Best selling rap albums in the US by release date, 1987-2012

[skycycle]

2010



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TOP 10
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EMINEM - Recovery : 4,067,831
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday : 1,620,408
DRAKE - Thank Me Later : 1,476,764
KANYE WEST - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy : 1,216,698
LIL WAYNE - I Am Not A Human Being : 967,720
LIL WAYNE - Rebirth : 775,469
BLACK EYED PEAS - The Beginning : 753,964
RICK ROSS - Teflon Don : 679,166
LUDACRIS - Battle Of The Sexes : 588,751
B.O.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray : 572,774

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TOP 20
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T.I. - No Mercy : 543,434
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager : 465,758
GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach : 364,922
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Flockaveli : 303,076
NELLY - Nelly 5.0 : 296,858
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY - Last Train To Paris : 267,292
NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY - Distant Relatives : 258,046
BIG BOI - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty : 231,367
JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS - Wake Up! : 225,768
THE ROOTS - How I Got Over : 209,029

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Other albums (more than 3k sold)
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COLT FORD - Chicken & Biscuits : 199,819
JAY-Z - The Hits Collection, Volume 1 : 176,985
GUCCI MANE - The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted : 170,382
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Free Wired : 164,028
PLIES - Goon Affiliated : 134,113
LECRAE - Rehab : 125,757
BUN B - Trill OG : 125,526
LLOYD BANKS - The Hunger For More 2 : 125,207
LIL BOOSIE - Incarcerated : 110,451
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' : 107,636
GUCCI MANE - Burrrprint 2 HD : 98,902
TRINA - Amazin': 96,615
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans : 91,879
DJ KHALED - Victory : 88,000
METHOD MAN, GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON - Wu Massacre : 87,409
8BALL & MJG - Ten Toes Down : 82,127
SOULJA BOY - The DeAndre Way : 80,732
ICE CUBE - I Am The West : 80,062
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - Uni5: The World's Enemy: 78,013
YELAWOLF - Trunk Muzik 0-60 : 74,025
PITBULL - Armando : 72,041
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Step Up 3D OST : 68,803
TRILL ENTERTAINMENT - Trill Entertainment Presents: All Or Nothing : 67,619
FABOLOUS - There Is No Competition 2 EP : 62,327
SNOOP DOGG - More Malice EP : 60,087
REFLECTION ETERNAL - Revolutions Per Minute : 59,014
DADDY YANKEE - Daddy Yankee Mundial : 57,842
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk 2 : 55,852
FLO RIDA - Only One Flo, Part 1 : 54,933
CYPRESS HILL - Rise Up : 52,543
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk : 52,462
TECH N9NE - Collabos Gates Mixed Plate : 49,364
PIMP C - Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones : 45,095
TWISTA - Perfect Storm : 43,858
N.E.R.D. - Nothing : 43,638
SLIM THUG - Tha Thug Show : 42,587
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger : 41,093
LIL JON - Crunk Rock : 40,072
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Long Live The Kings : 37,508
DMX - Best Of DMX : 36,007
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Apollo Kids : 34,288
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Dinner And A Movie : 34,041
ATMOSPHERE - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy : 32,578
CHIDDY BANG - The Preview : 31,353
WISIN Y YANDEL - La Revolucion Vol. 1 & 2 : 31,115
PAUL WALL - Heart Of A Champion : 26,528
TWIZTID - Heartbroken & Homicidal : 25,761
FAT JOE - The Darkside Vol. 1 : 25,748
IVY QUEEN - Drama Queen : 25,395
REDMAN - Reggie : 25,313
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE - Stimulus Package : 25,143
BOONDOX - South Of Hell : 21,288
DEVIN THE DUDE - Suite 420 : 20,991
TRIP LEE - Between Two Worlds : 19,872
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE - Gang Rags : 19,032
DORROUGH - Get Big : 17,834
DIE ANTWOORD - $O$ : 16,417
Z-RO - Heroin : 16,308
YOUNG BUCK - The Rehab : 16,154
FLOBOTS - Survival Story : 15,936
DAVID BANNER & 9TH WONDER - Death Of A Pop Star: 15,226
JUVENILE - Beast Mode : 14,856
JOE BUDDEN - Mood Muzik : 13,329
MURS & 9TH WONDER - Fornever : 13,034
TECH N9NE - Seepage EP : 12,766
CASSIDY - C.A.S.H. : 12,550
CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - The War Report 2 : 12,275
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 11,623
SCARFACE - Dopeman Music : 11,429
CAM'RON - Heat In Here Vol. 1 : 10,842
SHEEK LOUCH - Donnie G: Don Gorilla : 10,567
LITTLE BROTHER - Leftback : 10,045
ABK - Medicine Bag : 9,832
CAM'RON - Killa Season 2 : 9,184
BMC BOYZ - Love, Life Sex : 8,858
SAM ADAMS - Boston's Boy : 8,765
KINTO SOL - El Ultimo Sospiro : 8,191
ARMY OF THE PHARAOHS - The Unholy Terror : 8,102
COMMON - Go! Common Classics : 7,992
CHIDDY BANG - Opposite Of Adults EP : 7,972
DJ CLAY - Book Of The Wicked, Chapter Two : 7,881
FLAME - Captured : 7,282
ZION & LENNOX - Los Verdaderos : 7,268
KURUPT - Street Lights : 6,778
SLUM VILLAGE - Villa Manifesto : 5,899
DEVIN THE DUDE - Gotta Be Me : 5,889
PRO - Redemption : 5,745
MIKE E. CLARK - Murder Mix Volume 2 : 5,709
TECH N9NE - Lost Scripts Of K.O.D. : 5,599
PLAN B - House Of Pleasure : 5,032
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhell Megamix : 4,810
KRIZZ KALIKO - Shock Treatment : 4,806
HAYSTAK - Easy 2 Hate : 4,599
MESSY MARV & BERNER - Blow 2: Blocks And Boat Docks : 3,877
BLACK MILK - Album Of The Year : 3,690
PASTOR TROY - King Of All Kings : 3,646
BIZZY BONE - Crossroads 2010 : 3,174
GORILLAZ - ITunes Session : 3,127

Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 4
Albums selling over 500,000: 11
Albums selling over 250,000: 17
Albums selling over 100,000: 30 (probably 32)
Albums selling over 50,000: 51 (probably 53/54)

[skycycle]

2009



BLACK EYED PEAS - The E.N.D. : 3,126,030
EMINEM - Relapse : 2,218,743
JAY-Z - The Blueprint 3 : 1,890,142
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon : 653,815
DRAKE - So Far Gone EP : 617,175
YOUNG MONEY - We Are Young Money : 570,560
50 CENT - Before I Self Destruct : 474,843
RICK ROSS - Deeper Than Rap : 442,135
GUCCI MANE - The State vs Radric Davis : 425,556
LONELY ISLAND - Incredibad : 387,100

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JADAKISS - The Last Kiss : 361,747
FABOLOUS - Loso's Way : 318,187
SNOOP DOGG - Malice 'N Wonderland : 272,156
FLO RIDA - R.O.O.T.S. : 264,001
WISIN & YANDEL - La Revolucion : 259,987
TIMBALAND - Shock Value II : 250,712
PITBULL - Rebelution : 208,097
UGK - UGK 4 Life : 200,611
ASHER ROTH - Asleep In The Bread Aisle : 196,227
BIRDMAN - Pricele$$ : 189,092

