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

By Steven J. Horowitz

Steven J. Horowitz

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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” in May 2025. This year, the only other R&B album to hit No. 1 was Bruno Mars’ “The Romantic.”

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