Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown

    With his Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf released last Tuesday (October 14), Game’s latest album entered the charts at the #7 spot on the Billboard Top 200. Following closely behind, Plainview, NY emcee Hoodie Allen released his debut album the same day and earned the #8 spot with just over 30,000 album sold its first week. Meanwhile, Chris Brown falls another two spots down to #23 and Lecrae holds on to his Top 40 position.

    Game’s Blood Moon Releases At #7

    Selling 32,734 copies in its first week on the shelves, the first album from Game’s newly established label Blood Money Entertainment debuted at #7. Alongside Game, artists Skeme and DUBB are featured heavily throughout the album.

    HipHopDX gave Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf 3 out of 5 X’s. Writer Dean Mayorga traced the progress from Game’s most recent album in his review. “On his previous Jesus Piece, Game was able to take Trap, heavy features, new trends and weave them into an overarching theme of a thug persona struggling with his faith,” Mayorga wrote. “Now, with most of these very same components, he finds himself lost.”

    Hoodie Allen Debuts At #8 With People Keep Talking

    Plainview, NY emcee Hoodie Allen released his first official album last week and landed himself in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 in the process. With just over 30,000 units sold, Hoodie Allen’s People Keep Talking was placed directly behind Game’s latest effort at #8.

    Chris Brown’s X At #23

    Just over a month after becoming his fifth #1 album upon release, Chris Brown’s X fell two spots to #23 with a 25 percent drop in sales last week. Selling 12,298 copies last week, X has now sold 234,907 after debuting with an estimated 145,000 sold the first week, his second most successful first-week sales numbers after F.A.M.E.

    Lecrae’s Anomaly Falls To #39

    After earning himself the first #1 album of his career with the release of Anomaly in September, Lecrae’s sixth album sold 8,674 copies last week, a three percent dip in sales from the previous, keeping him just inside the Top 40. Anomaly sold approximately 88,000 copies its first week and became the first album to crown both the general Top 200 and Gospel charts simultaneously. The Reach Records release has since tallied a total of 234,907 units sold.

    # 7. Game – Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf – 32,734 (32,885)

    #8. Hoodie Allen – People Keep Talking – 30,246 (30,262)

    #23. Chris Brown – X – 12,298 (234,907)

    #39. Lecrae – Anomaly – 8,674 (167,362)

    #42. Jeezy – Seen It All – 7,931 (219,273)

    #46. Childish Gambino – Kauai EP – 7,088 (42,573)

    #55. Jhene Aiko – Souled Out – 5,704 (121,012)

    #63. DJ Quik – The Midnight Life – 5,062 (5,097)

    #64. Tinashe – Aquarius – 4950 (23,771)

    #65. Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood – 4,917 (185,396)

    #67. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead – 4,829 (21,999)

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    232 thoughts on “Hip Hop Album Sales: Game, Hoodie Allen, Chris Brown

    1. Slipknot (Roadrunner) 100-110k
      Neil Diamond (Capitol) 70-80k
      Logic (Def Jam) 65-70k
      T.I. (Grand Hustle/Columbia) 65-70k
      Little Big Town (Capitol Nashville) 30-35k
      Pentatonix (RCA) 28-32k
      Annie Lennox (Blue Note) 24-27k
      Aretha Franklin (RCA) 21-24k
      Susan Boyle (SYCO/Columbia) 16-18k

      Damn, Tip is bombing big. If 65k ain’t a good look for a debuting artist with tons of promo like logic, it’s laughable for the supposed king. There’s a typo on this week’s charts BTW. Game sold 132k, not just 32k.

      1. No, it was 132k. Don’t believe what they tell you. Hell they even screwed up its label by putting in e1 instead of ymcmb.

      2. I bet you believe them when they show your favorite artists doing well. Hypocrite. Game sold 32K and they didn’t screw up the label, they got that right, too.

    2. Game actually did okay for a compilation album on an indie label. I think his solo album nest year (Documentary 2) would sell like 60-70k first week when it drops next year.

    3. Sales have been disastrous this year but the Labels deserve the boycott after admitting they forced Iggy down our throats by buying her spins, fuck the industry, rappers need to press, package and sell their music on their own websites and manipulate the digital/streaming game.

      The game is over.

      1. if they bought her spins the label would get sued…

        you idiots still think djs are willing to risk their jobs for some under the table paper bag money?

        prolly believe in the hip hop illuminati too lmaooooo

      1. There’s always time to fix something. There’s nothing to fix as these numbers are accurate. Just accept that Game sold less than 50.

      2. These numbers certainly aren’t accurate. I called them and they said he really sold over 130k yet they couldn’t fix them and therfore couldn’t account them.

      3. Do you getting a kick out of making up bullshit? They didn’t mess up the numbers, Game really sold 32K. If they did mess up, they would fix it immediately. Come back to the real world and just accept the truth that Game flopped.

