metro Boomin Presents: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, No. 2, June 17, 2023

Elsewhere, Metro Boomin’s soundtrack opens at No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart, at No. 2 on Top Rap Albums and at No. 7 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

As the soundtrack launches on the album charts, eight of its songs crawl onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. “Calling,” with Swae Lee and NAV and featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie, leads the new recruits at No. 13 and is the week’s most-streamed Across the Spider-Verse track, with 10.8 million official U.S. streams.

Here’s the full list of Across the Spider-Verse debuts:

No. 13, “Calling,” Metro Boomin, Swae Lee and NAV featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie
No. 15, “Annihilate,” Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne and Offset
No. 17, “Am I Dreaming,” Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky and Roisee
No. 21, “All The Way Live,” Metro Boomin, Future and Lil Uzi Vert
No. 22, “Self Love,” Metro Boomin and Coi Leray
No. 35, “Danger (Spider),” Offset and JID
No. 39, “Home,” Metro Boomin, Don Toliver and Lil Uzi Vert
No. 45, “Givin’ Up (Not the One),” Don Toliver, 21 Savage and 2 Chainz

Trevor Anderson

Billboard