Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album With ‘Tickets To My Downfall’

The Bad Boy/Interscope recording artist stepped away from a rap sound for his latest LP.

Colson “Machine Gun Kelly” Baker now has a #1 album in his catalog. With 126,000 equivalent album units, MGK’s Pop-Punk effort Tickets to My Downfall debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart.

Tickets to My Downfall was offered as merchandise/album bundles on Kelly’s official online store. The project sold 63,000 copies in pure sales and totaled 81.1 million on-demand streams.

“WE DID IT. #1 album. 126,000 units first week. To the fans + EST you really made it happen the way we talked about 10 years ago. today is a celebration. sorry random car,” posted Kelly on Instagram.

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MGK’s fifth studio album becomes his fifth Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200. Previously, the Cleveland representative made it into the Top 10 with 2012’s Lace Up (#4), 2015’s General Admission (#4), 2017’s Bloom (#8), and 2019’s Hotel Diablo (#5).

For Tickets to My Downfall, Machine Gun Kelly enlisted guest features from Halsey, Trippie Redd, Blackbear, and Iann Dior. Blink-182’s Travis Barker was heavily involved in the album’s production.

This week will also include MGK showcasing another element of his brand. On October 10, Kelly is presenting a four-part special holiday podcast. Halloween In Hell will feature 24kGoldn, Dana Dentata, and Iann Dior. All four acts contributed new music for the program.

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