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

[skycycle]

2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 2,159,501
DRAKE - Take Care : 1,787,655
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,453,408
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 741,311
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 732,948
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 620,678
YOUNG JEEZY - TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition : 609,940
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 509,309
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 442,652
WALE - Ambition : 424,766

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TOP 20
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BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 353,030
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 336,745
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 322,236
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 258,798
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 238,799
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 226,497
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 196,083
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 195,336
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 162,936
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 162,800

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 145,211
YELAWOLF - Radioactive : 142,714
SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA - Mac & Devin Go To High School OST : 135,899
COMMON - The Dreamer \ The Believer : 133,715
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 130,000
THE ROOTS - Undun : 125,017
SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 118,884
T-PAIN - rEVOLVEr : 110,076
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 92,282
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 90,335
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 90,322
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 87,575
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 85,116
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 74,552
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 72,329
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 70,503
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 65,951
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 65,364
JIM JONES - Capo : 63,403
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 61,000
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 58,925
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 52,848
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 51,055
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 46,375
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 43,529
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 42,984
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 39,530
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 36,169[
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 34,748
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 33,447
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 28,468
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 27,430
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 27,098
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 26,488
ROSCOE DASH - J.U.I.C.E. : 24,462
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
Z-RO - Meth : 21,224
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 21,047
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 21,037
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 20,843
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
CHRIS WEBBY - There Goes The Neighborhood EP : 20,208
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 19,932
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 18,917
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
FLAME - Captured : 17,680
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 17,421
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
GUCCI MANE & V-NASTY - BAYTL : 16,461
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 15,907
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 15,251
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
DAS RACIST - Relax : 15,133
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 14,665
HOPSIN - Raw : 14,642
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 13,903
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 13,551
PRO - Dying To Live : 13,306
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
MOBB DEEP - Black Cocaine EP : 12,636
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 11,618
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 10,652
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 10,590
JET LIFE - Jet World Order : 9,838
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DOOMTREE - No Kings : 8,330
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 8,143
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
ODD FUTURE - 12 Odd Future Songs : 5,956
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 5,790
MOONSHINE BANDITS - Whiskey & Women : 5,689
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 5,671
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 4,836
JAWGA BOYZ - Kuntry : 4,813
AKWID - Ready Hits : 4,711
COSCULLUELA - El Niño : 4,521
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
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
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Hidden Stash EP : 3,025
2 CHAINZ - T.R.U. REALIGION : 2,951
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
M.O.P. - Sparta : 2,580
LENNY COOPER - Diesel Fuel : 2,559
TECH N9NE - Seepage And Los : 2,515
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
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
HAYSTAK & JELLY ROLL - Strictly Business : 2,098
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KRAYZIE BONE - Under The Influence : 2,007
KEVIN GATES - I Don't Know What To Call It : 2,003
STATIK SELEKTAH & ACTION BRONS - Well Done : 1,814
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
T.MILLS - Leaving Home EP : 1,463
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
THA JOKER - The Phenom : 1,391
ELIGH & AMPLIVE - Therapy At 3 : 1,366
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
FRENCH MONTANA, JUICY J & PROJECT PAT - Cocaine Mafia : 1,168
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
RAP-A-LOT RECORDS - 25th Anniversary: The Album : 1,017


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

Total number of albums on chart: 164

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 3
Albums selling over 500,000: 8
Albums selling over 250,000: 14
Albums selling over 100,000: 28
Albums selling over 50,000: 44 (probably 45-47)

Wiz Khalifa has dropped out of the BB200, joining J.Cole in the list of recent departures from the chart. Hopefully we will see them soon to get an update.

[skycycle]

Curious to hear everyone's opinion on recent debuts and opening weeks, let's get the discussion started

[Lehmann]

Decent #'s for Rozay's crew. Looked like they had big promo, new videos every day, although I've watched just 2 or 3 videos by Ross and his fellows

[skycycle]

They look to be opening with 80-90k, much better than their 59k opening last year... I guess with some good singles, Self Made 2 could fight for a place within the top 10 of our chart

What are your predictions for next week's releases? 50 Cent, Prodigy + our favorite rapper Flo Rida

[unterschleif]

They look to be opening with 80-90k, much better than their 59k opening last year... I guess with some good singles, Self Made 2 could fight for a place within the top 10 of our chart

What are your predictions for next week's releases? 50 Cent, Prodigy + our favorite rapper Flo Rida

I dont dare to predict 50 or Prodigy numbers but if Flo rida sells more then them then Im leavin this planet

And as for MMG, I think with good singles and Meek and Rozay droppin albums this summer, the compilation has a good chance to go gold.

