Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 8/10/08

Still a slow week for Hip Hop as Lil Wayne remains at the #5 spot this week with 67,100 sold. Tha Carter 3 was beat out by releases from the Mama Mia soundtrack, Miley Cyrus, Sugarland, and Kid Rock, respectively.
R&B crooner Lloyd's latest effort, Lessons in Love, driven by its lead single "Girls Around the World" featuring Lil Wayne, debuted at #7 this week selling 51,000 copies in its first week. Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad continues to climb the charts from #12 to #9 this week, selling 43,800 copies. Nas takes a drop from #10 to #17 with his controversial untitled album selling 24,900, while Usher rounds out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B with 15,500 copies sold. Here I Stand is now inching towards that coveted platinum plaque.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Total
5
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter 3
67,138
2,143,098

7
Lloyd
Lessons in Love
51,049
51,284
9
Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad
43,865
1,594,437

17
Nas
untitled
24,970
316,350

31
Usher
Here I Stand
15,538
964,062

Plies' Definition of Real remains in the top 40 at #38, selling 13,200 copies this week. David Banner follows up right behind Plies selling only 51 copies less than him, and earning the #39 spot with Greatest Story Ever Told. Three 6 Mafia's Last 2 Walk landed the #43 spot with 12,400 sold, while Clipse's Re-Up Gang debuts at #55. Their self-titled album sold 9,700 in its first week. Also debuting a new effort this week is Nappy Roots at #73, with Humdinger selling 7,700 copies.
Other Notables Rank Artist Album This Week Total
38
Plies
Definition of Real
13,290
446,882

39
David Banner
Greatest Story Ever Told
13,249
101,632

43
Three 6 Mafia
Last 2 Walk
12,420
196,954

55 Clipse Presents The Re-up Gang
Re-Up Gang
9,774 9,858

73
Nappy Roots
Humdinger
7,708
7,722

2 mill

wayne still goin strong.....damn i thought usher would've went platinum by now

Usher's album was whack as hell....lol