After breaking 50 Cent‘s record for consecutive weeks at #1, Taylor Swift made way for Bruce Sprinsteen‘s Working On A Dream return, complete with a last minute Superbowl halftime appearance. Beyonce, whose I Am…Sasha Fierce [click to read] continues to see solid sales numbers, leading all urban acts at #3. Jamie Foxx [click to read], Keyshia Cole [click to read] and Kanye West [click to read] continue the weekly trend of trading spots within the top three.

Akon [click to read] topped T.I. and Notorious Soundtrack with his Freedom [click to read] closing out the top five urban acts at #15, treading its way to gold.

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3 Beyonce I Am…Sasha Fierce 51,531 1,736,835
5 Kanye West 808’s & Heartbreak 33,228 1,257,336
7 Jamie Foxx Intuition 31,601 541,482
8 Keyshia Cole A Different Me 30,865 632,534
15 Akon Freedom 21,769 443,736

Scarface [click to read] eclipsed the 100,000 mark this week, as all of his official studio albums have done previously.

Young Jeezy, Plies and an assortment of Lil Wayne releases have continued to chart well into their run. The lone urban addition this week was comedian Katt Williams, releasing the audio companion to the DVD of It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’.

Other Notables

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
42 Plies Da Realist 11,929 241,441
59 Young Jeezy Da Realist 9,128 756,099
154 Scarface Emeritus 3,525 101,256
159 DJ Drama & Lil Wayne Dedication 3 3,440 38,532
174 Katt Williams It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin 3,122 3,122

The less things change, the way they stay the same. Stay tuned to HipHopDX for next week….