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Jhené Aiko Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Westside Whimsy’

Variety · September 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM

Jhené Aiko Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Westside Whimsy’

Jhené Aiko has scored her first No.

1 album on the Billboard 200 with her fourth record “Westside Whimsy.” Aiko bows atop the chart with 74,000 equivalent album units, making it the first R&B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 this year and the first to reach No.

1 since SZA’s “SOS” […]

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Jhené Aiko Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Westside Whimsy’

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