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- Thursday, November 20, 2008
- Georgia Rapper In Prison After Rhyming About Crime
- 50 Cent Talks Son, Fitness, Says He Can Bench 410 Lbs
- Damizza Clarifies Upcoming Book, Not "Tell-All"
- Russell Simmons Endorses Hillary Clinton, Talks Prop. 8
- 50 Cent Faces Taco Bell Countersuit, Preps New Acting Role
- Chamillionaire Reveals Some Details On Venom
- Wednesday, November 19, 2008
- T.I. Expected To Testify In Murder Trial
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/17/08
- Diddy And Nelly To Appear On Separate CSI Episodes
- Q Da Kid Explains History, TAG Records Endorsements
- Sugarhill Gang Sues For Uncollected Royalties
- News Bits (Jay-Z Class, Wu-Tang Widget, Lil O)
- E-40 Moves Ball Street Journal Release To Monday
- Suge Knight Claims Police Stole Diamond Earring
- Tuesday, November 18, 2008
- Alchemist Gets Animated For The Cookbook EP
- Def Jam & Karina Give Back With High School Fundraiser
- Snoop Dogg's Home Evacuated Due To California Fires
- Dessa Of Doomtree Cuts Hair For Locks Of Love Donation
- Damon Dash Jaz-O Continue Jay-Z Feud
- Too Short Returns With A Star-Studded Live Band
- J. Period Links With Activision To Score Tony Hawk Game
- T-Pain Gets Auto-tune Props From Lil Wayne, Kanye West
- 50 Cent Explains Before I Self Destruct Delay
- 50 Cent Stole A Dr. Dre Beat From Eminem?
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/26/08
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/19/08
- Prodigy: Jay-Z "Sides With Evil"
- Stat Quo To Release "300-400" Unreleased Dr. Dre Tracks
- Kanye Finally Explains 808s And Heartbreak
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/9/08
- Lil Wayne Talks New Album And Fatherhood
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/17/08
- Damon Dash Jaz-O Continue Jay-Z Feud
- Obama Wins!
- Soulja Boy Shouts Out Slave Masters
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/19/08
- 50 Cent Stole A Dr. Dre Beat From Eminem?
- 50 Cent Album Bushed Pack To '09
- Eminem Talks Hip Hop and Fame
- Plies Declared The Future Of Rap In Latest VIBE Issue
- Bishop Lamont: 'The Game Is A Sweethart.'
- Two Arrested In Barack Obama Assassination Plot
- Lil Wayne Performs With Kid Rock At CMA's
Hip Hop News
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/27/2008
July 30th, 2008 | Author: Aliya Ewing
Lil Wayne is bumped down from #2 to #5, taking the backseat to Miley Cyrus, Sugarland, the Mama Mia soundtrack, and Kid Rock, respectively. But with total sales at 1,997,218 , Weezy is just on the horizon of double platinum with Tha Carter III [click to read]. After reigning supreme last week at #1 Nas' Untitled [click to read] holds down the #8 spot this week selling 63,200 this week. Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad comes in at #11 with 33,700 sold while Usher's Here I Stand [click to read] sells 23,500 and lands the #18 spot. Rounding out the Top 5 Hip Hop/ R&B artists is David Banner at #20. The Greatest Story Ever Told [click to read] sold 21,200 copies this week.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 5 |
Lil Wayne |
Tha Carter 3 |
85,166 | 1,997,218 |
| 8 |
Nas |
Untitled |
63,279
|
250,357 |
| 11 |
Rihanna |
Good Girl Gone Bad |
33,708 |
1,516,282 |
| 18 |
Usher |
Here I Stand |
23,590 |
930,231 |
| 20 |
David Banner |
The Greatest Story Ever Told |
21,212 |
73,114 |
Plies grabs the #27 spot with 17,100 copies of Definition of Real [click to read] sold this week. At #33 Three 6 Mafia's Last 2 Walk [click to read] sold 13,918 copies this week. Following right behind them with a deficit of only 37 CDs, G-Unit sold 13,881copies of Terminate On Sight [click to read], earning them the #34 spot. In the first full sales week since Rick Ross was exposed as a former corrections officer, the Miami "boss" dropped over 20 spots on the chart to #74 with Trilla [click to read] selling about 8,000 copies this week. Finally, Bronx rapper Hell Rell debuted Black Mask Black Gloves at #131 this week with just under 5,400 sold.
Other Notables
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 27 |
Plies |
Definition of Real |
17,194 |
417,983 |
| 33 |
Three 6 Mafia |
Last 2 Walk |
13,918 |
170,753 |
| 34 |
G-Unit |
Terminate On Sight |
13,881 |
173,250 |
| 74 | Rick Ross |
Trilla |
8,205 |
637,815 |
Will August heat up on the charts with new albums on the horizon from heavy-hitters like The Game, Ne-Yo and Nelly? Or will the youngins get schooled by new projects from Ice Cube and LL Cool J? Can femcee/ producer Missy Elliot come in for the sneak attack and shock the charts? Stay tuned as DX brings the play by play.
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