Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/27/2011

After powerful debut chart appearances as of late from Mac Miller, Wale and Drake albums, Yelawolf battled the Black Friday sales-rush and found different results. Mobb Deep also self-released their first studio release, an EP, in over five years. However, with many stores having sales on CDs and two R&B/Pop princesses releasing, there was a lot going in the holiday week.

Yelawolf’s Radioactive Misses A Top 25 Debut

Dxnext alum Yelawolf’s studio debut, Radioactive debuted at #27, selling over 40,000 units. The Gasden, Alabama emcee signed to Shady Records in the last year after an Interscope deal had already been announced. Still with Ghet-O-Vision, the release featured Killer Mike, Gangsta Boo and Lil Jon, along with Kid Rock and Eminem. 

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Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV Gains 10 Spots Back Into Top 15

It was 2011’s best-selling Rap album, Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter IV that really astonished charts last week. The Cash Money/Universal Motown Records release climbed 10 spots in a holiday season to reach #15. The former #1 album better-than-doubled its sales as compared to last week. Wayne’s ninth solo album features Tech N9ne, Andre 3000, Nas as well as his label-mates and Young Money proteges.

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/20/2011

#3. Rihanna –Talk That Talk – 198,000 (198,000)

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#4. Drake – Take Care – 173,000 (804,000)

#5. Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues 156,000 (156,000)

#15. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV – 59,000 (1,752,000)

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#16. LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking – 56,000 (306,000)

#27. Yelawolf – Radioactive – 41,000 (41,000)

#51. Wale – Ambition – 21,000 (256,000)

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#112. Webbie – Savage Life 3 – 9,100 (39,000)

#164. Tech N9ne Collabos – Welcome To Strangeland – 5,100 (38,000)

#189. Mobb Deep – Black Cocaine EP – 4,200 (4,300)

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_{* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.}

Will Curren$y’s independently-released Jet Life Records compilation debut in the Top 50? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.

Last Week’s Charts.