November 5th, 2008 Author: Jake Paine
The "Grammy Family" may be gearing up for a chart takeover, with Kanye West and Common coming soon, and John Legend's Evolver being a Top 3 debut. T.I. traveled from that #3 spot to #7, a strong fall for the Atlanta rapper, whose now eclipsed the platinum, million mark with his Paper Trail
Lil Wayne stayed in his mid-twenties zone of recent, selling Tha Carter III, strongly towards three million. Young Jeezy remains strong with his Recession, again staying a few notches above LAX.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
4 John Legend Evolver 132,823 133,094
7 T.I. Paper Trail 76,560 1,047,627
15 Ne-Yo Year of the Gentleman 26,574 548,027
20 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 23,037 2,624,722
28 Young Jeezy Recession 17,412 578,973
The Game and LAX fell out of the Top 30 for the first time, still in a crowded pack with another potential chance at Top 25. Nelly was over 10,000 units behind with Bra** Knuckles, an area not occupied by any rap release.
DJ Khaled cracked the six-figure mark with his We Global. However, for independent artists, few were more shocking than Joe Budden, returning to the Top 200 for the first time in five years, with his digital album Halfway House, selling over 3,000 paid downloads.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
35 The Game LAX 14,121 545,974
112 Nelly Bra** Knuckles 4,738 157,063
126 DJ Khaled We Global 3,535 101,046
183 Joe Budden Halfway House 3,174 3,174
185 Ice Cube Raw Footage 3,093 164,191
