There was very little movement on the charts in the urban world since last week. Alicia Keys regained the #1 spot, bumping Radiohead to #2. Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and Keyshia Cole held rank, shifting down notches with the #3 addition of the Juno Soundtrack. Lupe Fiasco continues to be Hip Hop’s lone Top 25 artist, with the continued success of The Cool.

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


Rank Artist Album This Week Total
1

 Alicia Keys

 As I Am

70,267

 2,725,935
4

 Mary J Blige

 Growing Pains

 63,876

 988,396
7

 Chris Brown

 Exclusive 29,744

 1,121,837
12

 Keyshia Cole

 Just Like You

 26,957

 1,002,614
23

 Lupe Fiasco

 The Cool

 20,498

 249,757

Further down the charts, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Birdman passed Soulja Boy, who fell considerably to #40. With his new video, this may be expected to surge though. As Jay-Z trudges towards the million mark, questions arise as to whether he’ll give the label he used to run another video single. Scarface and Wu-Tang Clan continue to pace towards 200,000 as no new Hip Hop releases broke the Top 200 this week.

Other Notables…


Rank Artist Album This Week Total
31

 Kanye West

 Graduation

 17,949

 1,932,534
33

 Jay-Z

 American Gangster 17,307

 928,311
39

 Birdman

 5*Stunna

 14,733

 208,103
82

 Scarface

 M.A.D.E.

 8,002

 139,406
86

 Wu-Tang Clan

 8 Diagrams

 7,610

 139,858

With Lil Wayne tracks getting revealed and Nas cover art released, will there be chart warmth from the veterans or Flo-Rida and other newcomers in months to come?