Good to know about Travis Scott

• ◆Rodeo, released on September 4, 2015, was Travis Scott's debut studio album, and its cover leaned into pure fantasy: the Houston artist rendered as a plastic action figure, braids and tattoos included, shot by photographer Kevin Amato. The record's breakout single Antidote peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to be certified seven times platinum by the RIAA, an early sign of the streaming juggernaut Travis would become.
• ◆Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight arrived on September 2, 2016 and became Travis Scott's first number one album on the Billboard 200, debuting with 88,000 album equivalent units. It carried the smash Goosebumps, featuring Kendrick Lamar, a track that would grow into one of the biggest songs of his catalog and a permanent fixture of his live shows.
• ◆Astroworld, released on August 3, 2018, is often called Travis Scott's magnum opus. It debuted at number one with 537,000 album equivalent units, one of the largest weeks of the year, and its unmistakable cover was created by legendary photographer David LaChapelle, casting Travis's head as a giant golden sculpture that doubles as the gate to an amusement park, a tribute to the real Six Flags AstroWorld that closed in his hometown of Houston.
• ◆The Astroworld single Sicko Mode, featuring Drake, became Travis Scott's first ever number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and later crossed into rarefied air: the RIAA certified it Diamond in December 2020 for ten million units, making it his first Diamond single, a milestone he reached in roughly two years and four months.
• ◆Jackboys, the Cactus Jack compilation released on December 27, 2019, debuted at number one with 154,000 album equivalent units and holds a unique piece of trivia: on the chart dated January 11, 2020 it became the very first number one album of the 2020s. The project put label members Sheck Wes, Don Toliver and Chase B alongside Travis and included a star studded Highest in the Room remix with Rosalia and Lil Baby.
• ◆Utopia, released on July 28, 2023, was the long awaited follow up to Astroworld and it delivered on the hype, opening at number one with 496,000 album equivalent units and holding the top of the Billboard 200 for four straight weeks, the biggest R&B and hip hop week of the year. It earned Travis Scott a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, and its single Fe!n with Playboi Carti became a live anthem, later performed together at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
• ◆To launch Utopia, Travis Scott turned to ancient Rome. After his planned show at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt was canceled over production issues, he staged the album's global live debut at the historic Circus Maximus on August 7, 2023, drawing more than 60,000 fans and a surprise appearance from Kanye West. The concert shared its name with the companion film Circus Maximus, which he directed and released in AMC Theatres.
• ◆In 2020 Travis Scott became only the second musician to land a McDonald's celebrity meal after a long gap, the first in nearly 30 years. The six dollar Cactus Jack meal, a Quarter Pounder with bacon and lettuce, fries with BBQ sauce and a Sprite, ran from September into October 2020 and was so popular it caused ingredient shortages, proving Travis had turned himself into a full blown lifestyle brand far beyond music.