Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/1/2008

dododummie · 03-05-2009, 12:31 AM

After a one-week showing from '70s and '80s Gap Band veteran and Snoop uncle Charlie Wilson, Beyonce re-assumed the top urban spot last week with her I Am...Sasha Fierce . Behind such stars as Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers, Nickelback and the Oscar-noted Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack, B was actually down a spot from a week before. Jamie Foxx remained on her high-heels though, with his Intuition .
Kanye West's 808's & Heartbreak and T.I.'s Paper Trail came in at #10 and #11, holding strong, as both reach for the two million mark. With India.Arie out of the Top Five fold, Keyshia Cole also bounced back after the two rap heavyweights with her A Different Me.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 6
Beyonce
I Am...Sasha Fierce 35,391
1,918,074
9
Jamie Foxx
Intuition
30,796
681,447
10
Kanye West
808's & Heartbreak
25,535
1,385,991
11
T.I.
Paper Trail
25,335
1,749,142
12
Keyshia Cole
A Different Me
24,436
750,263

The week was filled with three new Hip Hop releases. K'naan's led the way with the A&M Records release Troubador . This is A&M's first Hip Hop release to chart since The Black Eyed Peas. The release was followed 10 spots later by Joe Budden's second official retail album, Padded Room . A first in five years for Budden, the release was a high placement for the label, Amalgam Digital, and rumored to be one of the final retail releases for the digital-minded imprint.

Next was Project Pat's first Asylum Records release, Real Recognize Real . Despite limited marketing and promotion, the Memphis veteran's second project in 18 months nearly cracked 10,000 first week sales. Followed by that, Cypress Hill frontman B-Real brought out his solo debut after an 18 year career on Duck Down Records, titled Smoke N' Mirrors

Lil Wayne sold just under 15,000 copies of Tha Carter III , placing him at #36 this past week, with just over three million in gross sales. Lastly, as artists like E-40, Scarface and DJ Drama's Lil Wayne mixtape have all bookended the Top 200, Nelly's Brass Knuckles re-appeared for the first time in over a month.
Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 32
K'naan
Troubador
15,288
15,386
42
Joe Budden
Padded Room
13,561
13,860
70
Project Pat
Real Recognize Real
8,664
8,803
148
B-Real
Smoke N' Mirrors
3,828
3,897
166
Nelly
Brass Knuckles
3,392
202,160

imd_best · 03-05-2009, 06:13 AM

Wow nelly fell the fuck off!!!

Haha!!!

Chopz504 · 03-05-2009, 06:30 AM

damn beyonce still killing it

sell wifey sell

richad_ach76 · 03-05-2009, 10:53 PM

haha where that nigga soulja boi at

03-05-2009, 12:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
dododummie Status: Werd up Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 29 Posts: 622 Threads: 449 Thanks: 0 Thanked 38 Times in 27 Posts Rep Power: 9	Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/1/2008 After a one-week showing from '70s and '80s Gap Band veteran and Snoop uncle Charlie Wilson, Beyonce re-assumed the top urban spot last week with her I Am...Sasha Fierce . Behind such stars as Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers, Nickelback and the Oscar-noted Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack, B was actually down a spot from a week before. Jamie Foxx remained on her high-heels though, with his Intuition . Kanye West's 808's & Heartbreak and T.I.'s Paper Trail came in at #10 and #11, holding strong, as both reach for the two million mark. With India.Arie out of the Top Five fold, Keyshia Cole also bounced back after the two rap heavyweights with her A Different Me. Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B) Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 6 Beyonce I Am...Sasha Fierce 35,391 1,918,074 9 Jamie Foxx Intuition 30,796 681,447 10 Kanye West 808's & Heartbreak 25,535 1,385,991 11 T.I. Paper Trail 25,335 1,749,142 12 Keyshia Cole A Different Me 24,436 750,263 The week was filled with three new Hip Hop releases. K'naan's led the way with the A&M Records release Troubador . This is A&M's first Hip Hop release to chart since The Black Eyed Peas. The release was followed 10 spots later by Joe Budden's second official retail album, Padded Room . A first in five years for Budden, the release was a high placement for the label, Amalgam Digital, and rumored to be one of the final retail releases for the digital-minded imprint. Next was Project Pat's first Asylum Records release, Real Recognize Real . Despite limited marketing and promotion, the Memphis veteran's second project in 18 months nearly cracked 10,000 first week sales. Followed by that, Cypress Hill frontman B-Real brought out his solo debut after an 18 year career on Duck Down Records, titled Smoke N' Mirrors Lil Wayne sold just under 15,000 copies of Tha Carter III , placing him at #36 this past week, with just over three million in gross sales. Lastly, as artists like E-40, Scarface and DJ Drama's Lil Wayne mixtape have all bookended the Top 200, Nelly's Brass Knuckles re-appeared for the first time in over a month. Other Notables Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 32 K'naan Troubador 15,288 15,386 42 Joe Budden Padded Room 13,561 13,860 70 Project Pat Real Recognize Real 8,664 8,803 148 B-Real Smoke N' Mirrors 3,828 3,897 166 Nelly Brass Knuckles 3,392 202,160

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