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METHOD MAN & REDMAN - Blackout! 2 : 178,608
LIL BOOSIE - Superbad: The Return Of Boosie : 176,945
TWISTA - Category F5 : 175,958
RAEKWON - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. 2 : 175,129
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Notorious OST : 157,184
GORILLA ZOE - Don't Feed Da Animals : 150,115
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Bang! Pow! Boom! : 149,968
TITO EL BAMBINO - El Patron : 146,947
SLIM THUG - Boss Of All Bosses : 140,286
BUSTA RHYMES - Back On My B.S. : 137,374
NEW BOYZ - Skinny Jeanz & A Mic : 133,373
MOS DEF - The Ecstatic : 132,511
WALE - Attention Deficit : 127,760
TECH N9NE - K.O.D. : 118,517
CAM'RON - Crime Pays : 111,893
SEAN PAUL - Imperial Blaze : 93,047
JIM JONES - Pray IV Reign : 87,843
TECH N9NE - Sickology 101 : 86,059
CLIPSE - Till The Casket Drops : 85,842
WIZ KHALIFA - Deal Or No Deal : 85,477
JUVENILE - Cocky And Confident : 82,644
K'NAAN - Troubadour : 81,618
DORROUGH - Dorrough Music : 74,732
B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood : 71,165
MAINO - If Tomorrow Comes : 65,921
BLACKROC - Blackroc : 65,822
BOW WOW - New Jack City Pt. 2 : 63,032
OJ DA JUICEMAN - The Otha Side Of The Trap : 56,214
RAKIM - The Seventh Seal : 47,989
TRIPLE C'S - Custom Cars & Cycles : 47,513
JAY-Z - Blueprint Collector's Edition : 43,238
VARIOUS ARTISTS - More Than A Game OST : 43,001
COLT FORD - Country Is As Country Does : 38,360
BROTHER ALI - Us : 30,099
Z-RO - Cocaine : 29,911

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 3
Albums selling over 500,000: 6 (possibly 7)
Albums selling over 250,000: 16
Albums selling over 100,000: 35 (at least)
Albums selling over 50,000: 48 (at least)

[skycycle]

2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 1,615,053
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,013,272
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 601,757
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 590,430
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 474,559
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 348,031
BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 325,743
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 246,868
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 243,374
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 200,552

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TOP 20
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LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 193,372
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 177,997
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 154,833
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 139,340
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 134,079
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 118,073
COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 112,942
SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 112,231
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 82,801
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 81,952

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 70,030
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 66,760
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 64,826
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 60,394
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 59,103
JIM JONES - Capo : 58,988
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 53,939
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 50,108
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 46,663
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 44,101
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 38,778
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 36,907
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 33,884
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 32,621
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 29,521
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 25,580
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 23,979 (digital only)
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 23,786
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 23,388
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 20,522
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,089
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 16,908
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
FLAME - Captured : 15,809
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 15,355
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 14,570
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 13,778
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 13,468
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 13,454
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
Z-RO - Meth : 12,877
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 12,501
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,124
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 11,828
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 11,447
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
PRO - Dying To Live : 10,699
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 10,244
DAS RACIST - Relax : 10,137
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 10,114
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 9,159
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 8,061
TECH N9NE & DJ WHOO KID - Bad Season : 6,849
BIG HUD - The Heavyweight Benchmark : 6,476
SLIM THUG - Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz Serve & Protect Part 3 (Immahogg) : 6,081
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 4,407
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
JOEL ORTIZ - Free Agent : 4,000
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 3,774
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 3,747
SLAINE - A World With No Skies 2.0 : 3,494
AKWID - Ready Hits : 3,475
DJ SHADOW - Less You Know, The Better - 3,403
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 3,272
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 3,249
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
APATHY - Honkey Kong : 2,951
SWOLLEN MEMBERS - Dagger Mouth : 2,946
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN - Golden Era Triple Pack : 2,811
BLUEPRINT - Adventures in Counter-culture : 2,791
BIG SCOOB - Damn Fool : 2,514
RKM & KEN-Y - Forever : 2,455
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 2,400
LIL B - I'm Gay : 2,308 (digital only debut)
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
KUTT CALHOUN - Red-headed Stepchild EP : 1,727
SIMS - Bad Time Zoo : 1,667
SPANK ROCK - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A **** Liar : 1,653
Z-RO - Straight Profit : 1,633
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 1,618
NAPPY ROOTS - Nappy.org : 1,617
YOUNG BLEED - Pre'serv'd : 1,574
JACKA - Flight Risk : 1,570
WATSKY - Watsky : 1,566
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
HAIL MARY MALLON - Are You Gonna Eat That? : 1,102
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Lovers Holiday : 1,098
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 1,056
SMOKE DZA - Rolling Stoned : 1,020


Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post. Will be updated with the actual numbers once they become available.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 500,000: 4
Albums selling over 250,000: 7
Albums selling over 100,000: 18
Albums selling over 50,000: 29

New peaks for J.Cole (#6), Colt Ford (#17), Ace Hood (#23) & Mac Miller (#25) among others. At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if Game gets outsold by Lonely Island in the long turn, he is already selling less than Wiz Khalifa.

The big story of course is this week's debut by Wale which is significantly bigger than anyone expected and will surely debut within the top 15 of this chart.

[skycycle]

Things could well change in the Top 10 by the end of the year - we already see Wale will crack it in a few weeks, Mac Miller is a mystery (although many predict a large six-figure opening and I would agree), The Roots will be looking to improve on their last few albums and we have late releases by Rick Ross and T-Pain (who is blowing up on radio right now)... Not to mention Drake!

The Top 10 will be a lot different come February.

[Lehmann]

The Game flopped hard this time. I predict the same for 50 Cent, if he really drops his album in december. The only way to get relevant again for both is to reunite.

[unterschleif]

Rick Ross, Wale gonna go gold for sure. And Drake can be already sure Take Care goes platinum. Jeezy could go gold aswell and then there are still some interesting names like Mac Miller, Yellawolf, Common, The Roots... The top 10 is gonna be all gold and platinum again.

[skycycle]

2010



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TOP 10
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EMINEM - Recovery : 4,072,914
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday : 1,627,756
DRAKE - Thank Me Later : 1,480,432
KANYE WEST - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy : 1,218,259
LIL WAYNE - I Am Not A Human Being : 968,928
LIL WAYNE - Rebirth : 775,469
BLACK EYED PEAS - The Beginning : 753,964
RICK ROSS - Teflon Don : 680,791
LUDACRIS - Battle Of The Sexes : 588,751
B.O.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray : 572,774

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TOP 20
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T.I. - No Mercy : 544,488
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager : 467,147
GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach : 364,922
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Flockaveli : 304,090
NELLY - Nelly 5.0 : 297,318
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY - Last Train To Paris : 267,292
NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY - Distant Relatives : 258,427
BIG BOI - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty : 231,367
JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS - Wake Up! : 225,768
THE ROOTS - How I Got Over : 209,305