[Lehmann]

50 Cent - 75-100k
Prodigy - 20k (hopefully )
Flo Rida - 1k (hopefully )

[skycycle]

According to HDD, "Self Made Vol.2" debuts at #4 with around 94k in sales - if true, it would be above the predictions and the year's second highest opening week for a hip-hop album after Nicki Minaj. With some longevity, this could reach Gold

In the top50 HDD chart, Waka Flocka and B.O.B. both sold around 8k, while (for some reason) the Project X soundtrack sells 11k for a second straight week. The previous two months it was doing around 2-3k every week, does anyone know why this sudden increase happened?

[skycycle]

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/1/2012
#4. Maybach Music Group Presents... - Self Made, Volume 2 - 98,000 (98,000)

#34. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - 10,000 (557,000)

#44. Waka Flocka Flame - Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family - 8,600 (56,000)

#50. Drake - Take Care - 7,700 (1,795,000)

#52. B.o.B. - Strange Clouds - 7,300 (172,000)

#84. Future - Pluto - 4,700 (116,000)

#90. Big K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground - 4,400 (64,000)

#107. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King - 3,900 (257,000)

#128. Kid Ink - Up & Away - 3,300 (29,000)

#135. Curren$y - The Stoned Immaculate - 3,100 (52,000)

Positions are from the Current Albums chart, not the BB200.

Quite impressive by MMG, 98k is a significant improvement and good numbers for a collabo album...

[skycycle]

2011



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TOP 10
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LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 2,163,130
DRAKE - Take Care : 1,795,328
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,456,772
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 749,539
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 732,948
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 620,678
YOUNG JEEZY - TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition : 613,386
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 509,309
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 446,126
WALE - Ambition : 424,766

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TOP 20
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BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 353,030
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 336,745
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 322,236
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 258,798
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 238,799
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 226,497
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 196,083
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 195,336
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 162,936
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 162,800

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 145,211
YELAWOLF - Radioactive : 142,714
SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA - Mac & Devin Go To High School OST : 136,681
COMMON - The Dreamer \ The Believer : 133,715
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 130,000
THE ROOTS - Undun : 125,017
SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 118,884
T-PAIN - rEVOLVEr : 110,076
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 92,282
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 90,335
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 90,322
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 87,575
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 85,116
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 74,552
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 72,329
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 70,503
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 65,951
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 65,364
JIM JONES - Capo : 63,403
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 61,000
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 58,925
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 52,848
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 51,055
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 46,375
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 43,529
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 42,984
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 39,530
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 36,169[
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 34,748
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 33,447
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 28,468
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 27,430
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 27,098
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 26,488
ROSCOE DASH - J.U.I.C.E. : 24,462
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
Z-RO - Meth : 21,224
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 21,047
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 21,037
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 20,843
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
CHRIS WEBBY - There Goes The Neighborhood EP : 20,208
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 19,932
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 18,917
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
FLAME - Captured : 17,680
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 17,421
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
GUCCI MANE & V-NASTY - BAYTL : 16,461
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 15,907
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 15,251
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
DAS RACIST - Relax : 15,133
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 14,665
HOPSIN - Raw : 14,642
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 13,903
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 13,551
PRO - Dying To Live : 13,306
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
MOBB DEEP - Black Cocaine EP : 12,636
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 11,618
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 10,652
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 10,590
JET LIFE - Jet World Order : 9,838
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DOOMTREE - No Kings : 8,330
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 8,143
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
ODD FUTURE - 12 Odd Future Songs : 5,956
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 5,790
MOONSHINE BANDITS - Whiskey & Women : 5,689
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 5,671
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 4,836
JAWGA BOYZ - Kuntry : 4,813
AKWID - Ready Hits : 4,711
COSCULLUELA - El Niño : 4,521
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
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
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Hidden Stash EP : 3,025
2 CHAINZ - T.R.U. REALIGION : 2,951
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
M.O.P. - Sparta : 2,580
LENNY COOPER - Diesel Fuel : 2,559
TECH N9NE - Seepage And Los : 2,515
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
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
HAYSTAK & JELLY ROLL - Strictly Business : 2,098
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KRAYZIE BONE - Under The Influence : 2,007
KEVIN GATES - I Don't Know What To Call It : 2,003
STATIK SELEKTAH & ACTION BRONS - Well Done : 1,814
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
T.MILLS - Leaving Home EP : 1,463
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
THA JOKER - The Phenom : 1,391
ELIGH & AMPLIVE - Therapy At 3 : 1,366
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
FRENCH MONTANA, JUICY J & PROJECT PAT - Cocaine Mafia : 1,168
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
RAP-A-LOT RECORDS - 25th Anniversary: The Album : 1,017


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

Total number of albums on chart: 164

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 3
Albums selling over 500,000: 8
Albums selling over 250,000: 14
Albums selling over 100,000: 28
Albums selling over 50,000: 44 (probably 45-47)

Wiz Khalifa returns to the BB200 for a 22nd week, while Pitbull keeps selling well - this week he outsold Jeezy and Jay\Kanye yet again.