      4. Says the G Unot groupie that is a media’s bitch and just takes everything they tell you. HDD messes up the numbers. As Always.

      5. Says the YMCMB/MMG groupie who can’t even back up the shit he says and resorts to lies. HDD didn’t mess up the numbers, they got it right again. Every other website that reports sales will say the same thing. You just won’t accept your favorite artist underperforming, so you just make up excuses.

      6. I called them 4 hours ago and they told me it sold 132k. The other sites go off of hitsdailydouble and they made a mistake.

      7. You didn’t call anyone. HDD said 32K and that’s final. If they made a mistake (which they didn’t), they would fix it immediately and so will other sites. If you think you got it right, why don’t you go start a blog so you can tell people what goes on instead of wasting time here?

      8. HDD is run by a team of fucking morons just like you. And HHDX is very popular. That’s why I tell people for what it is instead of the media’s sugarcoating of album sales.

      9. No, they’re run by industry professionals. You’re the real moron here since you don’t accomplish anything by trolling this website. You have no accuracy when it comes to album sales because of your bias when it comes to your favorites and least favorites. Go write in a blog to vent out your frustrations instead of wasting people time with bullshit.

    4. hip hop albums

      jhone aiko
      tinasshe

      …..ummm can you actually start doing the real billboard top 10 Hip-Hop/Rap albums pls?

    5. bad…… jeezy sold more than that in his last album first week than what he done for over a month in his latest album SMH

    6. These pathetic ass sales. 32k wtf. Jhene Aiko talking about some sold out but she sold shit. Im shocked that there are music labels period anymore major or indie. How can they profit off these numbers? Is the concert and 360 deal revenue really that good to keep these labels afloat?

      1. read the aug billboard, cd and digital sales fell an additional 14% so far in 2014 and sales have been in decline steadily the last 5 years

        these new rappers ain’t getting paid and the new fans don’t buy music, don’t expect this to last

    7. noones surprised game flopped it was a shitty ‘complication’ album..and i only put ” around that bc all his albums after his first 2-3 been complications..im sure documentary 2 wont be much different.

      1. 132k. And no, its not trash. His only wack album came with his debut and that’s because g unit wouldn’t let him do his own shit.

      2. It’s 132k and no the album isn’t trash. Documentary was wack, Doctor’s Advocate was ok, and the albums starting with lax were dope.

      3. Game’s album sold 32K and it’s trash alongside everything after LAX. The stuff he released before LAX are good.

      4. There’s morons accounting sales. Game would never sell less than 50. Game got ymcmb and mmg by his side. 50 doesn’t and even pop labels like shady and aftermath are turning him away.

      5. No, they’re experts and pros. You are the moron. Game is selling less than 50, just accept it and move on to something important.

        Also, Shady and Aftermath are not pop labels since they have no pop acts.

      6. This is fucking important. This is a case of fucking fraud right here. Game is selling more than 50 yet they decide to be real assholes and strike off 100k of game’s new album.

      7. It’s album sales. They have no impact on you. There is no fraud, it’s a website reporting the weekly sales. They said Game sold 32K and that’s how much he sold. He’s selling less than 50.

      8. Fraud certainly has an impact on game. And what if he is so depressed he chooses something that will disappoint his fans. It’s fucking fraud.

    8. No, they’re run by industry professionals. You’re the real moron here since you don’t accomplish anything by trolling this website. You have no accuracy when it comes to album sales because of your bias when it comes to your favorites and least favorites. Go write in a blog to vent out your frustrations instead of wasting people time with bullshit.

      There ain’t any professionalism in that shit. You’re the real fucking moron. You are the media’s bitch. You just believe what they tell you instead of opening your damn eyes and seeing them for what they are. Game definitely sold more than 32k, more like 132k.

      1. There sure is porfessionalism in HDD, moreso than in your comments. You’re the real moron here for spewing a bunch of conspiracy theories with no physical evidence. You probably have an aluminum foil hat on right now because you think the government is using mind control. Game sold 32K, not 132K, end of discussion. Move on to something important with your life that doesn’t revolve around the net.

      2. I never said my comments would be professional either. You on the other hand are far more based into hate for me. And this is important because this would constitute fraud right here of which game is a victim.

      3. There is no hate in my comments, I just told you facts and you got butthurt and started calling names. There is no fraud. Just move on from trolling. You’re wasting time.

      4. All I did was call you out for the media bitch that you are. Underaccounting sales is fraud and HDD will be shut down sooner or later from fraud.

      5. No, you didn’t. You made a wrong statement, I called you out on it, and you got sensitive. There is no such thing as underaccounting sales, they’re all accounted, and HDD will never be shut down (BTW, there is no fraud). You make up ludicrous statements without any evidence for us to see.

