Urban music made it back into the Top 10 last week, as Usher‘s Raymond v. Raymond crept back up for a #7 appearance. Pop sensation Justin Bieber, Country-Poppers Lady Antebellum and Indie Rock outfit The National held down the Top 3 respectively.
B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray went to #13, still keeping the top of the charts dominated by Georgia talent. The Black Eyed Peas climbed back into the Top 20 with The E.N.D. as they have time and time again throughout the last year. The Interscope release has now cleared 2.5 million copies sold.
Ludacris and Monica returned to the Top 40, both neck-in-neck as they’ve been throughout their album campaigns with Battle of the Sexes and Still Standing respectively. Both efforts stand a chance at gold within the next couple months, as both just cleared the often-challenging 400,000 milestone.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 7 | Usher | Raymond v. Raymond |
43,000 | 680,000 |
| 13 | B.o.B. Presents | The Adventures of Bobby Ray |
27,000 | 148,000 |
| 19 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 19,000 | 2,518,000 |
| 29 | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes |
14,000 | 405,000 |
| 32 | Monica | Still Standing | 13,000 | 406,000 |
Trina‘s Pop-inspired album, Amazin’ and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony‘s Uni5: The World’s Enemy closed out the Top 50. The Slip-N-Slide princess cleared 40,000 overall units, while a seemingly reunited Bone Thugs (complete with a freed Flesh-N-Bone and a semi-supportive Bizzy Bone) sit just under the mark. Both releases feature major label distribution, from EMI and Warner Brothers respectively.
Memphis veteran duo 8Ball & MJG went from working on Diddy’s Bad Boy label to working on T.I.’s Grand Hustle imprint with Ten Toes Down. Distributed through E1 Entertainment, the group’s first official album in three years features Slim Thug, Soulja Boy, Bun B and of course T.I. The work sits just under 25,000 as their label-mate, B.o.B., reigns near the top of the charts.
One of B.o.B.’s album sidekicks, Bruno Mars, debuted at #99 with his EP It’s Better If You Don’t Understand. The Atlantic Records hopeful gained a lot of exposure through the hit of “Nothin’ On You.” Providence, Rhode Island’s Sage Francis made a Top 200 debut with L(i)fe. Released on Anti Records (who works with The Coup and Busdriver), the release sees the former Anticon/Non-Prophets affiliate combine his dense, lyrical songwriting with musical backdrops courtesy of members of bands, Death Cab For Cutie, Granddaddy, DeVotchKa and others.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 48 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | Uni5: The World’s Enemy |
9,400 | 39,000 |
| 49 | Trina | Amazin’ |
9,400 | 42,000 |
| 62 | 8Ball & MJG | Ten Toes Down |
7,300 | 23,000 |
| 99 | Bruno Mars | It’s Better If You Don’t Understand | 5,400 | 5,400 |
| 137 | Sage Francis | L(i)fe | 3,900 | 3,900 |
Will Distant Relatives and Reflection Eternal get Top 5 debuts? Can Necro and Roc Marciano represent on the Top 200? Stay tuned to HipHopDX to see…
Little Brother didn’t even make the bottom half of the sales list??? Shame on hip-hop fans
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who the fuck buying sage francis records?
i heard they selling his album at whole foods, next to the goat milk.
sage francis aka the fattest vegan emcee on the planet. a disgrace to the culture, a hip hop deformity.
ill have knuckles raining on that faggots head like spring showers.
go buy roc marci, and put sage francis album in the comedy section.
I am. Your mom likes the beats. I like the lyrics.
Hmmm, trina outselling BTH
YEA SO WHAT IF THAT IS THE PPL BUYIN IS ALBUM AT LEAST THE BUY IT LIKE SOME PPL… WHO DOWNLOAD SHIT AND B LOOKIN DUMB TALKINB= BOUT HOW A CERTAIN ARTIST AND SELLIN AN SHIT
Hmmm, trina outselling BTH
hahahaha another week,album sales confirm lil wayne! as the greatest…
tell me who’s ur favorite rapper and i’ll tell u his position for example:
jordan:my favorite rappers is bone thugs what’s their position?
jamal:my favorite rapper is eminem what’s his position?
trisha:my favorite rapper is nas and jay z,what’s their position?
handddyyy:they’re all beneath LIL WAYNE!