[skycycle]

2012



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TOP 10
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NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded : 557,460
TYGA - Careless World : Rise of the Last King : 257,003
B.O.B. - Strange Clouds : 171,778
PROJECT X - Original Soundtrack : 121,971
FUTURE - Pluto : 115,592
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 2 : 97,636 DEBUT
ODD FUTURE - OF Tape Vol. 2 : 77,665
E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil : 64,668
BIG K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground : 64,467
CHIDDY BANG - Breakfast : 61,290

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TOP 20
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WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Triple F Life : 55,625
YO GOTTI - Live From The Kitchen : 52,818
DIGGY - Unexpected Arrival : 52,700
CURREN$Y - The Stoned Immaculate : 52,085
HOODIE ALLEN - All American : 37,624
TRIP LEE - Good Life : 32,582
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans 2 : 32,129
KID INK - Up & Away : 29,219
TECH N9NE - Klusterfuk EP : 27,202
MACHINE GUN KELLY - Half Naked & Almost Famous EP : 25,473

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Other albums (more than 1k sold)
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TRAVIS PORTER - From Day 1 : 22,900
LACS - 190 Proof : 20,378
SCHOOLBOY Q - Habits & Contradictions : 12,701
KRIZZ KALIKO - Kickin & Screamin : 11,900
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger 3 : 11,812
¡MAYDAY! - Take Me To Your Leader : 10,930
MAINO - Day After Tomorrow : 10,477
KILLER MIKE - R.A.P. Music : 10,200
PROZAK - Paranormal : 10,000
TOO SHORT - No Trespassing : 8,974
EL-P - Cancer For Cure : 8,700
DIE ANTWOORD - TENSION : 7,753
AB-SOUL - Control System : 7,664
STEVIE STONE - Rollin' Stone: 6,562
DEATH GRIPS - Money Store : 6,408
PITBULL - Original Hits : 6,199
JA RULE - Pain Is Love 2 : 6,147
K'NAAN - More Beautiful Than Silence : 4,620
OBIE TRICE - Bottoms Up : 4,443
ICE CUBE - 10 Nice Songs : 3,827
AZEALIA BANKS - 1991 EP : 3,579
JA RULE - Icon : 3,308
DJ PREMIER & BUMPY KNUCKLES - KoleXXXion : 3,099
MICKEY AVALON - Loaded : 3,055
FUTURE - Astronaut Status : 2,927
GANGRENE - Vodka & Ayahuasca : 2,664
SNOOP DOGG - Stoner's EP : 2,500
GUCCI MANE FT DJ HOLIDAY - Trap Back : 2,116
RYE RYE - Go! Pop! Bang! : 1,935
JACKA - Verdict : 1,656
HIP HOP MIX USA - Mixed By DJ Woogie : 1,389
SOL - Yours Truly : 1,247
RAPZILLA.COM PRESENTS - King Culture : 1,232
ANA TIJOUX - La Bala : 1,208
CURREN$Y - Muscle Car Chronicles : 1,126
PSYCHO REALM - Terror Tapes 2 : 1,115
DMX - DMX Live (Clean) : 1,067
MADLIB - Medicine Show #13: Black Tape : 1,055
SUBNOIZE SOULJAZ - Underground Collabos : 1,032
MAC LETHAL - Irish Goodbye : 1,028

Total number of albums on chart: 60

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 500,000: 1
Albums selling over 250,000: 2
Albums selling over 100,000: 5
Albums selling over 50,000: 14

Albums marked with bold have had their numbers updated.

Another week in which we don't get the full numbers, so all the charts are updated from the BB200 and the Catalog charts.

MMG open with a very impressive 97k, debuting at #6 in our chart. "Self Made Vol. 2" is projected to sell another 35-40k this week, so it will jump to #4 in the next edition of the chart - that is, of course, if the Project X soundtrack doesn't score another good week. It outsold Nicki Minaj this week, and has sold 22 thousand in the last fourteen days, compared to about 10k for the whole previous month. Does anyone have an explanation for this, online discount or a promotion at a chain of stores maybe?

Regardless, Big KRIT moves up to #9, and Waka is waiting to enter the top 10 at #11 - he will probably make it as soon as next week.

[skycycle]

ONE YEAR AGO

* An album needed at least 87,100 to be within the top 10
* An album needed at least 43,100 to be in the top 20

* There were 17 albums selling over 50k
* There were 6 albums selling over 100k
* There were 4 albums selling over 250k

* The top 5 albums had sold at least 1,602,785 copies combined
* The top 10 albums had sold at least 2,081,475 copies combined
* The top 20 albums had sold at least 2,689,892 copies combined

* The best selling hip-hop album of the year so far was
Rolling Papers by Wiz Khalifa
- with 483,900 copies sold.

