WHAM (Who Hard as Me)

 

      Lil Baby's fourth studio album, WHAM (Who Hard As Me) was released on January 3, 2025 (through Quality Control Music, Motown Records, Glass Window & Wolfpack). The album follows 2022's It's Only Me (which debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 216,000 units earning the rapper his third US number one record at the time). WHAM also debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart (with 140,000 units), marking Baby's fourth No.1 on the record tally. In the UK, the album debuted at No.12, while starting at No.8 in Canada. It also reached No.1 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard).

  The set features guest appearances from Young Thug, Future, GloRilla, Rylo Rodriguez, Rod Wave, Travis Scott, and 21 Savage. 

Producers: 9Jay, Aaron Paris, Andyr, BEATSAINTFREE JG, BeatsByTaz, BlayzeBeats, B. March, Dez Wright, DJ Champ, DJ Moon, DY Krazy, Elementry, Emildollaz, Frankie Bash, Getro, Haze (Producer), Hurtboy AG, Josh Taylor (Producer), Juke Wong, King LeeBoy, London on da Track, Nick Lee, OB MUS1C, Peeb, Southside, Splited Stupid, T9C, That Boy Daymon, Wheezy, Williskeating & ZtheSavage

  Lil Baby's debut album Harder Than Ever (2018) debuted at No.3 on the US Billboard 200 list and it spawned the single "Yes Indeed" (feat. Drake) - which became the rapper's first top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching a No.6 peak thereon. In the same year, he collaborated with Gunna on Drip Harder, which debuted at No.4 on the Billboard 200, it would become Baby's second top-10 effort and Gunna's very first. "Drip Too Hard", the lead single from the set, reaching No.4 on the Hot 100, and earned a Grammy nod for Best Rap/Sung Performance for the 2020 ceremony. Within the same year,  the rapper released a commercial mixtape titled Street Gossip, and it debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200 (behind Meek Mill's Championships). It was Baby's highest charting at the point until his sophomore set. 

   My Turn (2020) would become the rapper's most acclaimed record, as it debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 197,000 units, earning Baby his first US number one entry, and one of the best performing albums of 2020 (topping the aforementioned chart for five weeks). The album would also peak at No.6 in the UK, No.2 in Canada while topping the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It would finish as the year's second best selling album in the US (Billboard) - behind Hollywood's Bleeding (Post Malone). IN 2021, Billboard ranked it the 10th best album. Notably the album has appeared on the Billboard year-end charts from 2020 to 2024. It has been certified 4xPlatinum in the U.S. as of this date. It spawned the single "The Bigger Picture", which would become his highest charting song as a solo artist, peaking at No.3 on the Hot 100. At the 2021 Grammy Awards, the song was nominated for both Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. 

   In 2021, he collaborated with Lil Durk on The Voice of the Heroes, which went on to debut atop the Billboard 200 with 150,000 units earned in the first week. It became Baby's second number one album and the first for Durk. The set reached No.5 in the UK, and No.2 in Canada, also topping the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.