niggaz u should be ashamed of urselves,i bet ur favorite rapper and his favorite rapper hasn’t sold half of lil wayne! carter 3 is the album of the decade…
lil wayne! is da greatest of all da time fuck haters
most of waynes sales are teenage white girls…. so shut the fuck up with that gay shit
if ur going off sales then 50 got him with get rich or die tryin that shit sold like 12 mill…and by far album of the decade even tho that shit bumbs like a mother fucker
sales don’t mean talent
it just means commercialization. the only person that that doesn’t hold true for is eminem. he may have a few commercial songs, but he will still murder anyone in the game with his flow, lyrics, and wordplay. he did it on both songs with wayne, straight up murdered the tracks. also the only people who sold more than em in the music business is the beatles, fact not fiction. so if you wanna go with your theory em is 100 times better than wayne.
p.s. i like em but he is not my favorite. it’s just the facts.
sales don’t = talent remember that.
you just named bone thugs, who in their carrear have sold like 35million albums, they are the greates selling rap group ever, so yes indeed wayne havent sold not even the half of that..
You know what if sales came from real raw talent Eminem would still sell more then anyone in the game. Wayne wouldn’t even be found in the trash can. Motherfucker wouldn’t even exist. Wayne sucks and hopfully pretty soon everyone with notice that it’s the same shit said on every beat.
Lil. Wayne shit is elementary! And if your going by sales, EM sells the most in hiphop.
Handy your the biggest Wayne nuthugger on here. What’s it gonna take to get his cum off your lips. Wayne is alright, nothing special but his album sucked! Nigga you should be ashamed of yourself for sucking of Wayne’s dick so much.
Handyyyyyy plaese shut the fuck up about how you like to suck wezzy dick…. Look Wayne ain’t the worst and he sure as hell ain’t the best he’s just decent. So please stop spaming hiphopdx with your bullshit it takes up space that could be left by better comments. God all these fucking dickriders I swear I think I’m going to fucking kill myself!!!!!!
My gurl Trina is doin numbers….
lol at will distant relatives or reflection eternal get top 5 debuts, thats not really an acomplishment nor has it ever been. I plan on coping both of those, but i could care less if they go top 5. you guys are worse than the hype machine that promotes everything else. stop telling me how to spend my money and stop telling me whats “real hiphop” and whats “fake hiphop”. If i like a cetain artist, i’ll buy the cd, if not, then i wont. It’s my choice as a consumer, so stop trying to make me feel a certain way for not buying certian cds “you think i should”
bruv ur so right what is real hip hop anyway, if u like it u like if u dnt u dont simple, i dnt like black eyes peas i wnt buy the cd, i like the game i will buy it these ppl hypee 2 much.
If a cd doesnt sell then its because not enough people want 2 listen to it. not evry1 wants 2 listen to what u consider “real” hip hop. for example people on here say dt eternal reflection cd is da shit n ok mayb it is but da songs ive heard I find borin so no im not buyin it
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Lil wayne is good but he’s not better than JAY-Z. Jay still breaking records and making history. The only people buying wayne albums skinny jeans teens and folks in New Orleans. Jay sell stadiums, doing shows at the World Series and the Super Bowl. Jay is the pinnacle of Rap.
Don’t believe me go check the numbers
Check the track with T.I. feat Jay z……..jay verse was diss to wayne and it killed him
Check the carter 3 feat jay……jay killed wayne on that song.
Hell even 50 cent can’t fuck with jay…come on people!!!!!!
indeed
well i can name a lot of artists that can smash jay lyrically and he aint the best especially by opinion.
50 cent can’t fuck with Jay-Z because he’s 50 cent, haha. Why would you even bring up 50? But, you know who would smash Jay-Z, and actually has on Jay-Z’s own song? Eminem
I just wanna know 1 thing: Who the fuck r these homosexual fellas thats buying Trina’s annoying gay club anthem music? Bone thugs might have been legends but sorry aint nobody checking 4 that shit nymore. they washed up.
NO LIKE I SAID NIGGAS WITH SENSE ARE FROWNED UPON BY THE JEW PRODUCERS BONE AIN’T WASHED UP IT’S JUST WITH THE DUMBING DOWN OF THE CULTURE THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU’VE EXPERIENCED THEY ARE NOT PROMOTED BY THEM(THE KRAKKERS THAT BE)SO THEN YOU GET SLOW RETARDED RAPPERS GETTING UNDESERVED SHINE(PLIES,RICK ROSS,LIL WAYNE)WHILE NIGGAS WHO CAN READ AND MAKE REAL HIP HOP STAY BROKE BECAUSE NIGGAS LIKE YOU ARE TOO LAZY TO CHECK FOR REAL SHIT.YOU ARE WHAT YOU LISTEN TO(FAKENESS)GO TO HELL FAGGOT.REAL HIP HOP IS LIKE A SLAVE THAT CAN READ THE KRAKKERS ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF IT WITH THESE DANCING COONS WHO SMILE AND TALK LIKE ILLITERATE JIGGABOOS WHO FOLLOW “MASSA’S RULES”YOU’RE WORSE THAN A KLANSMEN HOW DARE YOU NOT SUPPORT INTELLIGENT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF SLAVES WHO TRY TO UPLIFT US BUT GET FROWNED UPON BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T SELL OUT.YOU’RE THE REAL SELL OUT,KEEP SUPPORTING DUMB NIGGAS AND WHITEY WILL SEE YOU AS ONE,I’LL TELL A 12 YEAR OLD LIL WAYNE FAN TO”FUCK OFF”THAN GIVE THEM PROPS………….NUFF SAID RACE TRAITOR.
