‘Set In Stone’ debuts at No. 39 on the Billboard 200, becoming the lowest-peaking solo album of Rick Ross’s career on the most important albums tally in the U.S. ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JUNE 10: Rapper Rick Ross attends A Toast To 20 Years With Rick Ross at the Luc Belaire Headquarters on June 10, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
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For a period in the mid-2000s, Rick Ross was not simply a hip-hop superstar, but one of the top-performing musicians of any style in the American music industry. His first three studio albums — Port of Miami, Trilla and Deeper Than Rap — all reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Ross remains highly respected in the rap field, though he is no longer the hitmaker he once was. The musician recently returned with his twelfth studio album, Set in Stone, which debuts on multiple Billboard charts this week. While the project does manage a top 10 opening on one list, it also stands out as one of the superstar’s weakest performers and it earns an unfortunate distinction within his catalog as it arrives.
Rick Ross Scores His Lowest-Charting Studio Album
Set in Stone opens at No. 39 on the Billboard 200, barely cracking the top 40 as it debuts on the ranking. The chart measures the most-consumed albums in the United States with both sales and streams.
As it launches, Set in Stone becomes the lowest-peaking of the 12 studio albums Ross has released. His previous full-length, Richer Than I Ever Been, reached No. 22 after it arrived in December 2021.
Richer Than I Ever Been was Ross’s first proper solo studio album to miss the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Most of the projects that preceded it had not only entered the highest tier, but broken into its upper half.
Rick Ross Has Charted 14 Album
Ross has now sent 14 projects to the Billboard 200, and all but four have reached the top 10. One of the releases that missed that region was Too Good to Be True, his collaborative set with Meek Mill. That album debuted and peaked at No. 23 in November 2023.
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The compilation Rise to Power also failed to break into the highest tier on the competitive albums roster. The collection of largely B-sides arrived nearly two decades ago and opened at No. 62, though it is not regarded as a traditional Ross album.
Rick Ross Claims 10 Top 10s on the Billboard 200
Ross has collected 10 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. Half of those releases have conquered the tally.
The rapper last debuted a project inside the top 10 in August 2019, when Port of Miami 2 narrowly missed ruling. The sequel set opened and peaked at No. 2, falling just one space short of giving Ross another champion.
Here are all of Rick Ross’s top 10 albums on the Billboard 200.
- Black Market
- Deeper Than Rap
- God Forgives, I Don’t
- Hood Billionaire
- Mastermind
- Port of Miami
- Port of Miami 2
- Rather You Than Me
- Teflon Don
- Trilla
Rick Ross Reaches the Top 10 on Only One Billboard Chart
Set in Stone does manage to enter the top 10 on one ranking, as the full-length debuts at No. 8 on the Top Rap Albums chart. Ross has now accumulated a milestone 15 appearances on the rap-only roster, and all but one have spent time inside the top 10. Set in Stone becomes his second-lowest-peaking release on the tally.
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Only M.I. Yayo performed worse. That project missed the highest region by just one space when it opened at No. 11 in April 2008.
Rick Ross’s Latest Debuts on Two Additional Charts
Set in Stone also begins its time at No. 12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On the Top Album Sales chart, which focuses on traditional purchases, Ross’s latest release debuts at No. 32. In its first tracking frame, the project sold a little less than 3,800 copies, according to Luminate.