Still a slow week for Hip Hop as Lil Wayne remains at the #5 spot this week with 67,100 sold. Tha Carter 3 was beat out by releases from the Mama Mia soundtrack, Miley Cyrus, Sugarland, and Kid Rock, respectively.

R&B crooner Lloyd‘s latest effort, Lessons in Love, driven by its lead single “Girls Around the World” featuring Lil Wayne, debuted at #7 this week selling 51,000 copies in its first week. Rihanna‘s re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad continues to climb the charts from #12 to #9 this week, selling 43,800 copies. Nas takes a drop from #10 to #17 with his controversial untitled album selling 24,900, while Usher rounds out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B with 15,500 copies sold. Here I Stand is now inching towards that coveted platinum plaque.

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Total
5 Lil Wayne Tha Carter 3 67,138 2,143,098
7 Lloyd Lessons in Love 51,049 51,284
9 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 43,865 1,594,437
17 Nas untitled 24,970 316,350
31 Usher Here I Stand 15,538 964,062

Plies‘ Definition of Real remains in the top 40 at #38, selling 13,200 copies this week. David Banner follows up right behind Plies selling only 51 copies less than him, and earning the #39 spot with Greatest Story Ever Told. Three 6 Mafia‘s Last 2 Walk landed the #43 spot with 12,400 sold, while Clipse‘s Re-Up Gang debuts at #55. Their self-titled album sold 9,700 in its first week. Also debuting a new effort this week is Nappy Roots at #73, with Humdinger selling 7,700 copies.


Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Total
38 Plies Definition of Real 13,290 446,882
39 David Banner Greatest Story Ever Told 13,249 101,632
43 Three 6 Mafia Last 2 Walk 12,420 196,954
55 Clipse Presents The Re-up Gang Re-Up Gang 9,774 9,858
73 Nappy Roots Humdinger 7,708 7,722

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.