Aint nobody fucking with jay…anybody thinkin otherwise i just hatin…no rapper is doing what he is, you got to respect that whether u like him or not
Nobody reallly?? What about Eminem last I checked he sold more then anybody last year and probably will again this year.
It’s not about sales, Jay is the best mc off all time. The most consistent at least.
Eminem could literally fart on a track and sell better than Jay-Z, which I’m pretty sure he’s done before. Eminem is just too good. Jay-Z Is good, don’t get me wrong, but seriously? Nobody can touch eminem when it comes to anything music related.
@Andrew…
Black Eyed Peas sold more than Eminem last year killing your argument…
WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE 19,000 PPL STILL BUYING THE BLACK EYE PEAS ALBUM. IF IT WASNT FOR THE WHITE GURL I HIGHLY DOUBT THEY PUSHING 2.5 MILLION. CAN WE PLEASE SUPPORT AT LEAST ONE REAL HIPHOP ALBUM THIS YEAR EITHER DISTANT RELATIVES WHICH I BOUGHT YESTERDAY OR REFLECTION ETERNAL WHICH I PLAN TO BUY TODAY OR TOMORROW. STOP DOWNLOADING REAL MUSIC AND SUPPORT REAL MUSIC. BTW ALL YOU LIMEWIRE USERS I HAVE BAD NEW AFTER 4YRS OF COURT BATTLES GOVT FOUND LIMEWIRE GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. THAT USERSHARE WEBSITE IS NEXT. BE CAREFUL
LOL!!! do these fools know about peer-to-peer sites, Forreal.
I really think BEP makes it on HHDX weekly because they’re black because every song they release is a pop song with some auto-tune in it
The charts are fucked artists who should be selling struggle and trash shit sells. The top 50 is horrible and people shut the fuck up about lil wayne & jay-z, if you think their good you don’t know hip hop. I’m sick of people talking about those two it’s annoying, people need to find their own taste in music, people just follow the crowd.
Another person who think they invented hiphop….smh
NY you are a clown!!!! Your telling me I dont know hip hop cause I like Jay-z?? Whatever homie…. Let me guess, your one of those people who thinks “real” hip hop is from artists who don’t move units because they don’t “sell out” and your boy down the block is nicer than Wayne but he aint get that break…. Keep talkin your “real hip hop” clown, nobody cares.
I don’t claim to invent hip hop, I just know their are a lot better artists than Jay-Z and Lil Wayne, I could name 100 that are better than them. I’m saying that I don’t agree that artists who sell out by making club music just to sell cds. If they did the same music all of their careers than I wouldn’t be saying that. Tha Block is Hot is Lil Wayne’s best, Reasonable Doubt is Jay-Z’s best. When they change that much just to sell cds is sad and I can’t respect them. I pointed them out because people are on their dicks right now saying their the best but they don’t even come close. I was meaning if you like blueprint 3 than you don’t know real hip hop.
You can name 100 rappers better than Jay-z?!?!?! You lost all credibility with me.
for me, i have to be in the right mind setting to listen to “real hip hop.” i take no offense when people listen to “poppy” rap. i am taken aback when people say that soulja boy is the best.
And im no wayne dick rider, but when he tries, he can actually do very well
for me, i have to be in the right mind setting to listen to “real hip hop.” i take no offense when people listen to “poppy” rap. i am taken aback when people say that soulja boy is the best.
And im no wayne dick rider, but when he tries, he can actually do very well
if you got a couple minutes check my music out…………and feel free to scream on me if you think its ass… haha
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Haha at the people that actually bought that Ludacris. Go get Fashawn “Boy Meets World” Nas & Damian Marley’s “Distant Relatives” and the new Reflection Eternal “Revolutions Per Minute” Support that real hip-hop !
you cant clown somebody for what album they brought my g damn do you homie and i support good music fuck that real hip hop
Trina just wanted me for my ding-a-ling! LOL
More pathetic numbers…………smh
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Damn I really hope Distant Relatives and Revolutions Per Minute really do well in the charts!
