Current top hip hop sellers
October 15th, 2008 | Author: Jake Paine
Regardless of selling over 500,000 less units than the week before, T.I. did not budge, holding the #1 spot for the second week, after his third straight top-spot debut. Paper Trail ] held Metallica off by over 100,000 units as Atlanta's top-selling rapper is on likely pace to go platinum this week amidst an album campaign that's several singles from over. Time will tell how T.I. stands when Kanye West and 50 Cent enter the charts before year's end.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1 T.I. Paper Trail 176,714 746,075
13 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 27,229 2,550,507
15 Young Jeezy Recession 26,801 516,476
21 The Game LAX 20,809 496,829
Having left Rap-A-Lot for Razor & Tie, Devin The Dude gets a strong independent debut with his album Landing Gear [click to read]. Although released to mix reaction, the effort places the Dude considerably higher than Z-Ro, his former peer, who's sustained on the bottom of the charts for three consecutive weeks in Crack. Murs' fell nearly 100 spots in the charts, despite a lively MTV presence. However, if Murs For President can shop a single to radio, as witnessed a year ago with Lupe Fiasco's "Superstar," the Los Angeles independent veteran could have one of the more chart-long-lasting efforts of the quarter.
Nas and LL Cool J hold rank near the bottom of the charts. Untitled cracks the 400,000 benchmark, and trucks towards a gold plaque by year's end. With Jay-Z, Jadakiss and Kanye West, plus the present success of Ne-Yo and Young Jeezy at Def Jam, time will tell if the label continues to work its once flagship artist two short years ago.
Other Notables
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
47 Devin The Dude Landing Gear 10,835 10,856
136 Murs Murs For President 4,300 16,890
157 LL Cool J Exit 13 3,726 76,838
159 Nas Untitled 3,649 400,972
163 Z-Ro Crack 3,606 19,916