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Other albums (more than 3k sold)
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COLT FORD - Chicken & Biscuits : 199,819
JAY-Z - The Hits Collection, Volume 1 : 177,828
GUCCI MANE - The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted : 170,382
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Free Wired : 164,392
PLIES - Goon Affiliated : 134,113
LECRAE - Rehab : 127,094
BUN B - Trill OG : 125,526
LLOYD BANKS - The Hunger For More 2 : 125,445
LIL BOOSIE - Incarcerated : 110,843
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' : 107,636
GUCCI MANE - Burrrprint 2 HD : 98,902
TRINA - Amazin': 96,615
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans : 92,670
DJ KHALED - Victory : 88,000
METHOD MAN, GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON - Wu Massacre : 87,409
8BALL & MJG - Ten Toes Down : 82,127
SOULJA BOY - The DeAndre Way : 80,732
ICE CUBE - I Am The West : 80,062
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - Uni5: The World's Enemy: 78,013
YELAWOLF - Trunk Muzik 0-60 : 75,588
PITBULL - Armando : 72,513
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Step Up 3D OST : 68,803
TRILL ENTERTAINMENT - Trill Entertainment Presents: All Or Nothing : 67,923
FABOLOUS - There Is No Competition 2 EP : 62,327
SNOOP DOGG - More Malice EP : 60,087
REFLECTION ETERNAL - Revolutions Per Minute : 59,014
DADDY YANKEE - Daddy Yankee Mundial : 57,842
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk 2 : 56,189
FLO RIDA - Only One Flo, Part 1 : 54,933
CYPRESS HILL - Rise Up : 52,543
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk : 52,462
TECH N9NE - Collabos Gates Mixed Plate : 49,364
PIMP C - Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones : 45,095
TWISTA - Perfect Storm : 43,858
N.E.R.D. - Nothing : 43,638
SLIM THUG - Tha Thug Show : 42,587
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger : 41,508
LIL JON - Crunk Rock : 40,072
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Long Live The Kings : 37,508
DMX - Best Of DMX : 36,007
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Apollo Kids : 34,288
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Dinner And A Movie : 34,041
ATMOSPHERE - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy : 32,578
CHIDDY BANG - The Preview : 31,353
WISIN Y YANDEL - La Revolucion Vol. 1 & 2 : 31,115
PAUL WALL - Heart Of A Champion : 26,528
TWIZTID - Heartbroken & Homicidal : 25,761
FAT JOE - The Darkside Vol. 1 : 25,748
IVY QUEEN - Drama Queen : 25,395
REDMAN - Reggie : 25,313
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE - Stimulus Package : 25,143
BOONDOX - South Of Hell : 21,288
DEVIN THE DUDE - Suite 420 : 20,991
TRIP LEE - Between Two Worlds : 19,872
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE - Gang Rags : 19,032
DORROUGH - Get Big : 17,834
DIE ANTWOORD - $O$ : 16,417
Z-RO - Heroin : 16,308
YOUNG BUCK - The Rehab : 16,154
FLOBOTS - Survival Story : 15,936
DAVID BANNER & 9TH WONDER - Death Of A Pop Star: 15,226
JUVENILE - Beast Mode : 14,856
JOE BUDDEN - Mood Muzik : 13,329
MURS & 9TH WONDER - Fornever : 13,034
TECH N9NE - Seepage EP : 12,766
CASSIDY - C.A.S.H. : 12,550
CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - The War Report 2 : 12,275
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 11,623
SCARFACE - Dopeman Music : 11,429
CAM'RON - Heat In Here Vol. 1 : 10,842
SHEEK LOUCH - Donnie G: Don Gorilla : 10,567
LITTLE BROTHER - Leftback : 10,045
ABK - Medicine Bag : 9,832
CAM'RON - Killa Season 2 : 9,184
BMC BOYZ - Love, Life Sex : 8,858
SAM ADAMS - Boston's Boy : 8,765
KINTO SOL - El Ultimo Sospiro : 8,191
ARMY OF THE PHARAOHS - The Unholy Terror : 8,102
COMMON - Go! Common Classics : 7,992
CHIDDY BANG - Opposite Of Adults EP : 7,972
DJ CLAY - Book Of The Wicked, Chapter Two : 7,881
FLAME - Captured : 7,282
ZION & LENNOX - Los Verdaderos : 7,268
KURUPT - Street Lights : 6,778
SLUM VILLAGE - Villa Manifesto : 5,899
DEVIN THE DUDE - Gotta Be Me : 5,889
PRO - Redemption : 5,745
MIKE E. CLARK - Murder Mix Volume 2 : 5,709
TECH N9NE - Lost Scripts Of K.O.D. : 5,599
PLAN B - House Of Pleasure : 5,032
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhell Megamix : 4,810
KRIZZ KALIKO - Shock Treatment : 4,806
HAYSTAK - Easy 2 Hate : 4,599
MESSY MARV & BERNER - Blow 2: Blocks And Boat Docks : 3,877
BLACK MILK - Album Of The Year : 3,690
PASTOR TROY - King Of All Kings : 3,646
BIZZY BONE - Crossroads 2010 : 3,174
GORILLAZ - ITunes Session : 3,127

Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 4
Albums selling over 500,000: 11
Albums selling over 250,000: 17
Albums selling over 100,000: 30 (probably 32)
Albums selling over 50,000: 51 (probably 53/54)

[skycycle]

2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 1,643,473
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,032,707
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 605,592
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 597,632
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 475,705
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 370,003
BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 326,575
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 250,716
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 248,219
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 203,604

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TOP 20
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LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 194,882
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 180,514
WALE - Ambition : 164,062
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 156,583
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 141,139
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 135,548
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 118,553
COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 114,111
SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 112,542
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 83,156

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 82,385
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 70,030
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 68,434
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 65,115
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 61,516
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 59,594
JIM JONES - Capo : 58,988
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 54,189
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 50,754
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 47,833
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 44,697
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 38,778
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 37,135
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 33,380
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 30,006
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 26,269
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 24,466 (digital only)
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 23,968
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 23,699
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 22,476
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 19,435
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
FLAME - Captured : 15,809
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 15,355
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 14,801
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 14,500
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 14,063
Z-RO - Meth : 13,667
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 13,468
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 12,774
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 11,931
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
PRO - Dying To Live : 10,865
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 10,817
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 10,814
DAS RACIST - Relax : 10,545
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 9,159
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 8,416
BIG HUD - The Heavyweight Benchmark : 6,852
TECH N9NE & DJ WHOO KID - Bad Season : 6,849
SLIM THUG - Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz Serve & Protect Part 3 (Immahogg) : 6,703
HOPSIN - Raw : 6,173
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 5,906
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 4,423
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 4,315
JOEL ORTIZ - Free Agent : 4,000
AKWID - Ready Hits : 3,856
SLAINE - A World With No Skies 2.0 : 3,494
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 3,486
DJ SHADOW - Less You Know, The Better - 3,403
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 3,272
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
APATHY - Honkey Kong : 2,951
SWOLLEN MEMBERS - Dagger Mouth : 2,946
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 2,917
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 2,831
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN - Golden Era Triple Pack : 2,811
BLUEPRINT - Adventures in Counter-culture : 2,791
BIG SCOOB - Damn Fool : 2,514
RKM & KEN-Y - Forever : 2,455
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 2,400
LIL B - I'm Gay : 2,308 (digital only debut)
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KUTT CALHOUN - Red-headed Stepchild EP : 1,727
SIMS - Bad Time Zoo : 1,667
SPANK ROCK - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A **** Liar : 1,653
Z-RO - Straight Profit : 1,633
NAPPY ROOTS - Nappy.org : 1,617
DUMBFOUNDDEAD - DFD : 1,599
YOUNG BLEED - Pre'serv'd : 1,574
JACKA - Flight Risk : 1,570
WATSKY - Watsky : 1,566
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
HAIL MARY MALLON - Are You Gonna Eat That? : 1,102
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Lovers Holiday : 1,098
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 1,056
SMOKE DZA - Rolling Stoned : 1,020


Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post. Will be updated with the actual numbers once they become available.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 500,000: 4
Albums selling over 250,000: 9
Albums selling over 100,000: 19
Albums selling over 50,000: 30

Wale debuts at #13 and with a good second week around 40-50k he will most probably surpass Game and enter the top10 next week.

Mac Miller is currently projected to sell around 185k, which will make him a strong contender to overtake Wale the week after next. His under-the-counter sales this week were at 250 copies, compared to 170+ for Wale the week before he was released - if that is any indicator, we could be looking at a 200k debut for the PA native. If the Game is indeed #11 next week (with around 207/208k in sales), then it looks like Mac Miller will debut at either #12 (if he beats Lonely Island) or #13, followed by a swift entry into the top 10.

Tech N9ne will also debut with the latest in his Collabos series - 'Welcome to Strangeland' - projected to sell around 25k, which will place him somewhere around #40 in next week's chart.