They wont, sadly……..
Revolutions Per Minute
got my itunes copy & im ordering a CD as well … album is def. the dopest thing i’ve got since ‘Blu & Exile’ – “Below The Heavens”
I BET BLU&EXILE WON’T SELL MUCH(I’M NOT DISSING I’M A FAN)BECAUSE BLU IS SMART HE SCARES WHITE PEOPLE LIKE A SLAVE WHO CAN READ THEY WANT US TO BE STUPID LIL WAYNE FANS BUT I’M ONLY UNDERGROUND.I’M BUMPIN HER FAVORITE COLO(U)R.HURRY UP REFLECTION ETERNAL PUT THE CD OUT,THAT WON’T SELL EITHER IT’S THE NEW FORM OF SLAVERY KEEP NIGGAS STUPID BY NOT SHOWCASING REAL HIP HOP,THEY ONLY PROMOTE FAKE DRUG DEALERS AND OTHER POISONOUS FORMS OF BLACK OPPRESSION TO SELL RECORDS.THANKS WHITE PEOPLE,BUT YOU DON’T CONTROL OUR MUSIC,AND ALL THOSE RICH COON RAPPERS AIN’T SHIT.LONG LIVE THE UNDERGROUND.
Jay Z can be lazy with some of his lyrics, but as a complete artist, he’s leagues above Eminem. Em switches up his voice. Rants about the same bullshit. He still sells cause he’s not in the spotlight every second like say LIl Wayne, therefore people rush to buy his shit. Jay Z doesn’t take long breaks in between albums. He keeps going and really shouldn’t still be able to have the level of success he does everytime out. I can see why so many other artists get jealous cause they pour all this money into their albums just to see them flop. The 40 old year rapper is embarassing you. Feel ashamed.
I love how people will say Em rants about the same shit and then at the same time praise Jay-Z, who’s been rapping about the same exact shit his whole career
Pot, meet the Kettle
I love them both but Jay raps about his money, the hood and how great he is just as much as Em raps about Drugs, psychosis and his family………..Neither one of them really steps out their comfort zones that often
I co-sign Drucifer.
@ NICO, I like Jay, but I disagree about Em ranting about the same shit, in fact he is the most lyrically, diverse rapper out there in terms of subject matter and being a complete artist, ive even heard Jay metion that in an interview before
cosign DRUCIFER1983
Em spends too much time spitting the same old shit but I’d say Em has more depth than Jay.
Jay will be rappin about money and crack when he’s 60 years old
Hasn’t Jay been on the same shit for years now? At first it was the dope bullshit now its how rich he is.
Hell BP3 was basically Jay-Z bragging for 13 tracks literally.
im wit nico on this one
@holier than thou, naw that man is “on to the enxt one” and apparently is always 1 step ahead of you.
but yeah you are basically right, same shit for a whole album except for that 1 shitty track venus vs mars
if you go to http://www.hitsdailydouble.com there sayin Nas and damian are only suppose to sell between 45-50K this week…………Sad state of things when one of the most anticipated albums of the year for rap cant even break a 6 figure first week
SMH
and Reflection eternal is looking like 22K its first week
Rappers gonna need part time jobs at mcdonalds soon……
Keep your head up, man. They could be proven wrong.
Maybe the court ruling against Lime Wire, and possibly other sites in the future will cut out some of the piracy, I like what ive heard from Distant Relatives, and like to see artist who try to keep substance in their work do well
EMINEM SELL MORE CAUSE HE’S THE COOL, DRUG ADDICT WHITE GUY, WITH A LOT OF BLACK SWAGGER.
You should know because thats the kind of guy your mother loves to drop to her knees, and suck and swallow every drop
LOL @ jonrg_123, saying Trina doin numbers LMAO
Trina @ 42,000 is doing numbers
HIP-HOP IS DEAD!
GO BLACK EYED PEAS!
God dam Cypress Hill isnt even listed anymore now thats sad…
In all fairness tho, the New cypress hill aint all that………2 tracks CO-produced by muggs??…….The fuck is up with that
THE HILL IS REAL HIP HOP THE KRAKKERS CAN’T TELL YOU WHAT TO BELIEVE IN THROUGH REAL HIP HOP,HENCE THE ALBUM SALES,THE REALER THE HIP HOP ACT THE LESS IT SELLS,THERE ARE MORE IGNORANT STUPID PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAN SMART SO THAT’S WHY LIL WAYNE CAN GO GOLD IN A WEEK BECAUSE REAL LYRICS SCARE STUPID PEOPLE.
