Emcee-turned-singer veteran Everlast and his just-released singer-songwriter album, Songs Of The Ungrateful Living was the lone new album to debut on the Top 200 of the charts, from a Rap artist – even though it’s not a Hip Hop album per se. Jay-Z & Kanye West are likely a week away from the 1,000,000 mark with Watch The Throne, giving each their latest platinum plaque.
Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter IV climbed the three spots it lost last week, back to #6, still the only Hip Hop/Rap album in the Top 10. The platinum works features the likes of Tech N9ne, Andre 3000 and Nas, as the top-selling 2011 Hip Hop/Rap release.
Cole World: The Sideline Story by J. Cole sold over 20,000 fourth-week units. Backed by Sony Records, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation flagship held the #11 spot. Largely self-produced, the Fayetteville, North Carolina native’s album featured Drake and Missy Elliott, in addition to Jay.
Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne slipped three spots to #16. The Roc-A-Fella alumni’s first collaborative album features production contributions from 88-Keys, RZA and Lex Luger.
Jay’s wife Beyonce and her 4 climbed three to rejoin the Top 20. The pregnant Pop/R&B superstar’s fourth solo offering features an appearance by Outkast’s Andre 3000, along with production from Kanye West and his production team – including Jeff Bhasker, as well as a writing credit to former G.O.O.D. Music artist Consequence.
Dance/Pop/Rap group LMFAO’s sophomore album, Sorry For Party Rocking is headed towards 200,000 units sold. The Interscope Records group, co-founded by the iconic Motown Records’ Barry Gordy’s grandson, worked with will.i.am and Busta Rhymes on their latest album, which charted at #22, gaining eight spots.
* 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 |
| 6 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter IV | 35,000 | 1,586,000 |
| 11 | J. Cole | Cole World: The Sideline Story | 24,000 | 328,000 |
| 16 | Jay-Z & Kanye West | Watch The Throne | 19,000 | 994,000 |
| 20 | Beyonce | 4 | 14,000 | 863,000 |
| 22 | LMFAO | Sorry For Party Rocking |
13,000 | 183,000 |
Eminem and Royce Da 5’9‘s first full-length album, Hell: The Sequel, (as Bad Meets Evil) sold another 9,000 units. The gold-certified Shady/Interscope Records project is marching towards 600,000 units sold. The album features Bruno Mars and Slaughterhouse.
La Coka Nostra/House of Pain’s Everlast and his sixth solo album, Songs of The Ungrateful Living grabbed a Top 50 debut. The onetime protege of Ice-T and Rhyme Syndicate worked with veteran Kurupt/Tha Dogg Pound producer Fred Wreck and H.O.P.’s DJ Lethal on this project, released by Martyr Inc.
In his second week on the charts, Aphilliates Music Group co-founder DJ Drama‘s latest work, Third Power held down a Top 100 spot. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who has been in Atlanta for over a decade released his third solo album, and first in over two years. Wiz Khalifa, J. Cole and Wale are among the guests on Mr. Thanksgiving’s first studio album since leaving Atlantic Records after two works with T.I.’s Grand Hustle subsidiary.
Drama’s E1 Entertainment label-mate Styles P held strong for a third week with Master of Ceremonies. The L.O.X./D-Block alum’s fourth studio album features production from Warren G, Ty Fyffe and Reefa, with Jadakiss and Sheek Louch appearing.
Lastly, Reach Records star Lecrae will likely cross the 125,000 mark next week with his 2010 album Rehab. The Atlanta, Georgia-based Christian emcee has found pinnacle success with the six-figure-selling album.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 42 | Bad Meets Evil (Eminem & Royce Da 5’9) | Hell: The Sequel |
9,200 | 583,000 |
| 46 | Everlast | Songs of The Ungrateful Living |
8,900 | 8,900 |
| 90 | DJ Drama | Third Power | 4,200 | 14,000 |
| 153 | Styles P | Master of Ceremonies | 2,700 | 18,000 |
| 185 | Lecrae | Rehab |
2,200 | 124,000 |
Now without Stoupe on the beats, will Jedi Mind Tricks get the numbers needed to chart in Violence Begets Violence? Will JMT’s AOTP brethren Reef The Lost Cauze crack the charts on the same release date approach? Stay tuned to HipHopDX to find out.
