Only one release from last week’s urban report remained in the Top 10: Bruno Mars’ Doo Wops & Hooligans, which held down #9 – three spots below last week. Mars was within 5,000 of the three other recurring releases that have been alternating rankings week-to-week.
Rihanna’s Loud also dropped three spots, returning to its #11 from two weeks ago. Nicki Minaj fell three spots of her own, down to #12 with Pink Friday.
Eminem’s Recovery slide six spots during a week where a bunch of leaked material hit the Internet, believed to be from the late ’00s.
Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy fell six spots amidst a rise on the charts. Last week, former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight dropped his lawsuit against Kanye West over a 2005 stabbing that occurred at a West party in Miami.
* 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 |
| 9 | Bruno Mars | Doo Wops & Hooligans | 32,000 | 796,000 |
| 11 | Rihanna | Loud | 30,000 | 1,039,000 |
| 12 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 29,000 | 1,189,000 |
| 13 | Eminem | Recovery | 27,000 | 3,695,000 |
| 24 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy | 14,000 | 1,062,000 |
Lil Wayne‘s digital-turned-physical 2010 release I Am Not A Human Being fell nine spots to #36. T.I.‘s No Mercy dipped 20 spots to #52. The emcee and label owner’s latest album was released while he was incarcerated for probation violations earlier this year, involving drugs. The latest album from Tip features Kid Cudi, Scarface and Rocko, with production by DJ Toomp, Kanye West and Jake One.
Another Atlanta rapper, Waka Flocka Flame and his Flockaveli, continues to sell. At #66, the Brick Squad 1017/Warner Brothers release has approximately sold 217,000 copies. The debut album features Wale, Uncle Murda and French Montana, among others.
Veteran superstar Nelly is nearly halfway to gold with his 2009 5.0 release. The Universal Motown release includes #1 single “Just A Dream,” as well as appearances from Yo Gotti and longtime affiliate Murphy Lee.
Saigon‘s The Greatest Story Never Told sold another 3,300 units in its second week in stars. Created and conceptualized on Atlantic Records, Kottonmouth Kings’ Suburban Noize imprint worked with Sai to acquire the release rights to the album which sold 11,000 first-week units. Despite being on the independent label, the critically-heralded work still includes appearances by Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, Black Thought, as well as production from Just Blaze and Kanye West. The album’s FYE physical version includes a second CD with five unreleased songs.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total | |
| 36 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not A Human Being | 12,000 | 796,000 | |
| 52 | T.I. |
|
14,000 | 784,000 | |
| 66 | Waka Flocka Flame | Flockaveli | 7,400 | 217,000 | |
| 101 | Nelly | 5.0 | 5,100 | 246,000 | |
| 164 | Saigon | The Greatest Story Never Told | 3,300 |
19,000 |
With all the controversy, how will Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers sell on the charts? Can Raekwon score a Top 10 with Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang? Will WC maintain a “low profile”? Stay tuned to HipHopDX to find out.
You know shit is fucked up, when Waka Flocka gonna outsell Saigon by 200k.. Who the fuck buys that shit? Seriuosly! What the fuck is wrong with people?
Eminem sold more then Nicki, Rihanna and Kanye together. WINNING!
WINNING
WINNING yeah!
Big time winning!!! that recovery album is one his worst as well
what you been up to david styles? i want some new music son! please drop an album, fuck a jadakiss album, and sheek done blew it with that donnie g shit, so you are up to bat for d-block in my books right now ghost.
Records sales doesn’t mean you have skills. It just means you’re more popular/better marketing schemes and more promotion from the label via multiple mediums. If people want to listen to Waka over Saigon let them. It ain’t gon change anything.
you cant compare them sales waka album drop last summer
yall gotta stop getin mad cause some dude you think is hot dont sale
i only bought saigon & kwest’s albums from all the cd’s mentioned….fuckin people listen to some real fucked up shit…
Saigon is that dude from Entourage right?
what is this some kinda bullshit promotion?
yeah he is!!!! should we all go buy the album and stroke to jeremy piven and friends??!?!?!?!!
ps entoruage is gay. whaddup marky mark
Naw dude I was seriously wondering if it was the same guy.
it is, my bad. seems like somebody conveniently asks that question every page to add to buzz or something
If you only know saigon from entourage. Shoot Yourself. But it goes to show how nobody knows these street rapper nowadays. Maybe if every third dude with a fitted wasnt a rapper. There would be better discernment of music quality. Its not about the music anymore just the celebrity…ask lil b aka “genius savant”
completely agree with the saigon entourage shit. i heard of that dude in 04 -05 ish when he was buzzing hardcore and dropped that warning shots joint. that was heat. i liked that way better than the greatest story never told. that album was average to me. i aint been feeling just blaze for a minute now, and he did nothing to change my opinion that he is getting weak with his production on that album.
but yeah shit is all fucked up w/ peoples knowledge of hip hop these days.
i ain’t tryin 2 sound like a hater or nothin but i can’t picture nelly sellin them 200,000 records like that! i ain’t heard no single or nothin. Record company must of bout them albums. i ain’t got a hate bone in my body either fam!
man that album drop back in november my g homie was doing them # in the first week a couple of albums ago
you probably have heard that just a dream track like 30 times and just dont know its him. its by far the most pop and corny track hes ever dropped, and this is nelly we talking about, i have no respect for him so that is saying something.
