He supported Kendrick Lamar on the sold out DAMN. Joined by his giant animatronic bird “Jack,” the incendiary shows for Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight would be equally legendary. To date, ASTROWORLD has crossed over 2.1 billion streams worldwide. Consistently “One of Spotify’s 100 Most Streamed Artists in the World,” his total streams surpassed 1 billion by 2017. Among a bevy of unpredictable, undeniable, and uncontainable bangers, “Goosebumps” earned a triple-platinum certification from the RIAA, the Young Thug collaboration “Pick Up The Phone” went double-platinum, “Beibs in the Trap” soared to platinum, and “Through the Late Night” became gold. Magnetically attracting one of the most diehard fan bases in music, his second consecutive platinum full-length opus Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight crashed the Billboard Top 200 at #1 and Top Hip-Hop/Rap Albums Chart at #1. Welcome to the most lit place on earth… The record simply represented the next natural step for Travis whose lifelong grind began to pay off big in 2016. This wonderland magnetically attracted everyone from Stevie Wonder, Drake, John Mayer, and Tame Impala to James Blake, Gunna, Swae Lee, and more to participate in the ringmaster’s vision. A sonic funhouse, classic Houston drip bounces off the walls between psychedelic instrumentation, woozy rhymes, and candy-coated hooks, evincing his clever lyricism and unshakable cadences in widescreen HD bliss. Musically, ASTROWORLD ushers the artist, producer, songwriter, designer, style icon, and Catcus Jack Records founder into the hip-hop pantheon. Acclaimed by Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and more and gracing the cover of GQ, this takeover paved the way for his second MTV VMA performance, ASTROWORLD Festival in Houston, and a gargantuan world arena tour starting in November of 2018. Moreover, to celebrate the success, he gave out $100,000 to fans. This marked the highest pure sales week of the year as well. #4 in Germany! Additionally, #1 on iTunes in 65 markets, Top 5 in 89 markets, Top 10 in 92 markets and on Spotify all 17 album tracks debuted in the Global Top 50 chart.
Internationally, ASTROWORLD hit #1 in 7 markets: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Belgium Top 3 in UK, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Ireland. Not to mention, it emerged as “the best Epic Records debut since 1999” with total sales of 537,000-270,000 comprised of traditional sales in its first week. Upon arrival, it catapulted to #1 on the Billboard Top 200, earned the second highest debut of the year, and raised the bar by achieving the biggest ever first-week streaming total for Sony Music, with 349.43 million streams worldwide in under seven days. Bathed in bright lights, scents of carnival pleasures, and the climactic screams of millions worldwide, his third full-length album, ASTROWORLD, opened up as the ultimate musical attraction of 2018.