

Further, Faces snags the largest sales week for a rap album on vinyl – again, since 1991 – beating the previous high, held by the vinyl arrival of Miller’s own Circles on wax (16,000 chart dated June 13, 2020). Previously, the largest sales week for an R&B/hip-hop set on vinyl, since 1991, was the debut frame of Prince’s recent Welcome 2 America album (22,000 chart dated Aug. The latter marks the largest sales week on vinyl for an R&B/hip-hop effort, or rap album, since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991. Of that sum, 2,000 were sold as digital album downloads, while 32,000 were sold on vinyl LP. While sonically distinctly different than its predecessor, Circles features many of the hallmarks for which Swimming was critically-acclaimed upon its release - Miller further realising his singing voice in addition to rapping, live instrumentation and earnest. Conceived as a sister album to 2018s full length, Swimming. 21, according to MRC Data, enabling its bow at No. Circles is the sixth and final studio album by Mac Miller. The mixtape was initially released for free in 2014 but wasn’t commercially issued or distributed to streaming services until Oct. 1 on Vinyl Albums, following its commercial release on Oct. Mac Miller’s fan-favorite Faces mixtape debuts across multiple Billboard album charts (dated Oct.