It is weird to me too. he dropped in mid November and his first week was only 63,000 and usually sales usually decline after first week. However he did have A song called Just A Dream that was #3 on the Hot 100.
waka 200k could be gold status if had drop a couple of years ago
look like wayne gone get two platnium plats this year C4
im waitin for that killer mike an gucci to drop at months end
not even trying to hate because i actually buy cds and have already bought his but, i think they mean top 100 for raekwon. for one c’mon top ten out of everyone in the billboard 200. no way. for 2 its gay emi records and they have not shipped this out at all. best buy does not carry it. no fye or other store in my state has it yet. i mention fye cause thats the closest i got. they said something like shipping delay or something bogus like that. and two bitches dont support anymore not even the beloved wu. they just sit back and download with weak wrists.
Am I missing something or is T.I.’s record sales looking alot higher then it was a week ago? Last I checked it was under the 500,000 mark. Hiphopdx get it together.
Yep T.I. definitely did not sell that much last week he was at like 400k something bullshit
If record labels wanna see why the industry is struggling then just look at the list of albums they type about above. Record labels have been putting out the same shit from the same artists for 10 yrs now with the exception of 2-3 new artists that sound exactly like other artists. Find something new to push and maybe the industry can attract people to actually purchasing albums again.
Get a fucking job, Saigon or go back to school, or something else useful. Show business is not for everyone and now that you are a three-time loser–
It’s time to get OUT.
I’m ‘sure’ this record sold a whole 13 extra copies because it had a dogshit verse from Jay on it, woo woo.
He’s a loser? He’s making dope music and selling; what exactly are you doing? Bum ass nigga.
Shut the fuck up.Saigon is a dope emcee. 19000 is good numbers for his type of style and limited exposure. The jay verse and the whole album was good. Lyrics and words dont do numbers maybe if he was white but he’s not. Look at what sheek louch did on def jam like 3000 copies lol. This dude did 19000 independent. He keeps most of the bread at the end of it he make like 100 grand of it. Do you make that in a year?
chill with the nubers every indie deal is not the same
yall actin like he getin what master p was gettin with nolimit 100k yeah rite
lots of white cats dont do numbers. but necro does!! and i know that jew gets no less than 10 a copy. its his own label. plr records stand up and comeback
Graham, stop drinking that Hatorade….Oops, I meant your own piss you sour nigga. Its not his fault he was blackballed by the industry and so MTV and BET and Hot 97 bucketlisted his songs. They don’t ever select albums from independent labels for rotation anyway.
Don’t throw stones if you live in a Glass House
If I wanted to buy a buncha dogshit Jay-z verses, I woulda just bought Blueprint 3..burn!
To be honest, I bought that saigon album because it had some hot saigon verses
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lol @ hating on ppl that buy other artist music
Who’s pays for music in this day and age??? wtf is wrong with you people….
I bought Lasers.
fuck off asshole, i buy music to keep it from getting to the point where we have no choice what to listen to cause all our favorite emcees quit because they broken hearted over the disloyalty of their fans. OR theres nobody making music at all (as far as substance i know madonna could always be brought back for 12 million more. dont steal music dick.
Lady Gaga/Justin Beiber fans buy music. If youre content with the record labels only pushing that style of music then download on young dipshit.
Where is “the album sales dont matter” guy?
The album sales don’t matter.
Nelly’s nowhere near gold, and those T.I. numbers look inflated. I think it’s time Hiphopdx posts the numbers to indie rap albums from all genres, like Chicano, Bay Area, etc.
yeah t.i. aint even gold yet. last week his album sales were 453,000. now he sells 14,000 more and he shoots up to 784,000. i guess i learned math wrong
you learnt English wrong as well…
yep,fraud
Actually No Mercy is certified GOLD, but those numbers are wrong.
Nelly dropped an album?
amen,the math dont add up
R.I.P. Nelly’s career 🙁
does anyone know some good planet Asia albums?…..