NOW

* An album needs at least 61,300 to be within the top 10
- (probably around 64,500 with updates)
* An album needs at least 25,500 to be in the top 20
- (probably around 30/32,000 with updates)

* There are 14 albums selling over 50k
* There are 5 albums selling over 100k
* There are 2 albums selling over 250k
* There is 1 album selling over 500k

* The top 5 albums have sold at least 1,223,804 copies combined
* The top 10 albums have sold at least 1,589,530 copies combined
- (probably around 1,640,000 with updates)
* The top 20 albums have sold at least 1,986,987 copies combined
- (probably around 2,080,000 with updates)

* The best selling hip-hop album of the year so far is
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded by Nicki Minaj
- with 557,460 copies sold.

The above numbers were true for our chart on July 7, 2011 & July 8 2012. Keep in mind some of the figures were not fully updated, especially outside the top 10. Last year we had regular leaks of the full Hip-Hop Album chart, so the numbers for 2011 are more precise.

[skycycle]

I think that even with the fewer chart we've seen this year and the approximate estimations for some albums, the decline is plain to see. We've had even less big releases in the first six months of 2012 than in 2011, and as a whole hip-hop seems to be in a bit of a slump.

Still, the #1 album is significantly in front of last year's front runner at this stage. Fingers crossed it gets more exciting soon

[skycycle]

2011



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

LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 2,166,576
DRAKE - Take Care : 1,810,086
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,460,893
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 749,539
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 732,948
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 620,678
YOUNG JEEZY - TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition : 616,487
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 509,309
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 449,575
WALE - Ambition : 424,766

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

BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 353,030
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 336,745
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 322,236
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 258,798
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 238,799
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 226,497
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 196,083
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 195,336
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 162,936
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 162,800

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

COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 145,211
YELAWOLF - Radioactive : 142,714
SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA - Mac & Devin Go To High School OST : 136,681
COMMON - The Dreamer \ The Believer : 133,715
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 130,000
THE ROOTS - Undun : 125,017
SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 118,884
T-PAIN - rEVOLVEr : 110,076
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 92,282
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 90,335
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 90,322
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 87,575
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 85,116
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 74,552
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 72,329
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 70,503
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 65,951
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 65,364
JIM JONES - Capo : 63,403
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 61,000
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 58,925
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 52,848
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 51,055
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 46,375
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 43,529
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 42,984
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 39,530
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 36,169[
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 34,748
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 33,447
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 28,468
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 27,430
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 27,098
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 26,488
ROSCOE DASH - J.U.I.C.E. : 24,462
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
Z-RO - Meth : 21,224
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 21,047
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 21,037
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 20,843
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
CHRIS WEBBY - There Goes The Neighborhood EP : 20,208
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 19,932
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 18,917
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
FLAME - Captured : 17,680
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 17,421
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
GUCCI MANE & V-NASTY - BAYTL : 16,461
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 15,907
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 15,251
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
DAS RACIST - Relax : 15,133
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 14,665
HOPSIN - Raw : 14,642
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 13,903
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 13,551
PRO - Dying To Live : 13,306
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
MOBB DEEP - Black Cocaine EP : 12,636
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 11,618
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 10,652
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 10,590
JET LIFE - Jet World Order : 9,838
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DOOMTREE - No Kings : 8,330
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 8,143
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
ODD FUTURE - 12 Odd Future Songs : 5,956
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 5,790
MOONSHINE BANDITS - Whiskey & Women : 5,689
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 5,671
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 4,836
JAWGA BOYZ - Kuntry : 4,813
AKWID - Ready Hits : 4,711
COSCULLUELA - El Niño : 4,521
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
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
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Hidden Stash EP : 3,025
2 CHAINZ - T.R.U. REALIGION : 2,951
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
M.O.P. - Sparta : 2,580
LENNY COOPER - Diesel Fuel : 2,559
TECH N9NE - Seepage And Los : 2,515
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
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
HAYSTAK & JELLY ROLL - Strictly Business : 2,098
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KRAYZIE BONE - Under The Influence : 2,007
KEVIN GATES - I Don't Know What To Call It : 2,003
STATIK SELEKTAH & ACTION BRONS - Well Done : 1,814
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
T.MILLS - Leaving Home EP : 1,463
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
THA JOKER - The Phenom : 1,391
ELIGH & AMPLIVE - Therapy At 3 : 1,366
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
FRENCH MONTANA, JUICY J & PROJECT PAT - Cocaine Mafia : 1,168
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
RAP-A-LOT RECORDS - 25th Anniversary: The Album : 1,017


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

Total number of albums on chart: 164

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 3
Albums selling over 500,000: 8
Albums selling over 250,000: 14
Albums selling over 100,000: 28
Albums selling over 50,000: 44 (probably 45-47)