God can I ask you a quesstion….. Yes I can oh thanks god!!! Okay here’s my quesstion. Why in the fuck are the black eyed peas still selling? Because people like thier music? Who likes that shit!!! Thats it god a pray that if you make the BEP’s stop selling I’ll got to church everyday…… You won’t well then FUCK YOU!!!! and FUCK THE PEAS!!!!!!!!!
and the biggest FUCK YOU to you and yours.
WOW. You picked the most TRIVIAL and POINTLESS submit matter to be disrespectful to GOD. I feel sorry for your mother and your LIFE! Not to mention the CORE definition of a true HATER (wishing that someone stops selling) SMH. Thats just sad, homie!
No surprise Luda is at least going gold. Hell he may make it to platnium status, but if he does (a pretty big IF) he’ll barley crack to 1,000,000 mark.
Nah he’s not gonna make Platinum. He needs a HUGE push but the album doesnt have anymore single potential.
Mcdonalds has sold how many billions of hamburgers now?
Does that mean mcdonalds is the best resturant in the world?
Same goes with album sales; they literally mean squat.
Music just is all mostly garbage so I download illegally. I do support quality records though.
I like that metaphor.
Our music went downhill when all the artists started worrying about sounscan instead of putting out quality content which sells itself. I’m so ashamed of our music nowadays !!!!! I remember when Marvin Gaye put out an album called what’s goin on. That had a lukewarm response from the label he was on at the time . The rest as they say is history !! Let our artform sell itself! Don’t conform to the bullshit
YEAH SALES DON’T MEAN SHIT.IN THAT CASE VANILLA ICE AND HAMMER ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.REAL HIP HOP IS UNDERGROUND THE KRAKKERS DON’T LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN’T MAKE YOU DUMBER WITH GOOD LYRICS THAT MAKE SENSE SO THEY CROWN A DUDE WHO GET’S FUCKED BY HIS CEO(LIL WAYNE)AND THE B.E.PS GOT THAT PALEFACED BITCH AND WENT POP.UNDERGROUND IS KING I DON’T CARE IF RAS KASS SELLS 20 UNITS IN A MONTH HE’S REAL HIP HOP.LIL WAYNE CAN SELL128 MILLION AND STILL BE A COON FOR THE KARKKERS,WITH NO FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN HIS LYRICS.GOOD MUSIC GIVES YOU CHILLS WHEN YOU HEAR IT LIKE “I USED TO LOVE H.E.R”20 YEARS FROM NOW YOU DICK RIDERS WON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT A “LOLLIPOP” IT WILL JUST REMIND YOU OF LIL WAYNE SUCKIN BIRDMAN’S PECKER.
wow psykhotic. racist much? roughly 12 people will read your comment. i just so happen to be on of those unfortunate 12 people.
When yall post album sales can yall add another column for “How long its been out” cause that is also an important piece of information when you are looking at album sales.
weezy is the best…been the best for a few yrs now…fuk all you haterz…lol
good lookin out blood , hit u up when i get out nukka i mite put u up on sum game blood.
brrrrrrrrrrr ahaaaaaaaaaaaa i see you daddy…………. juniorrrrrrrr
Is this your handyyyyyyyy? Nigga stop sucking on Wayne’s dick.
FUCK YOU NIGGA!THOUGHT THIS WAS A”HIP HOP”SITE THIS WHOLE PAGE DOESN’T MENTION HIP HOP AT ALL.LIL WAYNE IS GAY AND A POP ARTIST THAT RETARDED ALIEN LOOKIN FAGGOT AIN’T HIP HOP.THAT’S MUSIC FOR COONS AND LITTLE WHITE KIDS.GROW UP AND QUIT RESPECTING PRE SCHOOL SIMPLE ASS RHYMES THAT ONLY MAKE SENSE TO PEOPLE WHO CAN’T READ OR DON’T THE MEANING OF HIP HOP.IF YOU’RE NOT 10 YEARS OLD I FEEL SORRY FOR YOUR KIDS,WHO’S GONNA TEACH THEM TO BE AN ADULT WHEN DADDY IS RECITING RAP THAT’S ON A 3RD GRADE LEVEL.R.I.P GURU&DIE LIL WAYNE!
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breaking news lil wayne was just rushed to the hospital he had to get his stomach pumped… I bet he’s not claiming blood in rikers…trust me I know u wayne test tube babies get a life and get money faggots
And Handy I bet your position is lil wyane hitting you doggystyle
lil wayne is wack and corny