Music sales for hip-hop are looking really good recently. Our leading men are on the charts. Drake released his album two weeks ago almost hitting 500,000 and he should finish up this week going over that number. Eminem released his album last week and already went gold plus more with 753,870. These two artists are keeping hip-hop alive at the moment.
Lets hope when Rick Ross and Dirty Money drop we see the same kind of numbers. It’s good to see hip-hop and R&B music making it’s way back up the charts. Now that Drake is in the building, artists have been taking their craft more seriously. Keep it up Drizzy, you’re making others go hard.
1 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 753,870 —
RECOVERY
2 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 156,451 -66%
THANK ME LATER
3 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 106,553 —
CAN’T BE TAMED
4 OZZY OSBOURNE EPIC 77,828 —
SCREAM
5 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 34 CAPITOL/EMI 55,884 -35%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
6 THE ROOTS DEF JAM/IDJ 49,320 —
HOW I GOT OVER
7 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 44,282 -32%
TO THE SEA
8 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 43,222 -8%
MY WORLD 2.0
9 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 39,158 -24%
SOUNDTRACK
10 SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA/RMG 38,010 -58%
LAWS OF ILLUSION
11 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 32,725 -18%
NEED YOU NOW
12 TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS REPRISE 29,428 -73%
MOJO
13 KEITH SWEAT KEDAR ENTERAINMENT 26,561 —
RIDIN’ SOLO
14 USHER LAFACE/JLG 24,325 -16%
RAYMOND VS. RAYMOND
15 JARON & THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE JW/BIG MACHINE/UNIV REPUB 23,941 —
GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK
16 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 23,668 -15%
FAME
17 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 21,451 -32%
FOUNDATION
18 CAROLE KING & JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC 20,531 -49%
LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR
19 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 20,411 -47%
JOURNEY TO REGIONALS
20 CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA/RMG 19,307 -47%
BIONIC
21 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 19,028 -33%
GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOL. 3 SHOWSTOP
22 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 16,444 -11%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
23 KE$HA KEMOSABE/RCA/RMG 15,438 -7%
ANIMAL
24 CYNDI LAUPER DOWNTOWN 15,353 —
MEMPHIS BLUES
25 MIRANDA LAMBERT COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 15,132 -19%
REVOLUTION
26 B.O.B. ATLANTIC 14,648 -21%
ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY
27 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 13,186 -19%
PLAY ON
28 DIERKS BENTLEY CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 13,013 -28%
UP ON THE RIDGE
29 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 12,353 -10%
MY WORLD
30 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 12,274 -13%
FAME MONSTER (EP)
31 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 11,949 -6%
BROTHERS
32 GODSMACK UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,710 -20%
THE ORACLE
33 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 11,706 0%
ELEMENT OF FREEDOM
25 34 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 33 CAPITOL/EMI 11,653 -21%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
35 MACY GRAY CONCORD 11,463 —
SELLOUT
36 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 10,606 -16%
CRAZY LOVE
37 SIA JIVE/RED 10,514 —
WE ARE BORN
38 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 10,282 -17%
DARK HORSE
39 DANZIG EVILIVE/THE END 9,920 —
RED DETH SABAOTH
40 ROLLING STONES UME 9,828 -27%
EXILE ON MAIN STREET
41 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 9,737 -2%
FEARLESS
42 PLIES ATLANTIC 9,600 -49%
GOON AFFILIATED
43 MARC ANTHONY SONY MUSIC LATIN 9,552 -16%
ICONOS
44 NAS & DAMIAN MARLEY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,301 -17%
DISTANT RELATIVES
45 JEWEL VALORY 9,017 -25%
SWEET AND WILD
46 GASLIGHT ANTHEM SIDE ONE DUMMY 8,812 -67%
AMERICAN SLANG
47 LUDACRIS DTP/DEF JAM/IDJ 8,631 -17%
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
48 TRAIN COLUMBIA 8,515 -22%
SAVE ME SAN FRANCISCO
49 AC/DC COLUMBIA 8,291 -45%
IRON MAN 2 SOUNDTRACK
50 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 8,015 -20%
VIA: GlobalGrind