Planet Asia’s albums:
http://www.musicmeter.nl/artist/10768
or papoose mixtapes
wacka flocka sold more then saigon…i would like to kill all of them 217,000 retards who purchase that album…this industry is going to hell and rappers are afraid to call names…i just wish someone would man up and say something…
No shots no shots, man. you dont wanna blow spots.
EXACTLY!!! a Damn Shame!
Hahaha
Well, Royce da 5’9″ did call his name out a couple times.
“New York, Jersey, Philly” joint
But I get your point, nobody in the mainstream is man enough to say anything about the DUMB music comin’ out these days.
do you miss me?
Lol, who the fuck is still buying Recovery, and I fuck wit T.I. but I doubt he sold that much. Maybe if labels actually started promoting lyricism in the mainstream they’d get better sales and we’d get better music.
your name should be ace of fails …. especially if youre implying that recovery didnt have lyricism in it
Recovery, 4 millions this summer
Yo Common when you droppin your next album?????
Word!
the dreamer the believer. looking forward to seeing that out
Gucci’s dick taste like a banana boat ice cream sundae!!!
BURRRRRRRRRR!!
Is it time to for cock meat sandwich yet Gucci????…..YES! It’s Gucci Time!!!!
Recovery is gay teeny bopper music…
Lasers my first album purchase in years!
Good music deserves it
recovery sucks cock yall only like it cuz its eminem that shit is garfunkle nigga
oh great another ignorant racist …….
or someone with a hearing disorder
LASERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
imagine Joell & Saigon sellin 100k+ first week..
key FUCKING word.. IMAGINE..
that would be DESERVED
i don’t think Lupe is going to sell very well. When the artist mentions that the label fucked up the album and he hates it, it’s going to hurt the numbers.
The album isn’t as bad as critics are making it out to be, but you can easily pick the songs Atlantic threw in there. Too much electronic shit. Couple simple radio songs with r&b hooks (the Trey Songs joint).
Bought it to support Lu, but it’s FAAAAR from his best work.
F&L II hopefully will be classic.
Lupe’s album projections are 230 000 units. one can only hope it does good (even though the album forced lupe’s comercial side).
Waka Flocka Flame – Flockaveli : 217,000.
This is sad, just sad. What kind of retards are supporting this guy?! This has nothing to do with hip hop. These people should be ashamed.
Just your average 10 year old who thinks Waka is “cool”
Eminem white skin sure as hell benefits him on the charts. With white people comprising 78% of the population and 90% of those buying hip-hop he is destined to sell no matter what type of quality he puts out. Black people better to watch out for this surge of white rappers, before hip-hop ends up like rock & roll. I know a lot of these rappers are ignorant and from the streets but this is the black man’s culture, don’t let them take it
Um ur a gay fish
Eminem sells because he is good, simple as that.
If u wud rather buy somethin by OJ Da Juiceman, Soulja Boy, The Ying Yang Twins, Waka Flocka Flame, Jim Jones, Lil Boosie, Flo Rida, Gucci Mane, Plies etc etc etc out of some retarded racial loyalty, be my guest, but im gonna buy eminem’s music over any of that bullshit.
If only white people can go platinum, then Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne are sporting some pretty impressive all-year-round tans.
Co-sign BWS-fish. Sure Em sells cuz he’s white but he also sells because he can rap. Niggas on here sayin Em platinum cuz he’s white, then what does that make Jay, Wayne, Kanye or Nicki Minaj. last time I checked they was black. Stop hatin on the white boy, he makes better music than 85% of the horrific garbage that comes out.
youre an ignorant POS garbage RACIST
NOTORIOUS R A C I S T
WHICH = IGNORANCE
When you look at the world and wonder why people are fu*ked up …. its because of ignorant people like you …. sleep on it idiot
i heard luke is overweight. with a current weight of 365 pounds. he has a big saggy chest like a girl. is what i heard
He was at a disadvantage when he came up and out, but now he has an advantage for the fact that a lot of white people that don’t really listen to hip-hop will buy an eminem album. He is still better than most of the garbage out these days though.
that’s funny because relapse didn’t do near these numbers and album sales have declined progressively since it was released.
Damn. Tip almost platinum and he just dropped in december with no promo and incarcerated. Only a few can sell like that. Numbers dont lie.Its the King
September 17th T.I. is free!!!
Until then keep buying NO MERCY and make it platinum!!!
for show! then when he get out he need to either stick to king uncaged or do a T.I. vs T.I.P. II..He got potential to go platinum first week
you gotta get this past gold first. they shipped out 500,000 but they sure as shit aint sold them all yet.
LASERS. Thats all i’m saying.
R.I.P. Notorious B.I.G.