There will be a lot of movement in the top 15 in the coming weeks - Wale and Mac Miller look set to go gold and surpass most of the top 10, J.Cole is steadily on his way to 500k as well and Drake will probably sell more than that in his first week alone.

Also, look for Bad Meets Evil to surpass Wiz Khalifa in the next 2 or 3 weeks.

[Lehmann]

Whole Top 10 will be gold or platinum, surely now.

[skycycle]

Well with Drake, Wale & Mac Miller looking set to march into it, the future #10 will probably be the Beastie Boys, who will wait a loooooooooong long time before they get anywhere near Gold... Considering that the next serious contender is Rick Ross, so by January\February we should have all of the albums in the top 10 gold or platinum..

[Lehmann]

Young Jeezy album is out in December too, he's serious contender for Top 10

[skycycle]

I will be a bit busy, so expect no update this week - we'll just jump to next week and the highly anticipated release of Drake - currently projected to sell over 700k first week, landing it the 3rd best opening week of 2011 after gaga and lil wayne. Wale is a 1000 copies behind Game and will surpass him next week, although with Drake entering at #3 it will some more time before Wale makes it top certain top 10 status.

As I said, updates will be coming next week...

[skycycle]

2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 1,693,214
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,069,818
DRAKE - Take Care : 631,466
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 613,019
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 610,416
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 475,705
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 405,308
BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 326,575
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 258,932
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 257,497

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TOP 20
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WALE - Ambition : 234,354
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 203,604
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 194,882
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 180,514
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 169,672
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 156,583
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 141,139
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 135,548
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 118,553
COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 114,111

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 112,542
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 83,156
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 82,385
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 70,030
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 68,434
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 65,115
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 61,516
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 59,594
JIM JONES - Capo : 58,988
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 54,189
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 52,266
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 50,754
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 47,833
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 44,697
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 38,778
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 37,135
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 33,380
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 33,219
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 30,304
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 30,006
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 26,269
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 24,466 (digital only)
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 23,968
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 23,699
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 22,476
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 19,435
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
FLAME - Captured : 15,809
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 15,355
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 14,801
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 14,500
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 14,063
Z-RO - Meth : 13,667
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 13,468
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 13,277
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 12,774
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 11,931
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
PRO - Dying To Live : 10,865
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 10,817
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 10,814
DAS RACIST - Relax : 10,545
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 9,159
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 8,416
BIG HUD - The Heavyweight Benchmark : 6,852
TECH N9NE & DJ WHOO KID - Bad Season : 6,849
SLIM THUG - Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz Serve & Protect Part 3 (Immahogg) : 6,703
HOPSIN - Raw : 6,173
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 5,906
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 4,423
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 4,315
JOEL ORTIZ - Free Agent : 4,000
AKWID - Ready Hits : 3,856
SLAINE - A World With No Skies 2.0 : 3,494
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 3,486
DJ SHADOW - Less You Know, The Better - 3,403
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 3,272
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
APATHY - Honkey Kong : 2,951
SWOLLEN MEMBERS - Dagger Mouth : 2,946
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 2,917
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 2,831
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN - Golden Era Triple Pack : 2,811
BLUEPRINT - Adventures in Counter-culture : 2,791
BIG SCOOB - Damn Fool : 2,514
RKM & KEN-Y - Forever : 2,455
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 2,400
LIL B - I'm Gay : 2,308 (digital only debut)
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KUTT CALHOUN - Red-headed Stepchild EP : 1,727
SIMS - Bad Time Zoo : 1,667
SPANK ROCK - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A **** Liar : 1,653
Z-RO - Straight Profit : 1,633
NAPPY ROOTS - Nappy.org : 1,617
DUMBFOUNDDEAD - DFD : 1,599
YOUNG BLEED - Pre'serv'd : 1,574
JACKA - Flight Risk : 1,570
WATSKY - Watsky : 1,566
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
HAIL MARY MALLON - Are You Gonna Eat That? : 1,102
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Lovers Holiday : 1,098
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 1,056
SMOKE DZA - Rolling Stoned : 1,020


Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post. Will be updated with the actual numbers once they become available.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 500,000: 5
Albums selling over 250,000: 10
Albums selling over 100,000: 21
Albums selling over 50,000: 33

[skycycle]

2009



BLACK EYED PEAS - The E.N.D. : 3,131,405
EMINEM - Relapse : 2,218,743
JAY-Z - The Blueprint 3 : 1,890,142
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon : 658,998
DRAKE - So Far Gone EP : 621,928
YOUNG MONEY - We Are Young Money : 570,560
50 CENT - Before I Self Destruct : 474,843
RICK ROSS - Deeper Than Rap : 442,135
GUCCI MANE - The State vs Radric Davis : 425,556
LONELY ISLAND - Incredibad : 387,100

----------------------------------------------------

JADAKISS - The Last Kiss : 361,747
FABOLOUS - Loso's Way : 318,187
SNOOP DOGG - Malice 'N Wonderland : 272,156
FLO RIDA - R.O.O.T.S. : 264,001
WISIN & YANDEL - La Revolucion : 259,987
TIMBALAND - Shock Value II : 250,712
PITBULL - Rebelution : 208,097
UGK - UGK 4 Life : 200,611
ASHER ROTH - Asleep In The Bread Aisle : 196,227
BIRDMAN - Pricele$$ : 189,092

----------------------------------------------------

METHOD MAN & REDMAN - Blackout! 2 : 178,608
LIL BOOSIE - Superbad: The Return Of Boosie : 176,945
TWISTA - Category F5 : 175,958
RAEKWON - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt. 2 : 175,129
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Notorious OST : 157,184
GORILLA ZOE - Don't Feed Da Animals : 150,115
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Bang! Pow! Boom! : 149,968
TITO EL BAMBINO - El Patron : 146,947
SLIM THUG - Boss Of All Bosses : 140,286
BUSTA RHYMES - Back On My B.S. : 137,374
NEW BOYZ - Skinny Jeanz & A Mic : 133,373
MOS DEF - The Ecstatic : 132,511
WALE - Attention Deficit : 127,760
TECH N9NE - K.O.D. : 118,517
CAM'RON - Crime Pays : 111,893
SEAN PAUL - Imperial Blaze : 93,047
JIM JONES - Pray IV Reign : 87,843
TECH N9NE - Sickology 101 : 86,059
CLIPSE - Till The Casket Drops : 85,842
WIZ KHALIFA - Deal Or No Deal : 85,477
JUVENILE - Cocky And Confident : 82,644
K'NAAN - Troubadour : 81,618
DORROUGH - Dorrough Music : 74,732
B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood : 71,165
MAINO - If Tomorrow Comes : 65,921
BLACKROC - Blackroc : 65,822
BOW WOW - New Jack City Pt. 2 : 63,032
OJ DA JUICEMAN - The Otha Side Of The Trap : 56,214
RAKIM - The Seventh Seal : 47,989
TRIPLE C'S - Custom Cars & Cycles : 47,513
JAY-Z - Blueprint Collector's Edition : 43,238
VARIOUS ARTISTS - More Than A Game OST : 43,001
COLT FORD - Country Is As Country Does : 38,360
BROTHER ALI - Us : 30,099
Z-RO - Cocaine : 29,911

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 3
Albums selling over 500,000: 6 (possibly 7)
Albums selling over 250,000: 16
Albums selling over 100,000: 35 (at least)
Albums selling over 50,000: 48 (at least)

[skycycle]

2010



------------------------------
TOP 10
------------------------------

EMINEM - Recovery : 4,083,370
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday : 1,640,554
DRAKE - Thank Me Later : 1,489,304
KANYE WEST - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy : 1,218,259
LIL WAYNE - I Am Not A Human Being : 968,928
LIL WAYNE - Rebirth : 775,469
BLACK EYED PEAS - The Beginning : 753,964
RICK ROSS - Teflon Don : 680,791
LUDACRIS - Battle Of The Sexes : 588,751
B.O.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray : 572,774