[skycycle]

2012



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

NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded : 568,524
TYGA - Careless World : Rise of the Last King : 261,349
B.O.B. - Strange Clouds : 191,119
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 2 : 132,785
PROJECT X - Original Soundtrack : 131,736
FUTURE - Pluto : 119,924
ODD FUTURE - OF Tape Vol. 2 : 77,665
BIG K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground : 71,274
E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil : 64,668
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Triple F Life : 61,604

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

CHIDDY BANG - Breakfast : 61,290
CURREN$Y - The Stoned Immaculate : 54,400
YO GOTTI - Live From The Kitchen : 52,818
DIGGY - Unexpected Arrival : 52,700
HOODIE ALLEN - All American : 37,624
TRIP LEE - Good Life : 32,582
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans 2 : 32,129
KID INK - Up & Away : 31,300
TECH N9NE - Klusterfuk EP : 27,202
MACHINE GUN KELLY - Half Naked & Almost Famous EP : 25,473

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

TRAVIS PORTER - From Day 1 : 22,900
LACS - 190 Proof : 20,378
SCHOOLBOY Q - Habits & Contradictions : 12,701
WISIN & YANDEL - Lideres : 12,066 DEBUT
KRIZZ KALIKO - Kickin & Screamin : 11,900
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger 3 : 11,812
¡MAYDAY! - Take Me To Your Leader : 10,930
MAINO - Day After Tomorrow : 10,477
KILLER MIKE - R.A.P. Music : 10,200
PROZAK - Paranormal : 10,000
TOO SHORT - No Trespassing : 8,974
EL-P - Cancer For Cure : 8,700
DIE ANTWOORD - TENSION : 7,753
AB-SOUL - Control System : 7,664
STEVIE STONE - Rollin' Stone: 6,562
DEATH GRIPS - Money Store : 6,408
PITBULL - Original Hits : 6,199
JA RULE - Pain Is Love 2 : 6,147
K'NAAN - More Beautiful Than Silence : 4,620
OBIE TRICE - Bottoms Up : 4,443
PRODIGY - H.N.I.C. 3 : 3,994 DEBUT
ICE CUBE - 10 Nice Songs : 3,827
AZEALIA BANKS - 1991 EP : 3,579
JA RULE - Icon : 3,308
DJ PREMIER & BUMPY KNUCKLES - KoleXXXion : 3,099
MICKEY AVALON - Loaded : 3,055
FUTURE - Astronaut Status : 2,927
GANGRENE - Vodka & Ayahuasca : 2,664
SNOOP DOGG - Stoner's EP : 2,500
GUCCI MANE FT DJ HOLIDAY - Trap Back : 2,116
RYE RYE - Go! Pop! Bang! : 1,935
JACKA - Verdict : 1,656
HIP HOP MIX USA - Mixed By DJ Woogie : 1,389
SOL - Yours Truly : 1,247
RAPZILLA.COM PRESENTS - King Culture : 1,232
ANA TIJOUX - La Bala : 1,208
CURREN$Y - Muscle Car Chronicles : 1,126
PSYCHO REALM - Terror Tapes 2 : 1,115
DMX - DMX Live (Clean) : 1,067
MADLIB - Medicine Show #13: Black Tape : 1,055
SUBNOIZE SOULJAZ - Underground Collabos : 1,032
MAC LETHAL - Irish Goodbye : 1,028

Total number of albums on chart: 62

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 500,000: 1
Albums selling over 250,000: 2
Albums selling over 100,000: 6
Albums selling over 50,000: 14

Albums marked with bold have had their numbers updated.

Another week in which we don't get the full numbers, so all the charts are updated from the BB200 and the Catalog charts.

MMG move to #4, despite another 10k week by the Project X soundtrack. Wisin & Yandel debut outside the top 20 - and before anyone asks, no we will NOT be including FloRida's new album

Big KRIT is up to #8, and Waka makes the top 10 at last - but with Nas coming in a week, how long can he stay there?

[willvdk]

Nasty Nas coming with 150k + trust

[skycycle]

Hopefully he can debut with more than that, the album has been getting lots of buzz online, and the singles showcased so far have all been good...

[Willypedia]

Nasty Nas coming with 150k + trust

Agree.

[Lehmann]

Yeah, Nas always had good debuts. This time is not an exclusion. 150-200k, I hope. Great album.

