Album Sales:The Week Ending 1/25/09

Youngmoneyclick · 01-29-2009, 03:25 AM

Having held the number 1 spot for seven weeks prior to today's chart statistics, Taylor Swift has officially broken the record 50 Cent set in 2005. With his sophomore effort, 50's The Massacre , was the previous record holder, after maintaining the top spot for six consecutive weeks. Swift was followed by Beyonce, whose I Am...Sasha Fierce continues to see solid sales numbers. Jamie Foxx, Keyshia Cole and Kanye West continue the weekly trend of trading spots within the top three. Meanwhile, the Notorious Soundtrack slips out of the overall top five rotation, but maintains in terms of Hip Hop/Rap and R&B albums.

R&B reigned supreme again, as Jamie Foxx and John Legend officially surpassed the 500,000 sales mark to earn gold plaques. Foxx was no doubt helped by the fact that no less than three versions of his "Blame it On" surfaced. And Kanye's former protégé, John Legend, can thank a halftime performance spot at the upcoming NBA All-Star competition for raising his already high profile.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
2
Beyonce
I Am...Sasha Fierce 50,927
1,685,304
4
Kanye West
808's & Heartbreak 39,234
1,224,108
6
Keyshia Cole A Different Me 31,275
601,669
8
Jamie Foxx
Intuition
30,270
509,881
9
Various Artists
Notorious Soundtrack
28,989 72,024

In terms of mentors and proteges, Akon pulled off the trifecta. His own album, Freedom , ranks at number 17, while his Konvict Music artists Lady Gaga and T-Pain trail him at the number 20 and 55 spots respectively. Two of Hip Hop's respected veterans, Scarface and Q-Tip eclipsed the 100,000 mark this week. Both artists debuted to strong critical reviews, but have gotten little if any airplay on mainstream radio.

The Southern trio of Lil Wayne, T.I. and Ludacris continue to lead the way with Hip Hop's highest-selling albums. Wayne's Tha Carter III is slowly approaching 3 million units sold, while Tip's Paper Trail has just a shade over 1.6 million units sold. Luda follows, with his gold effort, Theater of the Mind .

Other Notables
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
29
NE-YO
Year of the Gentleman
14,966
842,105
42
Plies
Da Realist
12,104
229,512
76
Common
Universal Mind Control
6,966
190,149
180 E-40 Ball Street Journal 2,796 77,716
188
Q-Tip
Renaissance
2,678
107,772

Can RZA or Exile garner enough sales to push an underground album into the Top 200?

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YoungGunna · 01-29-2009, 03:28 AM

Qtip deserved better sales...album was dope

The Real K.I.N.G. · 01-29-2009, 09:20 AM

Damn it took four years for someone to break 50s record but during the time 50 had his reign he was doing something like 200k a week while this dude is doing like 50k... I didn't even know 50 held the record for the longest reigning number 1 album

BrooklynZ Finest · 01-29-2009, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YoungGunna

Qtip deserved better sales...album was dope

q-tip is my nigga.

01-29-2009, 03:25 AM	#1
Youngmoneyclick FREE T.I Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: in tha hood Posts: 3,096 Repped: 207 Repped 5,558 Times in 1,686 Posts Neg Reps: 90 Neg Repped at 220 Times in 127 Posts	Album Sales:The Week Ending 1/25/09 Album Sales:The Week Ending 1/25/09 Having held the number 1 spot for seven weeks prior to today's chart statistics, Taylor Swift has officially broken the record 50 Cent set in 2005. With his sophomore effort, 50's The Massacre , was the previous record holder, after maintaining the top spot for six consecutive weeks. Swift was followed by Beyonce, whose I Am...Sasha Fierce continues to see solid sales numbers. Jamie Foxx, Keyshia Cole and Kanye West continue the weekly trend of trading spots within the top three. Meanwhile, the Notorious Soundtrack slips out of the overall top five rotation, but maintains in terms of Hip Hop/Rap and R&B albums. R&B reigned supreme again, as Jamie Foxx and John Legend officially surpassed the 500,000 sales mark to earn gold plaques. Foxx was no doubt helped by the fact that no less than three versions of his "Blame it On" surfaced. And Kanye's former protégé, John Legend, can thank a halftime performance spot at the upcoming NBA All-Star competition for raising his already high profile. Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B) Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 2 Beyonce I Am...Sasha Fierce 50,927 1,685,304 4 Kanye West 808's & Heartbreak 39,234 1,224,108 6 Keyshia Cole A Different Me 31,275 601,669 8 Jamie Foxx Intuition 30,270 509,881 9 Various Artists Notorious Soundtrack 28,989 72,024 In terms of mentors and proteges, Akon pulled off the trifecta. His own album, Freedom , ranks at number 17, while his Konvict Music artists Lady Gaga and T-Pain trail him at the number 20 and 55 spots respectively. Two of Hip Hop's respected veterans, Scarface and Q-Tip eclipsed the 100,000 mark this week. Both artists debuted to strong critical reviews, but have gotten little if any airplay on mainstream radio. The Southern trio of Lil Wayne, T.I. and Ludacris continue to lead the way with Hip Hop's highest-selling albums. Wayne's Tha Carter III is slowly approaching 3 million units sold, while Tip's Paper Trail has just a shade over 1.6 million units sold. Luda follows, with his gold effort, Theater of the Mind . Other Notables Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 29 NE-YO Year of the Gentleman 14,966 842,105 42 Plies Da Realist 12,104 229,512 76 Common Universal Mind Control 6,966 190,149 180 E-40 Ball Street Journal 2,796 77,716 188 Q-Tip Renaissance 2,678 107,772 Can RZA or Exile garner enough sales to push an underground album into the Top 200? Source- __________________

01-29-2009, 03:28 AM	#2
YoungGunna Young Gunna Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: T Dot Posts: 11,079 Repped: 348 Repped 128 Times in 87 Posts Neg Reps: 33 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 7 Posts	Qtip deserved better sales...album was dope __________________

01-29-2009, 09:20 AM	#3
The Real K.I.N.G. Too Ill For Radio Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,939 Repped: 826 Repped 466 Times in 187 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 8 Times in 8 Posts	Damn it took four years for someone to break 50s record but during the time 50 had his reign he was doing something like 200k a week while this dude is doing like 50k... I didn't even know 50 held the record for the longest reigning number 1 album __________________ R.O.B.

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