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TOP 20
------------------------------

T.I. - No Mercy : 544,488
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager : 467,147
GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach : 364,922
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Flockaveli : 304,090
NELLY - Nelly 5.0 : 297,318
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY - Last Train To Paris : 267,292
NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY - Distant Relatives : 258,427
BIG BOI - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty : 231,367
JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS - Wake Up! : 225,768
THE ROOTS - How I Got Over : 209,305

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Other albums (more than 3k sold)
------------------------------

COLT FORD - Chicken & Biscuits : 199,819
JAY-Z - The Hits Collection, Volume 1 : 177,828
GUCCI MANE - The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted : 170,382
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Free Wired : 164,392
PLIES - Goon Affiliated : 134,113
LECRAE - Rehab : 127,094
BUN B - Trill OG : 125,526
LLOYD BANKS - The Hunger For More 2 : 125,445
LIL BOOSIE - Incarcerated : 110,843
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' : 107,636
GUCCI MANE - Burrrprint 2 HD : 98,902
TRINA - Amazin': 96,615
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans : 92,670
DJ KHALED - Victory : 88,000
METHOD MAN, GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON - Wu Massacre : 87,409
8BALL & MJG - Ten Toes Down : 82,127
SOULJA BOY - The DeAndre Way : 80,732
ICE CUBE - I Am The West : 80,062
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - Uni5: The World's Enemy: 78,013
YELAWOLF - Trunk Muzik 0-60 : 75,588
PITBULL - Armando : 72,513
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Step Up 3D OST : 68,803
TRILL ENTERTAINMENT - Trill Entertainment Presents: All Or Nothing : 67,923
FABOLOUS - There Is No Competition 2 EP : 62,327
SNOOP DOGG - More Malice EP : 60,087
REFLECTION ETERNAL - Revolutions Per Minute : 59,014
DADDY YANKEE - Daddy Yankee Mundial : 57,842
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk 2 : 56,189
FLO RIDA - Only One Flo, Part 1 : 54,933
CYPRESS HILL - Rise Up : 52,543
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk : 52,462
TECH N9NE - Collabos Gates Mixed Plate : 49,364
PIMP C - Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones : 45,095
TWISTA - Perfect Storm : 43,858
N.E.R.D. - Nothing : 43,638
SLIM THUG - Tha Thug Show : 42,587
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger : 41,508
LIL JON - Crunk Rock : 40,072
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Long Live The Kings : 37,508
DMX - Best Of DMX : 36,007
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Apollo Kids : 34,288
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Dinner And A Movie : 34,041
ATMOSPHERE - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy : 32,578
CHIDDY BANG - The Preview : 31,353
WISIN Y YANDEL - La Revolucion Vol. 1 & 2 : 31,115
PAUL WALL - Heart Of A Champion : 26,528
TWIZTID - Heartbroken & Homicidal : 25,761
FAT JOE - The Darkside Vol. 1 : 25,748
IVY QUEEN - Drama Queen : 25,395
REDMAN - Reggie : 25,313
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE - Stimulus Package : 25,143
BOONDOX - South Of Hell : 21,288
DEVIN THE DUDE - Suite 420 : 20,991
TRIP LEE - Between Two Worlds : 19,872
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE - Gang Rags : 19,032
DORROUGH - Get Big : 17,834
DIE ANTWOORD - $O$ : 16,417
Z-RO - Heroin : 16,308
YOUNG BUCK - The Rehab : 16,154
FLOBOTS - Survival Story : 15,936
DAVID BANNER & 9TH WONDER - Death Of A Pop Star: 15,226
JUVENILE - Beast Mode : 14,856
JOE BUDDEN - Mood Muzik : 13,329
MURS & 9TH WONDER - Fornever : 13,034
TECH N9NE - Seepage EP : 12,766
CASSIDY - C.A.S.H. : 12,550
CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - The War Report 2 : 12,275
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 11,623
SCARFACE - Dopeman Music : 11,429
CAM'RON - Heat In Here Vol. 1 : 10,842
SHEEK LOUCH - Donnie G: Don Gorilla : 10,567
LITTLE BROTHER - Leftback : 10,045
ABK - Medicine Bag : 9,832
CAM'RON - Killa Season 2 : 9,184
BMC BOYZ - Love, Life Sex : 8,858
SAM ADAMS - Boston's Boy : 8,765
KINTO SOL - El Ultimo Sospiro : 8,191
ARMY OF THE PHARAOHS - The Unholy Terror : 8,102
COMMON - Go! Common Classics : 7,992
CHIDDY BANG - Opposite Of Adults EP : 7,972
DJ CLAY - Book Of The Wicked, Chapter Two : 7,881
FLAME - Captured : 7,282
ZION & LENNOX - Los Verdaderos : 7,268
KURUPT - Street Lights : 6,778
SLUM VILLAGE - Villa Manifesto : 5,899
DEVIN THE DUDE - Gotta Be Me : 5,889
PRO - Redemption : 5,745
MIKE E. CLARK - Murder Mix Volume 2 : 5,709
TECH N9NE - Lost Scripts Of K.O.D. : 5,599
PLAN B - House Of Pleasure : 5,032
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhell Megamix : 4,810
KRIZZ KALIKO - Shock Treatment : 4,806
HAYSTAK - Easy 2 Hate : 4,599
MESSY MARV & BERNER - Blow 2: Blocks And Boat Docks : 3,877
BLACK MILK - Album Of The Year : 3,690
PASTOR TROY - King Of All Kings : 3,646
BIZZY BONE - Crossroads 2010 : 3,174
GORILLAZ - ITunes Session : 3,127

Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 4
Albums selling over 500,000: 11
Albums selling over 250,000: 17
Albums selling over 100,000: 30 (probably 32)
Albums selling over 50,000: 51 (probably 53/54)

[Lehmann]

The Game sold less than Big Sean.. what the hell is happening?

[skycycle]

I don't find it that exciting - it's completely expected given the quality of the albums, the promo they did and the singles that (eventually) caught on...

In other news, Black Friday has passed and we are getting the first numbers... a bunch of hip-hop albums are in the top50, and quite a few with nice sales...

Drake took a huge 70+% drop and will probably have a 2nd week in the range of 175k, bringing him over 800k sold. Weezy is around a 150% up and sold more than 60k this week (again around 15k more than Gaga, bringing him ever so closer in the year-end chart). His total now stands at ~ 1,750,000.

Yelawolf had a solid debut, selling over 40k first week for his first full-length release "Radioactive". With good support I can see him crossing a 100k easy.

Jay-Z and Kanye had around 30k+ in sales last week, bringing them to around 1,1 million so far. Rounding out the top50 according to HDD is Wale with around 20k in sales - bringing him over 250k but still not into the top 10 - it could happen next week when he might overtake Big Sean.

On another note, if we get the full numbers this week - there is a chance that BME finally overtakes Wiz Khalifa - the difference was 3,000 units last week (which is about the amount BME outsold Wiz the last few weeks).

