New numbers are circulating for Future’s The Real Me, and they’re pointing toward another chart-topping week for the Atlanta rapper.
According to industry tracking data first reported by HITS Daily Double, The Real Me is on pace to move around 135,000 equivalent album units in its opening week. If that number holds once Billboard finalizes the official chart, it would be enough to give Future his 12th career No. 1 album, a run that stretches back well over a decade without a single miss.
That streak is part of what makes this projection worth paying attention to. Every one of Future’s nine previous solo albums has debuted at No. 1, and so did both collaborative projects he released with Metro Boomin in 2024. A No. 1 debut for The Real Me wouldn’t just be a good week, it would keep a perfect record intact.
For context, Future’s last solo album, 2022’s I Never Liked You, opened with 222,000 units. Mixtape Pluto, his 2024 solo mixtape, moved 129,000 in its first week and still topped the chart. A 135,000-unit debut for The Real Me would land comfortably inside that range, even without a lead feature or big promotional push carrying it the album arrived with zero guest appearances, a rare choice for an artist known for stacking his tracklists with collaborators.
It’s worth remembering that these figures are still projections. Billboard’s tracking week for The Real Me runs through Thursday, and the numbers won’t become official until the magazine publishes its final chart. Estimates like this one can shift once all the streaming and sales data gets reported, so the final total could land a little higher or lower than what’s circulating right now.
Here’s the Projection From Chart Data’s Post on X
Future’s ‘The Real Me’ aiming for #1 debut on the Billboard 200 with 135K units first week (via @HITSDD).
It would mark his twelfth #1 album. pic.twitter.com/7heNnAvr07
— chart data (@chartdata) July 14, 2026
Billboard is expected to confirm the official numbers soon. If the projection holds, Future adds another No. 1 to a résumé that already reads like a highlight reel and if it doesn’t, his streaming numbers still make this one of the biggest hip-hop releases of the summer either way.