CLEVELAND, Ohio – Machine Gun Kelly’s first rock album could put him where rap hasn’t so far. His latest effort, “Tickets to My Downfall,” released Friday, is on pace to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
MGK’s first pop-punk album is on track to move 80,000 to 90,000 equivalent album units, according to Hits Daily Double. That puts it ahead of new releases from SuperM, Joji and Deftones, among others, as well as holdover releases from Pop Smoke and Taylor Swift.
“Tickets to My Downfall” has seen an unprecedented promotional push for MGK. Much of that has to do with his relationship with Megan Fox, which became public as the album’s lead single “Bloody Valentine,” for which Fox appeared in the video, arrived.
Follow-up singles “Concert for Aliens” and “My Ex’s Best Friend” have performed well on the charts. MGK also appeared in two films this year, including BFF Pete Davidson’s “The King of Staten Island” and Netflix’s Project Power alongside Jamie Foxx.
Earlier this month, Machine Gun Kelly performed during the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show. Later in the night, he won Best Alternative Video for “Bloody Valentine.”
Such buzz earned MGK features in The New York Times, Variety and the cover of Kerrang! Kellz also made appearances on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show and “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
First-week sales numbers have been known to shift. So, expect updates throughout the week.
However, Further boosting potential “Tickets to My Downfall’s” chances is the popularity of the album track “Forget Me Too” featuring pop star Halsey, which was trending on Apple Music over the weekend. The song is also one of two tracks from the album (“My Ex’s Best Friend”) in Spotify’s top-20.
As of Monday morning, MGK was No.2 on the iTunes album chart, just behind Carrie Underwood’s holiday album “My Gift.” But MGK’s biggest competition could be New York rapper Pop Smoke, who was murdered in February. Pop Smoke’s posthumous album “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” has been a streaming juggernaut for several weeks.
Machine Gun Kelly’s previous high-charting position for an album is No.4, which he accomplished with his first two albums “Lace Up” and “General Admission,” respectively.
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