[skycycle]

2011



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

LIL WAYNE - The Carter IV : 2,170,003
DRAKE - Take Care : 1,817,125
JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - Watch The Throne : 1,464,668
WIZ KHALIFA - Rolling Papers : 749,539
BAD MEETS EVIL - Hell: The Sequel EP : 732,948
J. COLE - Cole World: The Sideline Story : 620,678
YOUNG JEEZY - TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition : 619,719
LUPE FIASCO - Lasers : 509,309
PITBULL - Planet Pit : 452,659
WALE - Ambition : 424,766

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

BEASTIE BOYS - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 : 353,030
BIG SEAN - Finally Famous : 336,745
MAC MILLER - Blue Slide Park : 322,236
GAME - The R.E.D. Album : 258,798
LONELY ISLAND - Turtleneck & Chain : 238,799
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 1 : 226,497
TECH N9NE - All 6's & 7's : 196,083
TYLER, THE CREATOR - Goblin : 195,336
CHILDISH GAMBINO - Camp : 162,936
DJ KHALED - We The Best Forever : 162,800

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

COLT FORD - Every Chance I Get : 145,211
YELAWOLF - Radioactive : 142,714
SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA - Mac & Devin Go To High School OST : 139,340
COMMON - The Dreamer \ The Believer : 133,715
WISIN Y YANDEL - Los Vaqueros: El Regreso : 130,000
THE ROOTS - Undun : 125,017
SNOOP DOGG - Doggumentary : 118,884
T-PAIN - rEVOLVEr : 110,076
ACE HOOD - Blood, Sweat & Tears : 92,282
TRAVIS BARKER - Give The Drummer Some : 90,335
GUCCI MANE - Return of Mr. Zone 6 : 90,322
WEBBIE - Savage Life 3 : 87,575
MAC MILLER - On and On and Beyond EP : 85,116
RAEKWON - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang : 74,552
E-40 - Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift & Overtime Shift: 72,529
ATMOSPHERE - The Family Sign : 72,329
TINIE TEMPAH - Disc-Overy : 70,503
TECH N9NE - Collabos: Welcome to Strangeland : 65,951
GUCCI MANE & WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - 1017 Ferrari Boyz : 65,364
JIM JONES - Capo : 63,403
CURREN$Y - Weekend At Burnie's : 61,000
LECRAE - Rehab: The Overdose : 58,925
NEW BOYZ - Too Cool To Care : 52,848
KENDRICK LAMAR - Section.80 : 51,055
TITO EL BAMBINO - Invencible : 46,375
ROYCE DA 5'9" - Success Is Certain : 43,529
TALIB KWELI - Gutter Rainbows : 42,984
LACS - Country Boy's Paradise : 39,530
DJ DRAMA - Third Power : 36,169[
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger Vol. 2 : 34,748
JADAKISS – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) : 34,187
STYLES P - Master Of Ceremonies : 33,447
PUSHA T - Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray : 28,468
GORILLA ZOE - King Kong : 27,787
GORILLAZ - The Fall EP : 27,500
CALLE 13 - Entren Los Que Quieran : 27,430
TEDASHII - Blacklight : 27,098
DJ QUIK - The Book Of David : 27,041
SAIGON - Greatest Story Never Told : 26,806
WU-TANG CLAN - Legendary Weapons : 26,488
ROSCOE DASH - J.U.I.C.E. : 24,462
CAM'RON & VADO - Gunz N' Butta : 23,889
PHAROAHE MONCH - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) : 21,621
Z-RO - Meth : 21,224
RUN DMC - S.O.U.L. RUN DMC : 21,047
MELLOWHYPE - BlackenedWhite : 21,037