    9. I heard Jayceon Taylor can’t pay the rent! LOL

      Remember when all the Game fans were laughing at Fifs Animal Ambition numbers swearing Games indie album was gonna sell double what 50s did?

      Atleast he sold more than DJ Khaled and Rich Gang.

      1. Do not believe that bullshit that HDD is spewing out. At the end, he sold 132k plain and simple. Im suspecting the person that keeps responding to me might be working at that awful site.

      2. Why should anyone believe a troll like you who can’t even back up anything you say? HDD got it right, Game sold 32K, end of discussion.

      3. You didn’t back up anything you said. You just made up some shit. My proof is on many websites that reports album sales.

    10. Documentary, docs advocate and lax were 2 game classics and lax was a great album too… but thats all..after that its been following the trend and 200 features an album game.

    11. Karma is a bitch Game laughed at Lloyd banks when he sold 50k first week.. Now with his 32k he can be the water boy in G-Unit. Even 50’s animal ambition which was ass and was leaked for months sold more than Game. The world has finally realized

      1. Karma is a bitch indeed.

        Game dropped an Independant label compilation that sold nearly as much as the solo album of a rapper who was the biggest artist on earth in 2003, just shows you how low Curtis has fallen

    12. I hope all of you idiots realize Game sold 33k independently no video on TV no promoting. So its really not bad at all. And it was a fucking compilation not an actual album like 50’s

      1. Games been promoting it as his own, and dropping “hot” tracks for months trying to promote it, they were shitty songs and he has shitty features, the public finally caught on and it shows in the numbers, independent or not that’s brutal, even 50 who hasn’t been around for years sold more then game

      2. this was no different than any Game album with 4 dozen features, was Game himself not on every single songs on the record?

    13. Lol at Game, jeez I thought the Muslim beard and the gay nose piercing would put him over the top and sell a milli

    14. LOL, all the Game fans were saying that Game was gonna sell more than Fif, but look at him now. 50 put out Animal Ambition after five years of not putting an album out and released all the songs off the album and still sold more than Game. Haha, Game hasn’t put out a decent album since LAX anyway.

      1. No it sold 132k. Do not let HDD fool you. They made a mistake and choose to leave it as it is instead of fixing it.

    15. its the broke ass haters who got used to free mixpaes then when a nikka album come out nikkas wont go in there pocket all I know it aint game having a problem getting in that vip lol or living good how many of us can say we good like him?anyway shout out to all the broke haters who can even buy a quarter juice and chips get ur hate up lmao

      1. u know it aint funny, wen u gotta talk bout yo money….. u know it aint funny if u gotta talk bout “they” money

      2. proolly cuz this shits trash. maybe if it was good and game didn’t have 200 lame feautures tryna sound like migos flow on a song always bitin someone flow ppl wold buy his album

      3. always got someones flow and always got 200 feautures of whos hot..game went from using nas, Eminem, wutang to French, tyga and all those other lames.

    16. So Game went indie, that means about 10 dollars per CD. So his numbers like 320k for the week. Not bad at all. Assuming major labels leaves about 1 dollar per CD to artist

      1. Don’t be foolish

        Production
        Recording
        Eingeneering
        Features
        Live Musicians/Sample Clearences
        Mixing/Mastering
        Pressing/Packaging
        Distribution

        Give ITunes their 30% for ya digital copies sold and then factor in ya promo budget and other misc expenses and you lucky to make $5 which is why rappers tour year round and open up other revenue streams in fashion, liquor franchises and endorsements.

        Game won’t make a dime off this compilation.

      1. Yet he’s signed for canadian distribution over there. Birdman never lies. YMCMB signed Game. I even saw the blood money logo.

      2. E1 has operations in canada though. Game is signed to e1 for canada only while ymcmb distributes him in lovely United States.

      3. E1’s not based in Canada, though. Game is signed to E1 in the US and all countries, he is not signed to YMCMB. As much as you want him to be in that label, he’s not.

    17. So 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti, Soulja Boy, TI, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Ty Dolla Sign, French Montana, Tyga, Bobby Shmurda, Freddie Gibbs, Young Jeezy, Kevin Gates and the Game sold 33K when Animal Ambition barely had any known features and sold more just wait for Street King Immortal

      1. Good thing you aren’t mentioning sales with Quik. His shit flopped harder than a PBS documentary on rain forests.

    18. LOL at the Game groupie who’s spending all his time in the comments section trying to convince people it was 132k when it was 32k accept it your boy flopped hahaha GAME OVER

    19. Remember when Lloyd Banks done 46k first week and Game watching clowning him yet he’s done 32k first week DAMN HOMIE

      1. He even tried to mock 50 for doing 50k even though AA was initially a mixtape and 50 released every song on the album before the album dropped.

