This week’s sales report is the first to accommodate Billboard’s new measurement system in which the charts account for not only the number of albums sold, but also the number of singles sold as well as the number of times an album is streamed. The new “total activity” measurement counts 1,500 streams as the sale of a single album and also adopts a “track-equivalent album” consideration which counts the sale of 10 singles as an album sale.
The new format and a couple new Hip Hop releases shook up the Billboard Top 200 with Eminem’s Shady XV compilation album debuting at #3. Rick Ross’ Hood Billionaire, the rapper’s second album in less than a year, debuted at #6 with just under 75,000 total albums sold. T.I., Chris Brown, and Pharrell Williams all jumped up the list thanks to the new ranking system while both Beyonce and Iggy Azalea have albums and their respective rereleases in the Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B albums of the week.
Eminem & Shady Records Debut At #3
With a total of 137,560 albums sold and a stream activity count of 2,804,463 as of Sunday (November 30), Eminem’s Shady XV arrived as the #3 album in the country with a total activity count of 148,297. (The album had a separate song sales number of 88,686, which also contributes to the latest total activity report.)
The sales numbers place the compilation album firmly within the projected first sales of 140,000 to 150,000 and come just after news that Shady XV quickly became the #1 iTunes album, a fact Crooked I recently celebrated with a new freestyle.
Rick Ross At #6 With Hood Billionaire
Rick Ross’ latest album came in at #6 after its first week on the shelves, selling a total of 74,444 albums for a total activity count of 79,264 when its more than two million streams and nearly 34,000 song sales are accounted for.
Beyonce Charts Twice At #8 & #39
Both Beyonce and Iggy Azalea have newly reissued albums on the charts this week with the original version of either album also included in the Top 10. Beyonce’s Platinum Edition sold a total of 42,959 albums but its more than five million streams and 246,187 song sales brought its total activity count to just over 71,000.
Lower down the list, the original Beyonce release jumped from being nearly off the chart entirely at #199 to #38 in the span of a single week with sales apparently boosted by the new reissue.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 11/30/2014
Note: The figures below represent this week’s “total activity,” an intersection of album sales, single sales, and streams. A pure album sales figure is available in parenthesis and information about each album’s streaming count is available in brackets.
#3. Eminem – Shady XV – 148,297 (137,560) [2,804,463]
#6. Rick Ross – Hood Billionaire – 79,264 (74,444) [2,132,906]
#8. Beyonce – Beyonce [Platinum Edition] – 71,008 (42,959) [5,146,703]
#18. Pitbull – Globalization – 48,692 (38,177) [2,219,875]
#27. Iggy Azalea – Reclassified – 33,638 (13,813) [5,719,358]
#39. Beyonce – Beyonce – 24,922 (21,904) [2,058,952]
#44. T.I. – Paperwork – 21,795 (17,050) [2,930,935]
#48. Chris Brown – X – 20,469 (13,5883) [4,525,609]
#67. Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 14,807 (11,328) [1,179,857]
#70. Iggy Azalea – New Classic – 14,155 (13,637) [399,530]
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I’m so confused by these numbers.
try reading
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75k LMFAO. titty man even had a full extra day of sales to boost his numbers like last time cause he puts it out on a monday instead of tuesday.
anyway Taylor Swift sold more in her 5th or 6th week than both Officer Ricky and Shady first week.
queen b slayin icky azaliea
how it reads for yall that dont follow instructions
total sales (physical/downloads) [total streams]
Billboard’s new measurement system in which the charts account for not only the number of albums sold, but also the number of singles sold as well as the number of times an album is streamed. The new “total activity” measurement counts 1,500 streams as the sale of a single album and also adopts a “track-equivalent album” consideration which counts the sale of 10 singles as an album sale.
that sounds weak as hell. even with all that cheating officer ricky still not seeing no platinum
75K LMFAO THATS LOGIC NUMBERS WITH 10X MORE PROMO AND A JAY-Z FEATURE
i agree..jayz features dont cut it anymore..i been saying that Ross relies on features to sell his albums…all that promotion on a major LOL
r.i.p. Officer Ricky.. 74,444 copies on a major and u had all that promotion…hahah..
only major label artist that drops 2 records in 1 year and still cant go gold combined LMFAO
Congrats to Godfather 50 and G-Unit as well as D12, Obie Trice and the whole Shady family on another #1 hip-hop album! Check the scoreboard niggaz!
i know i might be legally blind but im pretty sure i didnt see any gunit or 50 on shadys new shit.. maybe 3-4 songs on the other one but how doe that give gunit a win?
go have your rotator cuff checked out i think you might of pulled some tendons reaching for that one
compilation albums outselling these rappers studio albums… isnt that shady record a double album? shouldnt his sales be doubled?
the dumbest way to do something ever in my history of living… i wanna see the overall sales too.. im sure more people wanna see it too
so confused now lol
I swear DX…why are you posting streams and not the overall sales…who’s idea was this so I can direct my insults accordingly
Billboard’s now counts actual sales, single sales and streams to get the “Total Activity”/ Total album sales.
