--- description: A Tribe Called Quest has returned to the Billboard 200 at the no. 1 spot for the first time in 20 years with their new album. title: A Tribe Called Quest Has the No. 1 Album in America image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bef2f8a43265d5f/6988af56196cf42d8703e0f0/tribe-called-quest-number-one-album.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Tribe Called Quest Has The No.1 Album in America For the First Time in 20 Years  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 21, 2016 8:59 PM CUT  Jarobi White and Q-Tip of musical guest A Tribe Called Quest perform on November 12, 2016 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Jarobi White and Q-Tip of musical guest A Tribe Called Quest perform on November 12, 2016 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 21, 2016 8:59 PM CUT [A Tribe Called Quest](http://time.com/4576382/a-tribe-called-quest-we-the-people-music-video/ "undefined") has topped the [Billboard 200](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7581458/a-tribe-called-quest-billboard-200-chart-no-1 "undefined") for the first time in twenty years and the second time overall, thanks to [their new album, _We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service_](http://time.com/4569026/saturday-night-live-snl-donald-trump-review/ "undefined"), which debuted at no. 1 between its release on Nov. 11 and the end of the week on Nov. 17. The last time that A Tribe Called Quest claimed the no. 1 spot on the Billboard chart was in 1996 with their album, _Beats, Rhymes and Life_. According to _Billboard_, the album moved 135,000 album units during its first week, an overwhelming 112,000 of which were traditional album sales; _We Got It From Here_ is A Tribe Called Quest’s first studio album since they dropped _The Love Movement_ in 1998\. It’s also the first release since member Phife Dawg passed away in March of this year; [the group says that this album is their last](http://time.com/4549277/a-tribe-called-quest-final-album/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4579104/a-tribe-called-quest-album-sales/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4579104/a-tribe-called-quest-album-sales/"},"headline":"A Tribe Called Quest Has The No.1 Album in America For the First Time in 20 Years","datePublished":"2016-11-21T20:59:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:52.503Z","description":"The hip hop legends are on point","url":"https://time.com/4579104/a-tribe-called-quest-album-sales/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bef2f8a43265d5f/6988af56196cf42d8703e0f0/tribe-called-quest-number-one-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bef2f8a43265d5f/6988af56196cf42d8703e0f0/tribe-called-quest-number-one-album.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4579104/a-tribe-called-quest-album-sales/","name":"A Tribe Called Quest Has The No.1 Album in America For the First Time in 20 Years"}}]}] ```