I bought the new Lupe and was utterly let down! his first joint was the bomb. the 2nd was ok….this one was for Europeans,
FUUUUUUUCK wock “take-it-up-the-ass-by-big-dicked-bubba” flocka!!
how is lil wayne #32 with 12k sales…and t.i #56 with 14k sales???????tf
no black artist is ever gonna sell like Eminem’s kracker ass you fucking ass hole lol
FUCK THAT KRACKER!!! ITS BLACK MAGIC BITCH!!!…
FUCK THAT KRACKER!!! ITS BLACK MAGIC BITCH!!!…
r u sure No Mercy’s reported album sales are accurate? cuz last week it was closer 450k, and it doesnt seem to have sold 300k in one week.
Wow dats a shame dat flocka and nelly selling more records than saigon. I understand Wayne still got the buzz to push records without it having to be quality but I thought Nelly was a thing of the past
How T.I. gets 250 000 for 1 week?
TRUTH: Em is a dope emcee, period. I haven’t been a fan of his past 3 LPs, but I respect him for the emcee that he is, and I deserves all the sales he gets. That’s more than I can say for “WACK”A “WACK”A.
TRUTH: Saigon is a dope emcee. To have been thru what he’s been thru and still drop and LP that was held up for years says alot for the dude. Plus the fact that The Greatest Story Never Told is 100% fire is a testament to his tenacity. Props to him and Just Blaze for delivering what a hip hop LP should sound like!
TRUTH: Alot of cats on here were shouting SAIGON! REAL MUSIC! I’M GONNA COP THAT! Yet he’s only at 19K sold. Half the cats hollerin on here probably downloaded it illegally anyway. I copped mine from the Best Buy!
i copped mine from fye for the bonus disc. 11.99 wasnt bad
I’ve never been an Eminem fan. Personally, I think he raps like Weird Al Yankovic. To say I dislike his music is an understatement. My dislike aside, I respect his accomplishments which are undoubtadly attributed in-part by race.
All you are lame as hell, you think eminem only sells because he is white? dont get me wrong… it helps. But people will buy your shit if you put out good music. Shit back when pac was alive he could have went platinum on a blank disc. A lot of people will buy the album based on prior records. And eminem tends to murder rappers on songs. I.E. Wayne on NO LOVE. Drake, Kanye, Wayne on FOREVER. And if you want to make it racial, then im gonna say the reason why no one gives him credit is because he is white. For the record my 2 favorite rappers are 2Pac & Eminem. ANYBODY RACIST AGAINST WHITES, BLACKS, MEXICANS OR ANYONE ELSE CAN EAT A DICK!
UUUUUM no we dont and are you retarded be eazy yo aiight its just life or should i say business at the end of the day you do what you gotta do to stay paid.
THIS argument of DOES EMINEM SELL BECAUSE HE IS WHITE?..is a losing battle..he once was a GOOD artist..his first two albums..very good..his last 4..not entertaining and beat selection-poor..any other rapper with those credentials wouldn’t even be talked about..hiphop is a sport..and EMINEM’S TRACK RECORD IS VERY THIN..U SAY HE KILLED WHOEVER ON A TRACK..THEN WHY DO DJ’S NOT EVEN PLAY HIS PART IN THE CLUB..IF HE WAS “KILLIN” THESE DUDES..HIS VERSE WOULD GET TOP-BILLIN..RAP IS GLOBAL NOW..ITS DEFINITELY MORE “WHITE AND NON-BLACK” CONSUMERS WHO BUY HIS SHIT..URBAN RADIO STATIONS DONT EVEN TOUCH HIS SHIT..ITS NOT BECAUSE HE WHITE..ITS BECAUSE HIS SHIT IS WACK..THE INDUSTRY AND MAGAZINES WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE…THEY ALSO TRIED TO SELL “ELVIS” AS THE “KING OF ROCK” WHEN HE WAS JUST DOIN BAD INTERPRETATIONS OF MORE TALENTED ARTISTS..NOT EVEN SAYIN EMINEM CANT RAP OR AS HIS FANS LIKE TO PUT IT”MAKE COMPLEX RHYME SCHEMES”..BULLSHIT ASIDE..HIS MUSIC HAS NO KNOCK IN SIGHT AND I DONT KNOW WHERE U LIVE BUT CHICAGO-BEIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAP IS A GOOD JUDGE OF WHAT THE COUNTRY LISTENS TOO..WE FUCK WIT THE EAST COAST SHIT..THE DOWN SOUTH SHIT..THE MIDWEST SHIT..ANY OTHER RAPPER WOULD HAVE BEEN GOT THE FALL-OFF CARD..BUT “EMINEM” AVOIDS THIS WITH MEDIOCRE MUSIC AND NO HITS..HMMMM
dude calm down lmao no one’s gonna read that
stop hating on waka flocka he is like lil jon he doesnt have great rap skills his music is hype/crunk music bow bow bow flocka