Stay tuned for the full update + numbers

[Willypedia]

2 - 1 4 DRAKE TAKE CARE 172765 -73 630571 804231
13 22 25 15 * LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER IV 59167 137 25004 1752381
23 34 41 16 * LMFAO SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING 55777 243 16274 306163
1 - - 27 * YELAWOLF RADIOACTIVE 40660 999 268 40928
16 30 31 30 * JAY Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 34091 79 19069 1103909
53 90 97 50 * MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 22795 250 6517 1663349
4 15 18 55 WALE AMBITION 21225 -28 29340 255579
75 114 118 60 * EMINEM RECOVERY 19869 266 5432 4103239
9 32 35 67 J COLE COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY 19034 4 18310 424342
74 150 130 79 * DRAKE THANK ME LATER 15732 220 4916 1505036
3 1 24 81 MILLER*MAC BLUE SLIDE PARK 15495 -38 25185 185167
1 - - 114 * EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 11527 360 2506 3458015
24 89 103 116 * BAD MEETS EVIL HELL: THE SEQUEL 11432 83 6253 621848
22 129 132 147 * BIG SEAN FINALLY FAMOUS 9069 91 4744 266566
2 - 17 148 WEBBIE SAVAGE LIFE 3 9068 -70 30146 39372
23 146 155 190 * PITBULL PLANET PIT 6968 67 4184 265900

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2010



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TOP 10
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EMINEM - Recovery : 4,103,239
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday : 1,663,349
DRAKE - Thank Me Later : 1,505,036
KANYE WEST - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy : 1,222,801
LIL WAYNE - I Am Not A Human Being : 975,836
LIL WAYNE - Rebirth : 775,469
BLACK EYED PEAS - The Beginning : 753,964
RICK ROSS - Teflon Don : 687,151
LUDACRIS - Battle Of The Sexes : 588,751
B.O.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray : 572,774

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TOP 20
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T.I. - No Mercy : 547,677
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager : 471,869
GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach : 364,922
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Flockaveli : 306,819
NELLY - Nelly 5.0 : 298,547
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY - Last Train To Paris : 267,292
NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY - Distant Relatives : 258,427
BIG BOI - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty : 231,367
JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS - Wake Up! : 225,768
THE ROOTS - How I Got Over : 210,128

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Other albums (more than 3k sold)
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COLT FORD - Chicken & Biscuits : 199,819
JAY-Z - The Hits Collection, Volume 1 : 180,318
GUCCI MANE - The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted : 170,382
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Free Wired : 165,377
PLIES - Goon Affiliated : 134,113
LECRAE - Rehab : 130,981
BUN B - Trill OG : 125,526
LLOYD BANKS - The Hunger For More 2 : 125,445
LIL BOOSIE - Incarcerated : 111,775
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' : 107,636
GUCCI MANE - Burrrprint 2 HD : 98,902
TRINA - Amazin': 96,615
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans : 95,186
DJ KHALED - Victory : 88,000
METHOD MAN, GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON - Wu Massacre : 87,409
8BALL & MJG - Ten Toes Down : 82,127
SOULJA BOY - The DeAndre Way : 80,732
YELAWOLF - Trunk Muzik 0-60 : 80,718
ICE CUBE - I Am The West : 80,062
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - Uni5: The World's Enemy: 78,013
PITBULL - Armando : 73,974
TRILL ENTERTAINMENT - Trill Entertainment Presents: All Or Nothing : 69,030
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Step Up 3D OST : 68,803
FABOLOUS - There Is No Competition 2 EP : 62,327
SNOOP DOGG - More Malice EP : 60,087
REFLECTION ETERNAL - Revolutions Per Minute : 59,014
DADDY YANKEE - Daddy Yankee Mundial : 57,842
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk 2 : 57,219
FLO RIDA - Only One Flo, Part 1 : 54,933
CYPRESS HILL - Rise Up : 52,543
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk : 52,462
TECH N9NE - Collabos Gates Mixed Plate : 49,364
PIMP C - Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones : 45,095
TWISTA - Perfect Storm : 43,858
N.E.R.D. - Nothing : 43,638
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger : 42,834
SLIM THUG - Tha Thug Show : 42,587
LIL JON - Crunk Rock : 40,072
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Long Live The Kings : 37,508
DMX - Best Of DMX : 36,007
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Apollo Kids : 34,288
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Dinner And A Movie : 34,041
ATMOSPHERE - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy : 32,578
CHIDDY BANG - The Preview : 32,334
WISIN Y YANDEL - La Revolucion Vol. 1 & 2 : 31,115
PAUL WALL - Heart Of A Champion : 26,528
TWIZTID - Heartbroken & Homicidal : 25,761
FAT JOE - The Darkside Vol. 1 : 25,748
IVY QUEEN - Drama Queen : 25,395
REDMAN - Reggie : 25,313
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE - Stimulus Package : 25,143
BOONDOX - South Of Hell : 21,288
DEVIN THE DUDE - Suite 420 : 20,991
TRIP LEE - Between Two Worlds : 19,872
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE - Gang Rags : 19,032
DORROUGH - Get Big : 17,834
DIE ANTWOORD - $O$ : 16,417
Z-RO - Heroin : 16,308
YOUNG BUCK - The Rehab : 16,154
FLOBOTS - Survival Story : 15,936
DAVID BANNER & 9TH WONDER - Death Of A Pop Star: 15,226
JUVENILE - Beast Mode : 14,856
JOE BUDDEN - Mood Muzik : 13,329
MURS & 9TH WONDER - Fornever : 13,034
TECH N9NE - Seepage EP : 12,766
CASSIDY - C.A.S.H. : 12,550
CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - The War Report 2 : 12,275
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 11,623
SCARFACE - Dopeman Music : 11,429
CAM'RON - Heat In Here Vol. 1 : 10,842
SHEEK LOUCH - Donnie G: Don Gorilla : 10,567
LITTLE BROTHER - Leftback : 10,045
ABK - Medicine Bag : 9,832
CAM'RON - Killa Season 2 : 9,184
BMC BOYZ - Love, Life Sex : 8,858
SAM ADAMS - Boston's Boy : 8,765
KINTO SOL - El Ultimo Sospiro : 8,191
ARMY OF THE PHARAOHS - The Unholy Terror : 8,102
COMMON - Go! Common Classics : 7,992
CHIDDY BANG - Opposite Of Adults EP : 7,972
DJ CLAY - Book Of The Wicked, Chapter Two : 7,881
FLAME - Captured : 7,282
ZION & LENNOX - Los Verdaderos : 7,268
KURUPT - Street Lights : 6,778
SLUM VILLAGE - Villa Manifesto : 5,899
DEVIN THE DUDE - Gotta Be Me : 5,889
PRO - Redemption : 5,745
MIKE E. CLARK - Murder Mix Volume 2 : 5,709
TECH N9NE - Lost Scripts Of K.O.D. : 5,599
PLAN B - House Of Pleasure : 5,032
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhell Megamix : 4,810
KRIZZ KALIKO - Shock Treatment : 4,806
HAYSTAK - Easy 2 Hate : 4,599
MESSY MARV & BERNER - Blow 2: Blocks And Boat Docks : 3,877
BLACK MILK - Album Of The Year : 3,690
PASTOR TROY - King Of All Kings : 3,646
BIZZY BONE - Crossroads 2010 : 3,174
GORILLAZ - ITunes Session : 3,127

Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 4
Albums selling over 500,000: 11
Albums selling over 250,000: 17
Albums selling over 100,000: 30 (probably 32)
Albums selling over 50,000: 51 (probably 53/54)

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2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 1,752,381
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,103,909
DRAKE - Take Care : 804,231
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 621,848
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 617,408
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 478,783
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 424,342
BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 329,113
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 266,566
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 265,900

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TOP 20
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WALE - Ambition : 255,579
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 215,612
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 200,320
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 186,916
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 185,167
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 161,692
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 146,446
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 139,816
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 120,246
COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 117,973

