Album Sales: 6/30 - 7/5

The Black Eyed Peas still maintained a Top 5 spot with "The E.N.D." , despite a lot of radio air wave attention properly diverting to Michael Jackson in the last week and a half. Fergie, will.i.am and the gang may surprise some as 2009's second platinum album, after Eminem, affirming Interscope's returning reign.

Speaking of, Em's Relapse, remains strong, staying in the Top 10 and eclipsing 1.2 million. The Detroit rapper's album switched fully into "Beautiful" as its next single. With a new video, the superstar may see a swarm of new fans.

There were three debuts in the Top 25 as well. DJ Khaled's Def Jam artist Ace Hood made a lukewarm start to his sophomore, assist-heavy album, Ruthless. Perhaps more surprising, Maino, who had a heavy rotation single in "All Of The Above" (his second on the album), came just behind, with 18,000 overall units sold of If Tomorrow Comes...

More surprising, Def Jam rookie Jeremih watched his self-titled album carry him into a Top 10 spot, with nearly 60,000 units sold. The young Chicago sensation may have some chart copulation in the cards to go along with his "Birthday Sex."

* please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.

Artist / Album / This Week / Overall
5. The Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. - 70,000 - 610,000

6. Jeremih - Jeremih - 59,000 - 59,000

9. Eminem - Relapse - 39,000 - 1,207,000

23. Ace Hood - Ruthless - 20,000 - 20,000

25. Maino - If Tomorrow Comes... - 18,000 - 18,000

The RZA-backed Wu Tang Presents...Chamber Music project debuted in the Top 50. With extensive production from M.O.P.'s Lil Fame (as Fizzy Womack) and a historic guest-list (Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Sadat X), the unofficial Wu-Tang Clan compilation album is one of the brand's most impressive outings in a year that already witnessed Top 10 charting from Method Man.

Mos Def trudges towards a 100,000 with his Downtown Records debut The Ecstatic. With appearances from an assortment of underground Hip Hop artists and producers, and interludes courtesy of the 1977 cult film Killer Of Sheep, Dante is garnering his first critical acclaim in Hip Hop in five years.

Jadakiss, although approximated, surpassed the 300,000 mark with his acclaimed The Last Kiss. His frequent collaborator Lil Wayne remained in Top 75, selling Tha Carter III within a 300 unit range of Mos Def.
Cam'ron closed out the overall Top 200 with his Crime Pays album. At this rate, the comeback effort may fail to eclipse the 100,000 unit mark, though the Harlem veteran continues to tour, make videos and release material.

Pathetic, but as expected. Most of it.
When you drop LAME ass ordinary bullshit, what do you expect? I feel so sorry for Ace Hood. Niggas obviously too stupid to wake the fuck up and realize that the road you headed down is leading to NOWHERE. Get some fuckin Individualism and stop talking about the same fucking shit on almost every song!

Maino, this shit fucked up. Sometimes real niggas don't get what they deserve. This is a clear case. How can people not dig ALL THE ABOVE? 18k? The Fuck?

Lmao, Jadakiss just now hittin 3. Terrible.

MARK MY WORDS: Only a few rappers go platinum EVERY time.
1. Jay (Longevity Personified)
2. T.I. (Best all around rapper in the game, No Autotune may I Add)
3. Wayne (Lately)
4. Eminem (Guaranteed Platinum Status)
5. Kanye (Surprisingly)
6. 50 Cent (Controversy)

Nobody else is going plat. Shame...

hell yeah ..
Lyrics = longevity

every artist that you mentioned has sick lyrics and tracks.

Maino shoulda did at LEAST 50k this first week. but I stil got faith in him. the people still isnt familiar with him so give him another 2 months to get established in the game. by the time his next single drops, he'll get his due respect. even if he doesn't, the streets hold him down. I know I will

but I told y'all Jeremih ws gonna do better than everyone. I thought he would do 130 though LOL
but 59 is way more than a lot of people expected. and like Maino, his sales will increase in time. he'll do about 250 by the end of August

Man i loved that acehood album & i hate acehood

i told yall.. thats almost exactly what i predicted....

downsouthboy901 wrote:Pathetic, but as expected. Most of it.
When you drop LAME ass ordinary bullshit, what do you expect? I feel so sorry for Ace Hood. Niggas obviously too stupid to wake the fuck up and realize that the road you headed down is leading to NOWHERE. Get some fuckin Individualism and stop talking about the same fucking shit on almost every song!

Maino, this shit fucked up. Sometimes real niggas don't get what they deserve. This is a clear case. How can people not dig ALL THE ABOVE? 18k? The Fuck?

Lmao, Jadakiss just now hittin 3. Terrible.

MARK MY WORDS: Only a few rappers go platinum EVERY time.
1. Jay (Longevity Personified)
2. T.I. (Best all around rapper in the game, No Autotune may I Add)
3. Wayne (Lately)
4. Eminem (Guaranteed Platinum Status)
5. Kanye (Surprisingly)
6. 50 Cent (Controversy)

Nobody else is going plat. Shame...

he goes platinum every time buddy lol... i disagree...

nah there was 500 degrees.not sure if block is hot went plat...even tho tthe single for it was hot

like father like son was a flop and prolly some earler sht

Collabo's never sell...

i would hve paid for bad meets evil,blood brothers,i cant feel my face,

yeah, Collabs never sell LOL

even the 2 greatest couldnt pull it off .. R.Kelly and Jay-Z "Best of Both Worlds" .. remember that? .. maybe not LOL

bad meets evil would have murked all of em tho

royce and em...omfg...CRACK!!!!!!!!!!

when i hear best of both worlds...i think of some hannh montana,miley cyrus sht

DAM SHES HOT

The Block Is Hot - Not So Hot after all, didnt go plat.
500 Degreez - More like 5 degrees, didnt go plat.
Lights Out - Should've left em on, didnt go plat.

Did carter 2 go platinum?

& Jadakiss is just now hitting 3k???

Yeah All the Carters went plat. And sadly yes, Kiss is just hittin 3. I thought he woulda at least been at 8 by now.

well its been a long time since he drop his last album.. & this album got pushed back o idk how many times so.. lol

downsouthboy901 wrote:Yeah All the Carters went plat. And sadly yes, Kiss is just hittin 3. I thought he woulda at least been at 8 by now.

I thought he woulda been in 50,000+... what the fuck is he doing?

jadakiss can rap too...just never on his albums...when he features or just spits sht for tapes..thwy r raw