News Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/15/09

Youngmoneyclick · 02-18-2009, 06:00 PM

Taylor Swift restored her pole position, having held it much of the young year. Led Zeppelin alum Robert Plant's collaborative album with Allison Krauss was at #2, having been the biggest Grammy Award-winner. It was Neo-Soul, '90s era songstress India.Arie that held the #3 spot, with her latest Universal Motown release Volume 2: Testimony: Love & Politics. Another R&B debut, this time from ex-Disturbing Tha Peace artist Bobby Valentino [click to read], likely benefitting from his appearance on Lil Wayne's "Mrs. Officer" [click to read]

This chart movement sent Beyonce and her I Am...Sasha Fierce [click to read] down seven spots to #12. Saturday Night Live affiliates Lonely Island, an album featuring production by onetime HipHopDX columnist J-Zone [click to read], came in one position below. Jamie Foxx was right after with his Intuition [click to read].

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3
India.Arie
Volume 2: Testimony: Love & Politics
75,368
75,554
7
Bobby Valentino
Rebirth
64,126
64,182
12
Beyonce
I Am...Sasha Fierce
53,937
1,842,143
13
Lonely Island
Incredibad
47,511
47,538
14
Jamie Foxx
Intuition
40,069
618,101

T.I. [click to read] and his Paper Trail [click to read], performed well after a Grammy appearance of super-collaboration "Swagga Like Us."

Another Grammy winner, Lil Wayne [click to read] did indeed take Tha Carter III [click to read] over the three million mark. The only other Top 200 releases to do so are from Country group Daughtry, '70s Rock veterans The Eagles and Alicia Keys. Wayne's label-mate Ryan Leslie [click to read] also debuted last week at #35 with his self-titled, critically welcomed release [click to read].

Both Young Jeezy's Recession [click to read] and the Notorious Soundtrack [click to read] held strong in a week of Top 200 chart, that was nearly absent from releases in the second 100 positions.

Be on the look for Akon [click to read] and T-Pain, both less than 15,000 units away from the 500,000 mark to go gold next week.

Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
18
T.I.
Paper Trail
33,332
1,694,521
29
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter III
26,963
3,012,110
35
Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie
23,710
23,820
78
Young Jeezy
The Recession 9,970
775,473
83
Notorious
Original Soundtrack
9,388
107,590

Can Zion I or N.A.S.A. crack the Top 200? Stay tuned to HipHopDX for next week....

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Raskae · 02-18-2009, 11:12 PM

hiphop? Body Valentino? Beyonce?

Is that hiphop?

What next? Mozart a Death Metal?

platinum_rapper2007 · 02-19-2009, 02:19 PM

it does say in the beginning hip hop/R&B

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02-18-2009, 06:00 PM	#1
Youngmoneyclick FREE T.I Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: in tha hood Posts: 3,094 Repped: 207 Repped 5,553 Times in 1,685 Posts Neg Reps: 90 Neg Repped at 219 Times in 127 Posts	Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/15/09 Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/15/09 Taylor Swift restored her pole position, having held it much of the young year. Led Zeppelin alum Robert Plant's collaborative album with Allison Krauss was at #2, having been the biggest Grammy Award-winner. It was Neo-Soul, '90s era songstress India.Arie that held the #3 spot, with her latest Universal Motown release Volume 2: Testimony: Love & Politics. Another R&B debut, this time from ex-Disturbing Tha Peace artist Bobby Valentino [click to read], likely benefitting from his appearance on Lil Wayne's "Mrs. Officer" [click to read] This chart movement sent Beyonce and her I Am...Sasha Fierce [click to read] down seven spots to #12. Saturday Night Live affiliates Lonely Island, an album featuring production by onetime HipHopDX columnist J-Zone [click to read], came in one position below. Jamie Foxx was right after with his Intuition [click to read]. Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B) Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 3 India.Arie Volume 2: Testimony: Love & Politics 75,368 75,554 7 Bobby Valentino Rebirth 64,126 64,182 12 Beyonce I Am...Sasha Fierce 53,937 1,842,143 13 Lonely Island Incredibad 47,511 47,538 14 Jamie Foxx Intuition 40,069 618,101 T.I. [click to read] and his Paper Trail [click to read], performed well after a Grammy appearance of super-collaboration "Swagga Like Us." Another Grammy winner, Lil Wayne [click to read] did indeed take Tha Carter III [click to read] over the three million mark. The only other Top 200 releases to do so are from Country group Daughtry, '70s Rock veterans The Eagles and Alicia Keys. Wayne's label-mate Ryan Leslie [click to read] also debuted last week at #35 with his self-titled, critically welcomed release [click to read]. Both Young Jeezy's Recession [click to read] and the Notorious Soundtrack [click to read] held strong in a week of Top 200 chart, that was nearly absent from releases in the second 100 positions. Be on the look for Akon [click to read] and T-Pain, both less than 15,000 units away from the 500,000 mark to go gold next week. Other Notables Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 18 T.I. Paper Trail 33,332 1,694,521 29 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 26,963 3,012,110 35 Ryan Leslie Ryan Leslie 23,710 23,820 78 Young Jeezy The Recession 9,970 775,473 83 Notorious Original Soundtrack 9,388 107,590 Can Zion I or N.A.S.A. crack the Top 200? Stay tuned to HipHopDX for next week.... Source- __________________

02-18-2009, 11:12 PM	#2
Raskae Veteran Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: BWS Posts: 2,287 Repped: 4 Repped 1,043 Times in 333 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 598 Times in 306 Posts	hiphop? Body Valentino? Beyonce? Is that hiphop? What next? Mozart a Death Metal? __________________ 50 Tried to Bait Ye and Lost, Wayne ignored him,Jay Ignoring him,Game ignored his disses on BISD,Dude is over, with his "The actual enviroment of the aggressive content putting sales down in a bad space" shit,dude is a delusional retard..Ross Sold More than him

02-19-2009, 02:19 PM	#3
platinum_rapper2007 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: appleton, wisconsin Posts: 292 Repped: 131 Repped 12 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 15 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 4 Posts	it does say in the beginning hip hop/R&B