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 113,459
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 84,264
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 83,683
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 73,845
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 70,030
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 66,093
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 65,371
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 64,105
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 60,816
JIM JONES - Capo : 58,988
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 54,956
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 52,429
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 51,037
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 46,337
YELAWOLF - Radioactive : 40,928
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 39,372
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 39,107
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 38,778
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 38,318
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 35,469
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 31,526
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 28,259
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 26,286 (digital only)
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 26,039
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 24,471
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 24,450
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 23,354
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 16,486
FLAME - Captured : 16,280
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 16,031
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 15,445
Z-RO - Meth : 15,441
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 14,801
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 14,063
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 13,551
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 13,468
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 13,015
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 12,781
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 11,963
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
PRO - Dying To Live : 10,865
DAS RACIST - Relax : 10,545
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 9,159
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 9,155
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 7,746
HOPSIN - Raw : 6,871
BIG HUD - The Heavyweight Benchmark : 6,852
TECH N9NE & DJ WHOO KID - Bad Season : 6,849
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 6,711
SLIM THUG - Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz Serve & Protect Part 3 (Immahogg) : 6,703
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 6,097
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 5,539
AKWID - Ready Hits : 4,711
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
MOBB DEEP - Black Cocaine EP : 4,341
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 4,265
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 4,264
JOEL ORTIZ - Free Agent : 4,000
DOOMTREE - No Kings : 3,587
SLAINE - A World With No Skies 2.0 : 3,494
DJ SHADOW - Less You Know, The Better - 3,403
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 3,272
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
APATHY - Honkey Kong : 2,951
SWOLLEN MEMBERS - Dagger Mouth : 2,946
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN - Golden Era Triple Pack : 2,811
BLUEPRINT - Adventures in Counter-culture : 2,791
BIG SCOOB - Damn Fool : 2,514
RKM & KEN-Y - Forever : 2,455
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 2,400
LIL B - I'm Gay : 2,308 (digital only debut)
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Hidden Stash : 2,192
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KUTT CALHOUN - Red-headed Stepchild EP : 1,727
SIMS - Bad Time Zoo : 1,667
SPANK ROCK - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A **** Liar : 1,653
Z-RO - Straight Profit : 1,633
NAPPY ROOTS - Nappy.org : 1,617
DUMBFOUNDDEAD - DFD : 1,599
YOUNG BLEED - Pre'serv'd : 1,574
JACKA - Flight Risk : 1,570
WATSKY - Watsky : 1,566
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
HAYSTAK & JELLY ROLL - Strictly Business : 1,449
M.O.P. - Sparta : 1,381
KRAYZIE BONE - Under The Influence : 1,238
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
STATIK SELEKTAH & ACTION BRONS - Well Done : 1,108
HAIL MARY MALLON - Are You Gonna Eat That? : 1,102
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Lovers Holiday : 1,098
ELIGH & AMPLIVE - Therapy At 3 : 1,073
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 1,056
SMOKE DZA - Rolling Stoned : 1,020


Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post. Will be updated with the actual numbers once they become available.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 500,000: 5
Albums selling over 250,000: 11
Albums selling over 100,000: 21
Albums selling over 50,000: 34

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Still to come this month:

December 6

The Roots - Undun



Bow Wow - Underrated

T-Pain - rEVOLVEr


December 13

Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Mac & Devin Go To High School OST



Naughty By Nature - Anthem Inc.

December 20

Common - The Dreamer\The Believer



The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies
(digital only release, physical will be mid-January)



Tyga - Careless World: Rise of the Last King

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2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 1,775,609
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,123,929
DRAKE - Take Care : 894,406
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 627,703
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 620,981
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 480,613
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 436,761
BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 329,966
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 272,315
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 270,448

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TOP 20
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WALE - Ambition : 269,246
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 217,755
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 201,998
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 194,245
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 188,797
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 163,214
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 147,999
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 141,004
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 120,658
COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 119,246

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
------------------------------

SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 113,722
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 84,544
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 84,125
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 74,957
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 71,686
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 70,030
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 66,388
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 64,697
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 63,371
JIM JONES - Capo : 58,988
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 55,206
YELAWOLF - Radioactive : 53,402
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 53,010
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 51,836
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 46,844
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 44,858
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 41,401
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 40,082
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 38,778
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 36,022
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 32,025
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 28,851
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 26,848 (digital only)
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 26,790
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 24,674
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 24,637
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 24,119
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 16,828
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 16,486
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 16,450
FLAME - Captured : 16,280
Z-RO - Meth : 15,846
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 14,901
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 14,801
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 14,392
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 13,551
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 13,356
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 13,288
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 12,229
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
DAS RACIST - Relax : 11,743
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
PRO - Dying To Live : 10,865
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 9,421
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 9,159
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 8,115
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 7,481
HOPSIN - Raw : 7,131
BIG HUD - The Heavyweight Benchmark : 6,852
TECH N9NE & DJ WHOO KID - Bad Season : 6,849
SLIM THUG - Presents Boss Hogg Outlawz Serve & Protect Part 3 (Immahogg) : 6,703
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 6,660
MOBB DEEP - Black Cocaine EP : 6,441
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 5,790
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
AKWID - Ready Hits : 4,711
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 4,551
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 4,504
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
DOOMTREE - No Kings : 4,258
JET LIFE - Jet World Order : 4,247
JOEL ORTIZ - Free Agent : 4,000
SLAINE - A World With No Skies 2.0 : 3,494
DJ SHADOW - Less You Know, The Better - 3,403
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 3,272
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
APATHY - Honkey Kong : 2,951
SWOLLEN MEMBERS - Dagger Mouth : 2,946
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN - Golden Era Triple Pack : 2,811
BLUEPRINT - Adventures in Counter-culture : 2,791
BIG SCOOB - Damn Fool : 2,514
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Hidden Stash EP : 2,492
RKM & KEN-Y - Forever : 2,455
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 2,400
LIL B - I'm Gay : 2,308 (digital only debut)
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
M.O.P. - Sparta : 1,870
HAYSTAK & JELLY ROLL - Strictly Business : 1,809
KUTT CALHOUN - Red-headed Stepchild EP : 1,727
KRAYZIE BONE - Under The Influence : 1,692
SIMS - Bad Time Zoo : 1,667
SPANK ROCK - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A **** Liar : 1,653
Z-RO - Straight Profit : 1,633
NAPPY ROOTS - Nappy.org : 1,617
DUMBFOUNDDEAD - DFD : 1,599
YOUNG BLEED - Pre'serv'd : 1,574
JACKA - Flight Risk : 1,570
WATSKY - Watsky : 1,566
STATIK SELEKTAH & ACTION BRONS - Well Done : 1,552
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
ELIGH & AMPLIVE - Therapy At 3 : 1,366
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
HAIL MARY MALLON - Are You Gonna Eat That? : 1,102
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Lovers Holiday : 1,098
ASTRONAUTALIS - This Is Our Science : 1,056
SMOKE DZA - Rolling Stoned : 1,020


Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post. Will be updated with the actual numbers once they become available.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 2
Albums selling over 500,000: 5
Albums selling over 250,000: 11
Albums selling over 100,000: 21
Albums selling over 50,000: 35

Not a lot of changes this week - Pitbull once again overtakes Big Sean for #9, but with Wale close behind them it will be a 3-way race next week. Most probably Wale will come out to #9, followed by Pitbull at #10 - Big Sean will drop out of the top 10. Childish Gambino reached a new peak this past week (#26) and will probably gain a few more spots as the year draws to a close. Lupe Fiasco had a 80% increase (albeit only to 1800 copies) thanks to his Grammy nominations - hopefully this will be able to slowly push him over 500k, something which we've waiting to happen for over 6 months now.

[skycycle]

HOIST THE BUBLE,
BLACK KEYS REV UP

Warner Bros Records Could Nail Top Two Slots, as Buble Remains #1

December 7, 2011

Michael Buble’s Christmas is apparently the theme to this year’s holiday season.
Reprise’s Sinatra-like crooner will easily remain at #1 next week, with sales that will be in the 400-500k range. His NBC special last night was the network’s highest-rated prime-time show since July.

Warner Bros. will also have the top debut next week with the Black Keys' critically lauded Nonesuch release, El Camino, looking like between 160-180k, where it will battle with XL/Columbia’s indomitable U.K. thrush Adele for #2.

