Album Sales 6/29/08

There was not much movement at the top of the charts this week. Lil Wayne [click to read] continued to hold the #2 spot, selling six-figures of units. The shocker to some is Three 6 Mafia's [click to read] return to album making. Last 2 Walk [click to read] cracked the top five, as one of Columbia's first rap releases since Rick Rubin's takeover at the historic imprint. Usher and Rihanna held positioning, dropping rank a few units. Rihanna continues to sell strongly in digital singles, with the repackaging of her year-old album.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Total
2
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter 3
209,305
1,527,621

5
Three 6 Mafia
Last 2 Walk
76,722
76,722

7
Usher
Here I Stand
51,586
805,841

10
Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad
46,545
1,353,991

11
Plies
Definition of Real
42,893
325,472

Whereas last week, Blood Raw made a dent in first week sales chart, the Corporate Thugz rookie subsided to a shift in other chart areas. After the success of "Flashing Lights," Michigan's Dwele made a respectable first showing with his independent Sketches of a Man. Bun B [click to read] and Rick Ross continue to show that strong album-making equates to consistent sales. Meanwhile, Immortal Technique cracked the Top 100 with his critically-championed The 3rd World [click to read], assisted by DJ Green Lantern.

Other Notables
Rank Artist Album This Week Total
35
Dwele
Sketches of a Man
13,854
14,007

38
N.E.R.D.
Seeing Sounds
13,258
116,846

43
Bun B
II Trill
10,718
206,576

55 Rick Ross Trilla 10,456
599,167

99
Immortal Technique
The 3rd World
7,306
7,306

FYI for those that don't know top number is the amount sold previous week bottom is overall sold.

Fly Spitta wrote:FYI for those that don't know top number is the amount sold previous week bottom is overall sold.

II Trill should have sold alot more... that was a good fuckin album...

Honesly I ain't buy the album not the biggest ross fan...but I did cop his first album but the thing im trippen BUN B's SALES!

nawh im talkin II Trill from Bun B... that should have sold more.. not ross.
ross is sick w/ it tho.. his album was gewd

LOL my bad once again the Chron lol see my ass tryin to start a debate when you already agreeing with me lmao


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That's what I'm talking about! I'm diggin' those.