Damn not even a mention of games RED album……..=FLOP
whats funny is all the people who say record sales dont mean shit anymore. saying that it was a classic. game was the one to guarantee 500k first week and this nigga wont even make 300k ever hahahahaha
yeah he did say he was going gold in a week hahaah
Its a shame too cus that shit hot!
CONGRATS TO LECRAE CUZ I NEVER THOUGHT GOSPEL RAP WOULD SELL AS MUCH AS WORLDLY MUSIC.
^^^110%
J. Cole might go gold.
he will
lol. too bad he ain’t going platinum like all his fans were bragging.
Shut the fuck up. NOBODY was bragging about that, you fucktard. YOU are the ones who raise the bar EVERY single time he accomplishes something. You guys said he wouldn’t even touch 100k. Now this nigga is going gold with his debut in 2011(!!!) and you lame fucks say he won’t go plat. If he’d reach platinum status, you would say he doesn’t achieve that for another time. Kill yourself, it’s a COLE WORLD!!!
red album chart history 1,8,76,100, hahaha
that shit cray on a kamikaze mission
why yall talking about game he can have all the internet fans in the world but from his album sales red and lax he is no longer uhmm whats that big word these kids use not classic uhm relevan.hahahah
^^^ typo RELEVANT
Fuck that j.cole gone get close to 800,000
lol now you stans are happy for gold and almost platinum. cole ain’t touching 800,000 this year, so stop will the lame props.
styles p 18,000 total…LOL!!! see what u get for making a garbage album styles.
album sales dn’t tell da whole story!
Its a COLE WORLD get a blanket!
lol
lol stop the fake hype
cant wait for wale ambition to drop he should do good numbers the album sounds bangin
GAME GOT THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR STOP THE HATE GO OUT AND GET IT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!
hell no cali said fuck game.so he can stop screamin westcoas. go to miami with weezy and drake
to the garbage ass song martians vs. goblins, he’s such a posing bitch, rapping like Tyler in that song. R.E.D. sucks
COLE WORLD is the album of 2011!! lets keep it 100
plus he’ll go GOLD!!! COLE WON! haters eat your heart out
lmao @ album of 2011, quit being biased
i agree cole world was a hott album but i think my man wale gonna have the album of the year bro go get both those albums hiphop on a come back!
um, big sean and wiz khalifa went gold as well, plus had singles go gold as well as platinum. all you cole stans were saying he would be platinum b the end of the year, but now y’all happy for struggling to go gold lol.
game album was only hot with internet bloggers the real world dont give a fuck about him.in the real world he was just a aftermath and g-unit pawn.dre didnt even produce on the album or let him get back on the label dre has not worked with game since the documentry NO BEATS BY DRE.why you think dre let him go because game is not a writer red was bullshit every song he copied a nigga flow.game gets features but wont be featured hahah
Damn, that last sentence was fucking hard. Nobody outside the internet listens to this nigga anymore.
What is Dre doing, erh non producing or exploiting niggaz!
Niggas better be worried bout that God Forgives I Don’t. Ross ready to drop the bomb on hip hop. Shit gon be another classic from Rozay. Port of Miami, Teflon Don, Deeper Than Rap, all classic albums niggas. Hate all you want!
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
only bomb thats gonna drop is his fat ass off the charts nicki his ghost writer fuck a boss
what happened to nappy roots?
OH NOBODY WANTS TO MENTION THAT LECRAE IS OUTSELLIN ALL YA FAVORITE RAPPERS? OK, JUST THOUGHT I’D POINT THAT OUT *WALKS AWAY*
yes sir i salute
WHY CALI DONT FUCK WITH GAME?
he with tha extra’s
Niggas better be worried bout that God Forgives I Don’t. Ross ready to drop the bomb on hip hop. Shit gon be another classic from Rozay. Port of Miami, Teflon Don, Deeper Than Rap, all classic albums niggas. Hate all you want!
