Eminem‘s Relapse [click to read] gained over 140,000 third-week sales. The artist, expected to go gold within a month on shelves, was only topped by Dave Matthews Band‘s latest album, whose frontman publicly endorsed Em‘s release to HOT97‘s Peter Rosenberg.
Beyonce made a surge for the top of the charts, re-entering the Top 25 in her 29th week on the charts with I Am… Sasha Fierce [click to read]. Keri Hilson gaine two spots, with her In A Perfect World… [click to read] debut heading towards 350,000 units sold.
Falling 12 places, Redman & Method Man‘s [click to view] sequel, Blackout 2 [click to read], sold approximately 14,000 third week units. The Def Jam release, featuring production from veterans such as Havoc, Pete Rock and Erick Sermon, fell over 10 places. Def Jam label-mate Rick Ross [click to read] fell 12 spots with his Deeper Than Rap [click to read] third album.
* please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandeth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 | Eminem | Relapse |
141,000 | 962,000 |
| 23 | Beyonce | I Am… Sasha Fierce |
16,000 | 2,021,000 |
| 25 | Keri Hilson | In A Perfect World… | 16,000 | 327,000 |
| 30 | Redman & Method Man | Blackout 2 | 14,000 | 92,000 |
| 40 | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap | 12,000 | 316,000 |
Jadakiss’ [click to read] The Last Kiss [click to read] heads towards 300,000 overall units. With a D-Block album coming next week, ‘Kiss‘ numbers could do some interesting movement in weeks to come. Cam’ron‘s [click to read] Crime Pays [click to read] approaches 75,000 overall units sold.
DJ Drama [click to read] cracked 30,000 overall in his third week of his Gangsta Grillz sequel. J Dilla debuted in the Top 100, with his posthumous Nature Sounds release Jay Stay Paid [click to read]. The officially-endorsed album by the Yancey family [click to read] sold approximately 5,000 units.
Gorilla Zoe [click to read] finally eclipsed 100,000 overall units with his Don’t Feed Da Animals [click to read].
Other Notables
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 73 | Jadakiss | The Last Kiss |
7,100 | 284,000 |
| 90 | Cam’ron | Crime Pays | 5,800 | 72,000 |
| 65 | DJ Drama | Gangsta Grillz: The Album, Part 2 | 7,400 | 30,600 |
| 96 | J Dilla | Jay Stay Paid | 5,400 | 5,800 |
| 150 | Gorilla Zoe | Don’t Feed Da Animals | 3,400 | 102,000 |
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