Universal Republic’s posthumous Amy Winehouse album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, should do around 90-100k. The album is expected to debut at #1 in the U.K. next week.

Columbia’s Glee Vol. 7 is on target for a debut of between 50-55k, followed by Roadrunner’s Korn album The Path of Totality (45-50k), Def Jam/IDJ rap group The Roots’ Undun (35-40k), Star Trakin/Interscope’s Robin Thicke (30-35k) and Nappy Boy/RCA’s T-Pain album RevolveR (25-28k).

Finally, Legacy/Columbia’s The Very Best of Neil Diamond, which arrives on the heels of his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, is slated for 15-18k.

Both releases will be underperformers - T-Pain opened with 168k a little over 3 years ago and is really flopping, while The Roots did 51k with 'How I Got Over' last summer and 63k on their 'Wake Up!' collaboration with John Legend.

Considering 'undun' is their first concept album, its less than 40 minutes long and runs its whole story backwards, I can see why they might be selling a little less. I hope it has legs like HIGO (which has sold upwards of 210k so far) - it's one of the premier records in any genre this year IMO and deserves the great reviews it has been getting.

[Lehmann]

The Roots selling more than T-Pain!
Never thought that's possible! Real music sells.

[skycycle]

2010



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TOP 10
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EMINEM - Recovery : 4,111,125
NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday : 1,672,820
DRAKE - Thank Me Later : 1,509,633
KANYE WEST - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy : 1,224,930
LIL WAYNE - I Am Not A Human Being : 977,021
LIL WAYNE - Rebirth : 775,469
BLACK EYED PEAS - The Beginning : 753,964
RICK ROSS - Teflon Don : 688,715
LUDACRIS - Battle Of The Sexes : 588,751
B.O.B - The Adventures Of Bobby Ray : 572,774

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TOP 20
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T.I. - No Mercy : 548,641
KID CUDI - Man On The Moon 2: The Legend Of Mr. Rager : 473,319
GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach : 364,922
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Flockaveli : 307,703
NELLY - Nelly 5.0 : 298,938
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY - Last Train To Paris : 267,292
NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY - Distant Relatives : 258,427
BIG BOI - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty : 231,367
JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS - Wake Up! : 225,768
THE ROOTS - How I Got Over : 210,726

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Other albums (more than 3k sold)
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COLT FORD - Chicken & Biscuits : 199,819
JAY-Z - The Hits Collection, Volume 1 : 181,250
GUCCI MANE - The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted : 170,382
FAR EAST MOVEMENT - Free Wired : 165,710
PLIES - Goon Affiliated : 134,113
LECRAE - Rehab : 132,256
LLOYD BANKS - The Hunger For More 2 : 126,453
BUN B - Trill OG : 125,526
LIL BOOSIE - Incarcerated : 112,086
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin' : 107,636
GUCCI MANE - Burrrprint 2 HD : 98,902
TRINA - Amazin': 96,615
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans : 95,868
DJ KHALED - Victory : 88,000
METHOD MAN, GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON - Wu Massacre : 87,409
YELAWOLF - Trunk Muzik 0-60 : 82,164
8BALL & MJG - Ten Toes Down : 82,127
SOULJA BOY - The DeAndre Way : 80,732
ICE CUBE - I Am The West : 80,062
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - Uni5: The World's Enemy: 78,013
PITBULL - Armando : 74,401
TRILL ENTERTAINMENT - Trill Entertainment Presents: All Or Nothing : 69,359
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Step Up 3D OST : 68,803
FABOLOUS - There Is No Competition 2 EP : 62,327
SNOOP DOGG - More Malice EP : 60,087
REFLECTION ETERNAL - Revolutions Per Minute : 59,014
DADDY YANKEE - Daddy Yankee Mundial : 57,842
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk 2 : 57,609
FLO RIDA - Only One Flo, Part 1 : 57,013
CYPRESS HILL - Rise Up : 52,543
CURREN$Y - Pilot Talk : 52,462
TECH N9NE - Collabos Gates Mixed Plate : 49,364
PIMP C - Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones : 45,095
TWISTA - Perfect Storm : 43,858
N.E.R.D. - Nothing : 43,638
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger : 43,280
SLIM THUG - Tha Thug Show : 42,587
LIL JON - Crunk Rock : 40,072
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Long Live The Kings : 37,508
DMX - Best Of DMX : 36,007
GHOSTFACE KILLAH - Apollo Kids : 34,288
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Dinner And A Movie : 34,041
ATMOSPHERE - To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy : 32,578
CHIDDY BANG - The Preview : 32,334
WISIN Y YANDEL - La Revolucion Vol. 1 & 2 : 31,115
PAUL WALL - Heart Of A Champion : 26,528
TWIZTID - Heartbroken & Homicidal : 25,761
FAT JOE - The Darkside Vol. 1 : 25,748
IVY QUEEN - Drama Queen : 25,395
REDMAN - Reggie : 25,313
FREEWAY & JAKE ONE - Stimulus Package : 25,143
BOONDOX - South Of Hell : 21,288
DEVIN THE DUDE - Suite 420 : 20,991
TRIP LEE - Between Two Worlds : 19,872
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE - Gang Rags : 19,032
DORROUGH - Get Big : 17,834
DIE ANTWOORD - $O$ : 16,417
Z-RO - Heroin : 16,308
YOUNG BUCK - The Rehab : 16,154
FLOBOTS - Survival Story : 15,936
DAVID BANNER & 9TH WONDER - Death Of A Pop Star: 15,226
JUVENILE - Beast Mode : 14,856
JOE BUDDEN - Mood Muzik : 13,329
MURS & 9TH WONDER - Fornever : 13,034
TECH N9NE - Seepage EP : 12,766
CASSIDY - C.A.S.H. : 12,550
CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - The War Report 2 : 12,275
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 11,623
SCARFACE - Dopeman Music : 11,429
CAM'RON - Heat In Here Vol. 1 : 10,842
SHEEK LOUCH - Donnie G: Don Gorilla : 10,567
LITTLE BROTHER - Leftback : 10,045
ABK - Medicine Bag : 9,832
CAM'RON - Killa Season 2 : 9,184
BMC BOYZ - Love, Life Sex : 8,858
SAM ADAMS - Boston's Boy : 8,765
KINTO SOL - El Ultimo Sospiro : 8,191
ARMY OF THE PHARAOHS - The Unholy Terror : 8,102
COMMON - Go! Common Classics : 7,992
CHIDDY BANG - Opposite Of Adults EP : 7,972
DJ CLAY - Book Of The Wicked, Chapter Two : 7,881
FLAME - Captured : 7,282
ZION & LENNOX - Los Verdaderos : 7,268
KURUPT - Street Lights : 6,778
SLUM VILLAGE - Villa Manifesto : 5,899
DEVIN THE DUDE - Gotta Be Me : 5,889
PRO - Redemption : 5,745
MIKE E. CLARK - Murder Mix Volume 2 : 5,709
TECH N9NE - Lost Scripts Of K.O.D. : 5,599
PLAN B - House Of Pleasure : 5,032
EL-P - Weareallgoingtoburninhell Megamix : 4,810
KRIZZ KALIKO - Shock Treatment : 4,806
HAYSTAK - Easy 2 Hate : 4,599
MESSY MARV & BERNER - Blow 2: Blocks And Boat Docks : 3,877
BLACK MILK - Album Of The Year : 3,690
PASTOR TROY - King Of All Kings : 3,646
BIZZY BONE - Crossroads 2010 : 3,174
GORILLAZ - ITunes Session : 3,127

Albums marked with bold have had their sales updated since the previous post.

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 4
Albums selling over 500,000: 11
Albums selling over 250,000: 17
Albums selling over 100,000: 30 (probably 32)
Albums selling over 50,000: 51 (probably 53/54)