American Idol alum Kelly Clarkson took this week’s #1 spot with her RCA Records release All I Ever Wanted. The Pop star had some debut company. Sandwiched between U2‘s No Line On The Horizon, fresh R&B faces The-Dream and J. Holiday [click to read] premiered with their Love Vs. Money [click to read] and Round 2 respectively. Between Def Jam‘s hit-making songwriter, producer and performer and Capitol‘s flagship R&B artist, was roughly 100,000 units, despite a simple two spots.
Although not at the top of the pack this week Jamie Foxx [click to read] and Beyonce remained neck-and-neck. Intuition [click to read] trailed I Am…Sasha Fierce [click to read] by just over 1,000 units.
T.I.‘s [click to read] Paper Trail [click to read] topped Kanye West‘s 808’s & Heartbreak [click to read] in a race decided by less than a 1,000 units for Top 10 status. Keyshia Cole remained strong another week with her A Different Me [click to read].
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Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 | The-Dream | Love Vs. Money | 151,242 | 141,463 |
| 4 | J. Holiday | Round 2 | 55,373 | 55,398 |
| 8 | Beyonce | I Am…Sasha Fierce | 28,192 | 1,977,158 |
| 9 | Jamie Foxx | Intuition | 26,980 | 740,877 |
| 13 | T.I. | Paper Trail | 23,302 | 1,796,022 |
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Brother Ali‘s [click to read] debut week of EP+DVD package The Truth Is Here [click to read] found the Rhymesayers veteran in the Top 200, at #119. K’naan‘s [click to read] Troubador [click to read] also made the cut, for a third consecutive week, at #146. Project Pat‘s [click to read] first Asylum Records release, Real Recognize Real [click to read] also made a third go, fallinga t #164. Joe Budden‘s [click to read] Padded Room [click to read] did not make the Top 200 this week.
Lil Wayne [click to read] sold just over 12,000 copies of Tha Carter III [click to read], placing him at #41 this past week, 10 spots lower than last week. Meanwhile, Bad Boy Records‘ Notorious Soundtrack [click to read] closed out the urban showing on the Top 200 at #177.
Other Notables
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| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 41 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | 12,174 | 3,070,643 |
| 119 | Brother Ali | The Truth Is Here | 4,825 | 4,861 |
| 146 | K’naan | Troubador | 3,885 | 25,532 |
| 164 | Project Pat | Real Recognize Real | 3,252 | 16,523 |
| 177 | Various Artists | Notorious Soundtrack | 2,944 | 124,490 |
Can The-Dream contend with Beyonce and Jamie Foxx in long term runs? Will Gorilla Zoe, Saigon or Capone-N-Noreaga make a stand? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.
