Melly Vs. Melvin is YNW Melly’s debut studio album, following his January 2019 project We All Shine. Melly announced the album’s imminent release in a phone call from jail, while being held for double-murder charges after the suspected killing of his best friends, YNW Sakchaser & YNW Juvy.
Melly announced the album’s release date on his social media accounts on November 18th, 2019. It was released on November 22, 2019.
The album included the 9lokkNine assisted “223’s” as its only single.
This album peaked at #8 on the charting week of December 7, 2019, on the Billboard Hot 200 charts.
On the Billboard Canadian album charts, this album peaked at #17.
Melly vs. Melvin lands YNW Melly his first #10 position on the Billboard album charts after racking in a total of 43,000 first week sales.
Melly vs. Melvin was certified gold by the RIAA on February 22, 2021.
Three days prior to the release of the album, on November 25, 2019, YNW Melly’s team had taken to Twitter to announce the official merchandise for the album. The merchandise showed the album cover on T-Shirts and animations from the “Suicidal” music video on T-Shirts and hoodies.