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
are u 12
HA HA HA HA HA HA
real talk that album is going to be a classic. ross is going to do some amazing numbers and 50 cent is going to brick if he drops in december. 50 is just going to make excuses and not bring it until next then still flop.
THAT ALBUM AINT GONNA DO SHIT ON THE CHARTS HE WILL GET HIS FIRST WEEK NUT OFF BUT THATS IT HE NEVER WENT PLATINUM AND HE WONT GO PLAT THIS TIME
So glad for Royce and nothing but respect to Eminem for dropping that lyrical masterpiece.
dont over due it, the album was not a master piece or any way near..
lol hater the bad meets evil was close to a classic
Wow, Lil Wayne still in the top ten after 2 months. I guess the haters were wrong talking about Birdman buying albums. I’m surprised after H.A.M., Otis and that other single, that WTT has taken over 3 months to get close to platinum. They have performed on almost every major music show and have been on a nationwide tour for 3 months already. J Cole has been tour with Drake, Jay Z, Rihanna and now WTT tour, but he hasn’t hit gold yet. Wtf?
wtt been platinum if you rely on this site for your info then you are a sheep go to the main source which is the riaa.WTT HAS ONE OFFICIAL SINGLE AND THAT IS OTIS.WITH ALL THE SINGLES OFF THE CARTER 4 YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD HAVE SOLD MORE.THE WTT TOUR STARTS IN 2 DAYS SO IDK WHAT TOUR YOU TALKIN ABOUT MISS INFO HAHAH
Lol, homey had all kinds of facts messed up in his post
You just plain stupid, write a comment if you sure ’bout the facts!Make sure its not foolish too.
dont worry man j.cole will go gold whether its toward the end of this year or in the early months of 2012 i mean he’s already this close at 328,000 copies so far so he’s doing good could have been better but good especially for a rookie mc all of yall who are supportin j.cole i’m glad you are cause he is a talented rap artist and has so much potential to be a even better rap artist in the years to come just keep supportin j.cole yall and continue to buy as many copies of his album as u can afford to allow him to reach gold status and eventually platinum status cause cole deserves it for two and a half years of hard work and dedication to be able to even release his debut album with all the odds against him barely no productions, no radio play for his singles, and not being hyped up or just thought of as underrated look at him now first album debut at number 1 and sold 218,000 copies in the first week he wasn’t predicted to sale even close to that much well the predictions were off yep j.cole is gettin paper and he’s already workin on his second album which he said he plans to release it in june 2012 i hope that date holds, j.cole is really on his grind right now keepin that roc nation ship a float continue to keep up the good work man cause it pays off one way or another
First off these are ONLY USA sales…Lady GaGa is the #1 selling artist of 2011.she has sold now 2.5mil World Wide..
Beyonce is next..860k USA sales and another 900k Overseas. Then Weezy then Watch the Throne….. PLUS the singles that are charting on BILLBOARD. artist such as J.COLE,BIG SEAN,WIZ,LUPE,WALE they all did very well in this day and era…
Check out some Real Hip-Hop(Video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUskdiOBSrg
Glad to see J.Cole’s on his way to gold!
Who in the Muthafuck is LMAO???!!!!!
lmfao?…
could have easily typed this into google….
lmfao and the carter 4 should not have that much sold and watch the throne and hell:the sequel should not have that little sales just saying
word
word up
Look at all of these bootleg buying, torrent downloading stans talking about who they want to go gold or platinum! LOL!
hahah true
Top 3 rappers
R.A The Ruggedman
Jeru the Damaja
J Cole
first two suck buffalo balls
R.A. the Rugged Man is way overrated
check out the new hottest artist from the midwest http://www.datpiff.com/Don-Gritty-Chef-Boy-ar-gritty-mixtape.275854.html
i WTT be certified plat for almost a month shit stll havent sold a mil
niggaz in paris is wack as fuck C4 aint all that but its better then that shit
But Watch the Throne has 1 mill of shipments, that’s why it’s plat
RED is the album of this year fuck that gay cole shit