Mac Miller Earns A New Posthumous Top 40 Hit

Forbes

18-04-2025

Mac Miller's 'The Spins' debuts at No. 26 on the U.K. Hip-Hop and R&B Singles chart, while Swimming ... More returns and celebrates 100 weeks on the albums tally. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 08: Rapper Mac Miller performs at Camp Flog Gnaw at Los Angeles Coliseum on November 8, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/WireImage)
Years after his death, Mac Miller continues to impact charts all around the world, both with new, posthumous offerings and tunes and full-lengths he released during his lifetime. The hip-hop star, known for his genre-blurring style, regularly appears on a variety of tallies with a mix of long-overlooked cuts and continual favorites.
This week, Miller scores another win in the United Kingdom with a beloved track, while one of his albums — the final he got to share during his lifetime — reaches an important milestone.
Miller collects a new hit on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Singles chart in the U.K., a list that tracks the best-performing rap, hip-hop, and R&B tracks in the nation. The late rapper sees 'The Spins' debut at No. 26, giving him another posthumous win. While Miller has landed on the chart before – he's actually scored just four smashes on the genre-specific tally – his appearances have been fairly sporadic.
'The Spins' marks Miller's first new appearance on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Singles chart in more than five years. He last landed on the list back in January 2020, when 'Good News' debuted shortly after its release.
Prior to that success, he also charted with 'Self Care,' a completely solo effort. He first showed up as a featured artist on Ariana Grande's breakout smash 'The Way,' which helped launch her career more than a decade ago.
'The Spins' originally appeared on K.I.D.S. — short for Kickin' Incredibly Dope Shit — which was released in the summer of 2010. At the time, the mixtape introduced a rising star to a new generation of hip-hop fans. More than a decade later, fans are still consuming the collection, and, it seems, especially one track.
Miller's Swimming album also manages to return to a U.K. tally this week. The collection makes its way back to the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart, breaking back onto the list at No. 26 — coincidentally the same position as 'The Spins' on the associated singles ranking.
Swimming was the last full-length effort Miller released during his lifetime. The project dropped in August 2018, just a month before his death, and was met with widespread praise for its introspective lyrics and genre-bending production.
As Swimming breaks back onto the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart in the U.K., it hits a major milestone. The title has now spent 100 weeks on the ranking — a triple-digit performance that cements it as Miller's most successful release in that part of the world.
Swimming is the only one of his efforts to spend at least 100 weeks on the genre-focused tally. His first posthumous release, Circles, comes in a distant second, having held on for just 17 frames. Most of his other collections have only managed a handful of weeks.