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- ↑ "Slaine Chart History". Billboard 200 . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Slaine Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . Retrieved December 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Slaine Chart History". Top Rap Albums . Retrieved December 3, 2019.