        He and 50 have never been equals never have never will their tax bracket let us know that

      2. 50’s still licking his wounds from when he got demolished by ross in sales. 180k vs less than 50k. Game’s adding on to that with 132k.

      3. Ross gonna outsell 50 again when Hood Billionaire comes out next month. Game already won and will win again when Documentary 2 comes out.

    20. There was no mistake, HDD got it right. Game sold 32K and that’s final.

      Game did not sell just 32 thousand fucking copies. He sold 132k and there was a typo. End of story.

      1. I talk to fucking HDD and they said it sold 132k. Yet they can’t fix that mistake which constitues fraud. Game ain’t flopping. You used to dickride him back when he was cool with g unit.

      2. You never talked to HDD at all. If someone told you that Game sold 132K, they’re lying. He sold 32K, get over it. I never dickride anyone, that’s you.

      3. I even spoke to soundscan for more proof and they told me it was 132k he sold. They just decided to not count 100k copies. He sold 132k copies not 32k copies.

      4. That’s also a lie. You never talked to Soundscan either and they said he did 32K. Whoever told you he did 132K lied to you. Conclusion, Game sold 32K, not 132K. You’re a groupie catching feelings because one of your favorites didn’t sell as much as you want them to be. Class dismissed.

      5. We actually did talk to this fan and yes, game did indeed sell 132k copies. We couldn’t fix the mistake in time. Apologies to game.

      6. I know that’s you, teethboy, imitating other people. The real Soundscan never talked to your groupie ass and they say Game sold 32 K, not 132K.

      7. It sold 132k copies. Their statements aren’t facts. Anyone can make bullshit up. Besides, if I were to make bullshit up, I would say he sold 1.3 million copies.

      8. It didn’t sell 132K, it sold 32K. Their statement is a fact. You’re right about one thing, anyone can make up bullshit like what you’re doing right now.

      9. 132K is already a ludicrous number. You’re making up bullshit. Leave this site now with your tail between your legs.

      10. Florida Georgia Line sold almost 200k. 132k is hardly ludicrous. It’s just what I have heard from official sources.

        You will just give up soon.

    21. There’s no way in hell Game sold 132k without a hit single, or exposure leading up to the release. It was funny once, but come on guys.

      1. He didn’t sell 132K. He sold 32K is less than his last two efforts. When will you accept that Game is falling off?

    22. E1’s not based in Canada, though. Game is signed to E1 in the US and all countries, he is not signed to YMCMB. As much as you want him to be in that label, he’s not.

      We signed him in january 2014.

      1. You’re the only one getting raped. What did the media do to you to garner this much hatred for them? The same media that promotes your favorites.

    23. Kanye: “I told Game to his face, he’s the dopiest MC out”

      Eminem: “Game, to me, is definitely one of the greatest in the game”

      Jay-Z: “Game is one of the most talented rappers out there”

      dmx – “i like Game”

      So should I listen to Kanye, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Dmx or should I listen to some broke losers on the Internet?

      I like how all of the people who hate GAME come to and search for his videos to talk shit about them. GAME may not act like it but he is capable of making good music

      LONG LIVE GAME!

      1. dmx – “i like Game” hahahahahaha

        hes going to have those quotes on his tombstone

    24. # 2. Game – Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf – 132,734 (132,734)

      #8. Hoodie Allen – People Keep Talking – 30,246 (30,262)

      #23. Chris Brown – X – 12,298 (234,907)

      #39. Lecrae – Anomaly – 8,674 (167,362)

      #42. Jeezy – Seen It All – 7,931 (219,273)

      #46. Childish Gambino – Kauai EP – 7,088 (42,573)

      #55. Jhene Aiko – Souled Out – 5,704 (121,012)

      #63. DJ Quik – The Midnight Life – 5,062 (5,097)

      #64. Tinashe – Aquarius – 4950 (23,771)

      #65. Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood – 4,917 (185,396)

      #67. Flying Lotus – Youre Dead – 4,829 (21,999)

    25. Game flopped! 32,000 hahah thats nothing! Haha he made fun of rotten apple and it sold more than that. you suck game you dont got money

      Lloyd Banks was and always will be better.

      Game flopped!

    26. Damn 32K – shit I know he paid probably 200K or more on all those features he had….He had 12 High profile artist and still only did 32K I know that production bill was high as hell and given it was INDIE I know he came out of pocket…That explains why he was dissin G Unit last night concert NIGGA NEED A BUZZ

      1. This isn’t a pop website. Anyway, she prolly only sold just like 5,000 if she was #61.

        Nobody is selling very much right now

    27. took Animal Ambition less than 6 months to reach 115K i wonder how long its gonna take Year Of The Flop to hit 100K if the album is able to reach that milestone lol

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