OldSchoolCat

Published: Friday - December 12, 2008
Words by BallerStatus News Staff



There's a few albums within the urban genre to stay and debut within the top 10 this week, but Britney Spears' return outshine everyone to nab the Billboard 200 top spot.

Outside of Britney at the throne, Beyonce and her latest album, I Am ... Sasha Fierce, climbed up a notch this week to no. 3, despite a 41% sales dip to 153,000 this week.

Right behind her is Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak, last week's chart-topper, which landed at no. 4, selling 142,000 copies in its second week.

Later down the line is Akon's newest, Freedom, which opens at no. 7, selling 111,000 in its opening week. His last album, 2006's Konvicted, debuted at no. 2 with 284,000, but went on to selling 2.9 million copies, and spawned multiple hit singles.

Ludacris drops in outside the top 10 at no. 15 with Theater of the Mind, selling 65,000 copies, to round out the top 20 charted albums.

As far as new records, southern veteran Scarface dropped Emeritus. The new album enters at no. 24 with 42,000 units scanned.

That does it for this week. Next week, we'll see how new releases from Common, Brandy and Avant do.

Southern Rap Pro

Big ups for SCARFACE - that's major without a major deal right there- selling 42,000 off the strength of who you are and having respect in the game - u already know I dropped my 9.99 for this joint!