So for example: 15000streams= 1 album purchase and 5000 single sales= 1 album purchase
good thing the RIAA dont count that shit
I understand that Isaiah but that still doesn’t answer my fucking question
word. HHDX go back to the old format for theses sales figure jammys
Every artist mentioned on this artist is Garbage. Eminem included. That’s how you know music sucks now!!
stfu bitch nigga.
Dummy,post the overall pure sales instead of the streams.
So basically HHDX is conceding that album sales are shitty across the board.
GODDAMN I hate Eminem’s new flow. I know it’s not “new” new, it started on Recovery and was full blown on MMLP2. It’s just fucking terrible. He’s not even on beat anymore… It’s just like he’s trying to say as many words as possible in the shortest amount of time, no matter if it’s catchy or even makes any damn sense.
What the hell happened.
Don’t you feel ashamed to reiterate what a million other people constantly say? Be a little creative and think for yourself. Don’t be such a fucking follower.
I agree em new flow is straight fucking garbage
at least 50 was indie whats rozays excuse for bricking like dat…
maybe the fact he just released this to end his contract to reup n get a new contract for more money and he threw songs that didnt make mastermind together just 8 months later n still outsold 50 lol
2 major label albums combined with stalleys flop not totally 500k is a flop no matter what anyone think
you just don’t get it 50 indie ross has to recoup
I am truly disappointed with the state of hip-hop. most of the artists are black men who come from very humble beginnings. they have become very wealthy in spite of many hurdles and obstacles in front of them. they, however, with their success have a great opportunity to lift up their communities and speak up about racial injustice – ferguson,california,cleveland, nyc. instead kanye, nas, jay-z, lil wayne, fifty, fab, drake, say nothing. some of you may say they don’t have to. others may say I should stop preaching. if you think that, also know this, the rights you enjoy came from civil disobedience and disturbance. many black celebrities stood up with the brother and sisters in the streets then to advance the rights and freedoms we enjoy today. if these people are not willing to support us and those who look like them why should we continue to support them. have courage brothers. don’t just talk about it in a song.
puffy, snoop, dre = the same
HIPHOP sales have been dead all year this is the Iggy/Mackelmore era.
I knew it was officially over when T.I. did 80K first week with a Gold selling single with iggy on it….shit done changed.
Fuck sales I cant complain about the shit too much because I download the majority of my music for free unless its a collectors item or a debut like GKMC or the new Wu joint.
Eminem is the biggest selling rapper in the world and Ross just put up more than half of that….chew on that for a moment.
yeah but it wasnt an eminem solo album it was compilation which they had NO SINGLES on the radio for……when slim drops his next solo album his numbers gonna be throught he roof again…either way album sales almost never define the quality of the music just the quality of promotion and marketing really
GKMC was not his debut. also Ems album was a compilation so putting up half is nothing for ross to brag about
Mastermind first week sold more than eminem! Y’all forgetting eminem is the guy who drops platinum compilation albums! Only thing platinum from ross is SOME of his singles
the same nerds who said 50 flopped for selling 47k on an indie are now defending william roberts for selling 70k on a major label LMFAO
Billboard needs to update their certifications. Silver for 100,000 units sold, and bronze for 250,000. 1/2 million and a million sold isn’t a realistic goal for the average artist now.
You know bronze is cheaper than silver ..right??
So whats the total album Sales?
75K on a Major Label or 47K on your own Independent Label ha ha ha you do the maths and Ricky been promoting the hell outta HD on IG for what … to get outsold by 4 old songs from 50Cent with the help of Shady lol
The last couple years pitbull dominated 50 and ross on the Forbes list pitbull been promoting this album since February and he sold less then both of them yet he still makes more money then both of them right now! Ross and pit from miami they albums dropped on the same day they could of used that as promo but they didn’t so who cares
fake nigga ross stays losin
@erqwer You should take your own advice.
I dont like the way they showing these stats now
so are total physic sales not gonna be reported anymore? this is lame, officer ricky aint sell no 2.3 million, thats basically what his whole catalog sold in 10 years
he sold almost 75,000, the number inside of the brackets are the number of times they have been streamed.
yes obviously the number in the middle is how many sales for this week but what about next week, it there going to be a number for the total sales not including the streams
Some of their numbers are wrong
Slooooow down on the hickory there bob!!!Do you mean to tell me Eminem just made a compilation album with 10 year old songs and a few new ones while i paid top dollar for production and put alot of belly and bawseattitude in my hood billionare album and he still sold more than me?!?Fuck this!Think the police will take me back?
look at them, lol! lil boys want accurate sales figures and re-classified certification standards like they are actually part of the business! IT’S TIME TO GET A LIFE LOSERS
one nice album!!
nice album Eminem – Shady XV
White Devil cave boy @work