PHONTE - Charity Starts At Home : 20,843
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Sunrise Sessions : 20,776
ALEXIS & FIDO - Perreologia : 20,695
CHRIS WEBBY - There Goes The Neighborhood EP : 20,208
116 CLIQUE - Man Up : 19,932
SHABAZZ PALACES - Black Up : 18,917
PIMP C - Still Pimping : 18,898
FLAME - Captured : 17,680
GRIEVES - Together/Apart : 17,421
BROTHA LYNCH HUNG - Coathangastrangla : 16,711
GUCCI MANE & V-NASTY - BAYTL : 16,461
EVIDENCE - Cats & Dogs : 15,907
COOLIO - Greatest Hits & Remixes : 15,251
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Slaughterhouse The EP : 15,198
DAS RACIST - Relax : 15,133
INSANE CLOWN POSSE - Featuring Freshness : 14,665
HOPSIN - Raw : 14,642
9TH WONDER - The Wonder Years : 13,903
JAY ROCK - Follow Me Home : 13,551
PRO - Dying To Live : 13,306
THE COOL KIDS - When Fish Ride Bicycles : 12,986
MOBB DEEP - Black Cocaine EP : 12,636
KILLER MIKE - PL3DGE : 12,452
TWIZTID - Cryptic Collection Vol. 4 : 12,407
CLEMM RISHAD - Close Your Eyes And See : 12,062
DA T.R.U.T.H. - Whole Truth : 11,618
PETE ROCK & SMIF-N-WESSUN - Monumental : 11,330
RANDOM AXE - Random Axe: 11,266
JEDI MIND TRICKS - Violence Begets Violence : 10,652
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback : 10,590
JET LIFE - Jet World Order : 9,838
TRAE THE TRUTH - Street King : 9,764
THEOPHILUS LONDON - Timez Are Weird These Days : 9,474
KJ-52 - Five Two Television : 8,597
DOOMTREE - No Kings : 8,330
BMC BOYZ - Gangster Of Love : 8,143
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
ODD FUTURE - 12 Odd Future Songs : 5,956
BABY BASH - Bashtown : 5,914
PROJECT PAT - Loud Pack : 5,832
MURS - Love & Rockets, Volume 1 : 5,790
MOONSHINE BANDITS - Whiskey & Women : 5,689
SHAI LINNE - The Attributes Of God : 5,671
ZION I & THE GROUCH - Heroes In The Healing of The Nation : 5,569
DESSA CASTOR - The Twin : 4,836
JAWGA BOYZ - Kuntry : 4,813
AKWID - Ready Hits : 4,711
COSCULLUELA - El Niño : 4,521
SCHOOLBOY Q - Setbacks : 4,395
GLASSES MALONE - Beach Cruiser : 4,382
THI'SL - Beautiful Monster : 4,370
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
ILL BILL & VINNIE PAZ - Heavy Metal Kings : 3,211
BLACK ROB - Game Tested, Streets Approved : 3,205
KOTTONMOUTH KINGS - Hidden Stash EP : 3,025
2 CHAINZ - T.R.U. REALIGION : 2,951
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
M.O.P. - Sparta : 2,580
LENNY COOPER - Diesel Fuel : 2,559
TECH N9NE - Seepage And Los : 2,515
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
CASEY VEGGIES - Sleeping In Class : 2,111
HAYSTAK & JELLY ROLL - Strictly Business : 2,098
STATIK SELEKTAH - Population Control : 2,013
KRAYZIE BONE - Under The Influence : 2,007
KEVIN GATES - I Don't Know What To Call It : 2,003
STATIK SELEKTAH & ACTION BRONS - Well Done : 1,814
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
T.MILLS - Leaving Home EP : 1,463
JACKA - Indictment : 1,456
THA JOKER - The Phenom : 1,391
ELIGH & AMPLIVE - Therapy At 3 : 1,366
FABOLOUS - The Soul Tape : 1,225
JACKA - We Mafia : 1,172
FRENCH MONTANA, JUICY J & PROJECT PAT - Cocaine Mafia : 1,168
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
RAP-A-LOT RECORDS - 25th Anniversary: The Album : 1,017


