It’s a slow time in Hip Hop with minimal movement on the charts week. Lil Wayne remains in the #5 spot with a total of 2,075,960 units sold. Congrats to Wayne for achieving double platinum status in only 8 weeks! Tha Carter 3 was beat out by Sugarland, Miley Cyrus, the Mama Mia soundtrack, and Kid Rock, respectively. Nas‘ Untitled album drops two spots to #10 with 41,000 copies sold this week. Rihanna‘s still riding the waves of success with her re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad landing the #12 spot with sales now totaling over 1.5 million. Usher‘s Here I Stand grabs the #24 spot with 18,200 copies sold this week. Rounding out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B is Plies at #29. Definition of Real sold 15,600 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 78,742 2,075,960
10 Nas Untitled 41,023 291,380
12 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 34,290 1,550,572
24 Usher Here I Stand 18,293 948,524
29 Plies Definition of Real 15,609 433,592

David Banner‘s Greatest Story Ever Told, which was met by mixed reviews from critics, also remains lukewarm on the charts. The Mississippi rapper sold 15,200 copies this week, for a total of 88,300. Three 6 Mafia‘s Last 2 Walk holds steady at #33 with 13,700 units sold this week. Driven by having the lead single on the highly anticipated Pinapple Express movie soundtrack( “Paper Planes”), M.I.A climbed her way from #151 to #62 with Kala selling 8,582 this week. Meanwhile Rick Ross comes in at #80 with Trilla selling 7,200 copies. Tech N9ne‘s Killer grabs the #144 spot with 4,600 sold.

Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Total
31 David Banner Greatest Story Ever Told 15,269 88,383
33 Three 6 Mafia Last 2 Walk 13,781 184,534
62 M.I.A Kala 8,582 250,555
80 Rick Ross Trilla 7,244 645,059
144 Tech N9ne Killer 4,652 68,480

Will August heat up on the charts with new albums on the horizon from heavy-hitters like The Game and Ice Cube? Stay tuned as DX brings the play by play.