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

Total number of albums on chart: 164

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 1
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 3
Albums selling over 500,000: 8
Albums selling over 250,000: 14
Albums selling over 100,000: 28
Albums selling over 50,000: 44 (probably 45-47)

[skycycle]

2012



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

NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded : 578,153
TYGA - Careless World : Rise of the Last King : 265,001
B.O.B. - Strange Clouds : 195,878
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 2 : 154,167
PROJECT X - Original Soundtrack : 140,351
FUTURE - Pluto : 123,681
ODD FUTURE - OF Tape Vol. 2 : 77,665
BIG K.R.I.T. - Live From The Underground : 74,221
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - Triple F Life : 66,544
E-40 - The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil : 64,668

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

CHIDDY BANG - Breakfast : 61,290
CURREN$Y - The Stoned Immaculate : 54,400
YO GOTTI - Live From The Kitchen : 52,818
DIGGY - Unexpected Arrival : 52,700
HOODIE ALLEN - All American : 37,624
TRIP LEE - Good Life : 32,582
DON OMAR - Meet The Orphans 2 : 32,129
KID INK - Up & Away : 31,300
TECH N9NE - Klusterfuk EP : 27,202
MACHINE GUN KELLY - Half Naked & Almost Famous EP : 25,473

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

TRAVIS PORTER - From Day 1 : 22,900
LACS - 190 Proof : 20,378
WISIN & YANDEL - Lideres : 17,415
AESOP ROCK - Skelethon : 13,741 DEBUT
SCHOOLBOY Q - Habits & Contradictions : 12,701
KRIZZ KALIKO - Kickin & Screamin : 11,900
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mud Digger 3 : 11,812
¡MAYDAY! - Take Me To Your Leader : 10,930
MAINO - Day After Tomorrow : 10,477
KILLER MIKE - R.A.P. Music : 10,200
PROZAK - Paranormal : 10,000
TOO SHORT - No Trespassing : 8,974
EL-P - Cancer For Cure : 8,700
DIE ANTWOORD - TENSION : 7,753
AB-SOUL - Control System : 7,664
STEVIE STONE - Rollin' Stone: 6,562
DEATH GRIPS - Money Store : 6,408
PITBULL - Original Hits : 6,199
JA RULE - Pain Is Love 2 : 6,147
K'NAAN - More Beautiful Than Silence : 4,620
OBIE TRICE - Bottoms Up : 4,443
PRODIGY - H.N.I.C. 3 : 3,994
ICE CUBE - 10 Nice Songs : 3,827
AZEALIA BANKS - 1991 EP : 3,579
JA RULE - Icon : 3,308
DJ PREMIER & BUMPY KNUCKLES - KoleXXXion : 3,099
MICKEY AVALON - Loaded : 3,055
THE DEAN'S LIST - Generation X : 2,995
FUTURE - Astronaut Status : 2,927
DE LA SOUL'S PLUG 1 & PLUG 2 - First Serve : 2,816
GANGRENE - Vodka & Ayahuasca : 2,664
SNOOP DOGG - Stoner's EP : 2,500
SWOOPE - Wake Up : 2,353
GUCCI MANE FT DJ HOLIDAY - Trap Back : 2,116
LIL WYTE - Still Doubted : 2,110
RYE RYE - Go! Pop! Bang! : 1,935
JUVENILE - Rejuvenated : 1,868
DIZZY WRIGHT - Smoke Out Conversations : 1,806
JACKA - Verdict : 1,656
SMOKE DZA - Rugby Thompson : 1,597
HIP HOP MIX USA - Mixed By DJ Woogie : 1,389
BIG K.R.I.T. - 4eva Na Day EP (Road Less Traveled Edition): 1,378
APOLLO BROWN & OC - Trophies : 1,368
SOL - Yours Truly : 1,247
RAPZILLA.COM PRESENTS - King Culture : 1,232
ANA TIJOUX - La Bala : 1,208
CURREN$Y - Muscle Car Chronicles : 1,126
PSYCHO REALM - Terror Tapes 2 : 1,115
ODDISEE - People Hear What They See : 1,075
DMX - DMX Live (Clean) : 1,067
MADLIB - Medicine Show #13: Black Tape : 1,055
SUBNOIZE SOULJAZ - Underground Collabos : 1,032
MAC LETHAL - Irish Goodbye : 1,028

Total number of albums on chart: 73

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 500,000: 1
Albums selling over 250,000: 2
Albums selling over 100,000: 6
Albums selling over 50,000: 14

Albums marked with bold have had their numbers updated.

Another week in which we don't get the full numbers, so all the charts are updated from the BB200 and the Catalog charts.

MMG had the best selling hip-hop album this week, moving over 21k in their third week. Waka moves up to #9, and with Nas projected to debut at #1 on the BB200 with 125-135k next week, this guarantees him at least one more week inside our top 10. Nas will debut anywhere from #7 to #5, if he beats expectations, of course.

In the lower parts of the ranking, Aesop Rock debuts with the highers sales week and chart position of his career (13,686, #21).

[skycycle]

Other hip-hop albums from the Catalog chart:

(last number before the name of the artist is position on this week's chart)

3 114 68 20 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. GREATEST HITS 4066 67 2435 633068
22 14 19 22 BEASTIE BOYS LICENSED TO ILL 3798 1 3758 5613280
31 16 22 33 EMINEM RECOVERY 3308 -4 3440 4291592

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albums below
are inside the catalog chart
but outside the BB200
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186 37 47 46 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 2567 -5 2691 3576648
30 28 66 92 EMINEM EMINEM SHOW 1995 -19 2452 10086830
115 41 88 104 EMINEM MARSHALL MATHERS LP 1926 -15 2263 10618536
8 137 143 131 MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 1714 -3 1760 1845628
30 120 152 136 KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 1692 1 1682 737032
2 73 142 BEASTIE BOYS SOLID GOLD HITS 1647 -31 2398 492867
31 131 65 144 DRAKE THANK ME LATER 1635 -34 2463 1606705
27 58 67 149 DR. DRE DR. DRE 2001 1596 -35 2447 7574617
25 81 167 150 50 CENT GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' 1595 -1 1607 8124552
29 200 172 198 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 1392 -13 1597 3751558

[Lehmann]

Hopefully Nas will be able to outsell at least Tyga..
Can't imagine who's going to do the same with Nicki Minaj

[skycycle]

Nas will certainly outsell Tyga - I'm hoping his opening week leans more towards 140k, and with the good reviews and singles the album has some legs. But I can definitely see him approaching 400-450k, which is more than I can say for Tyga...

[unterschleif]

Nas Life is good bows at no. 1 on Billboard with 149k albums sold. Some good news for hip hop

[objreason]

2010

SAM ADAMS - Boston's Boy : 8,765

Current Rap Albums chart from 08/21/2011 had this at #98 with 273 units for the week and RTD of 38,153