Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/28/2013

    Jay-Z was within 20,000 units of holding the #1 title for the third straight week with Magna Carta Holy Grail. Instead, he was challenged by Pop princess Selena Gomez, whose Stars Dance owned the charts this week.

    With Jigga at #2, the crucial addition in the week came from his on-again, off-again friends and nemeses at Cash Money/Young Money Records. YMCMB released their first compilation in over a decade with Rich Gang. The crew project grabbed a Top 10 debut, as a true coming out party for the labels’ newer acts such as Busta Rhymes, Limp Bizkit and former No Limit Records rival, Mystikal.

    Wu-Tang Clan member U-God missed the Top 200 with his latest, Keynote Speaker, which released on RZA’s Soul Temple Records. Additionally, Chamillionaire’s self-released Reign Fall EP also missed the 2,200-unit threshold to hit the Top 200 this week.

    YMCMB Is One Rich Gang

    Bryan “Birdman” Williams & Ronald “Slim” Williams’ Cash Money Records released Baller Blockin’ in 2000. The soundtrack featured the label’s acts and close associates. Almost 13 years later, the label (along with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Records) released their latest compilation, Rich Gang. Ironically, Wayne and Birdman are the only carryovers between the two releases.

    Among YMCMB’s “friends,” included Future, Chris Brown, Kendrick Lamar and French Montana. The album was also integral to label acts who have yet to release solo albums: Bow Wow, Detail, Caskey, Gudda Gudda, Cory Gunz and YM president Mack Maine. Notably absent from the effort is Drake, who Nicki Minaj cryptically spoke about, in regards to his relationship with the label he’s released three retail solo LPs.

    Rich Gang, which includes “Paint Tha Town,” scanned nearly 25,000 units, appearing in the Top 10. This out-performed Baller Blockin’, an album that would achieve gold certification the year it was released.

    Cash Money Is An Army, Better Yet A Navy

    Rich Gang marked the second consecutive Top 10 debut for Cash Money Records. Last week, the label’s newly-acquired Ace Hood released Trials & Tribulations to career-best chart positions and first-week sales amidst the success of “Bugatti.” In its sophomore week, the former Def Jam Records artist’s fourth album fell 22 spots, selling over 10,000 units in its second week.

    Also on the charts from the YMCMB family is Drake’s double-platinum Take Care (#166), and Lil Wayne’s gold-certified, I Am Not A Human Being II (#69). With Jay Sean’s Neon release yesterday (July 6), the label has brought six projects to retail in 2013.

    Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/28/2013

    #2. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 77,000 (735,000)

    #9. YMCMB & Friends – Rich Gang – 24,000 (24,000)

    #13. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 21,000 (526,000)

    #15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 18,000 (950,000)

    #20. Wale – The Gifted – 13,000 (268,000)

    #24. Kanye West – Yeezus – 12,000 (487,000)

    #26. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations – 11,000 (44,000)

    #55. Mac Miller –  Watching Movies With The Sound Off – 6,500 (162,000)

    #61. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 6,100 (980,000)

    #69. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II – 5,300 (529,000)

    * data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.

    Will Tech N9ne get his #1 in Something Else? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.

    Last Week’s Album Sales.

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    186 thoughts on “Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/28/2013

    1. JOE BUDDEN SOLD MORE THAN RICH GANG!

      ACE HOOD MIGHT BE OFF THE CHARTS COMPLETELY AFTER NEXT WEEK LMAO!!

      WHERES FRENCH MONTANA?

    2. 4 MORE WEEKS FOR KENDRICK HE GOT THIS IN THE BAG! I MIGHT GO BUY SOME EXTRA COPIES OF MAD CITY AND GIVE IT TO YOUR MOMS

    3. As an accountant for YMCMB I can confirm that the sales for Rich Gang were underaccounted. We had already received over 900k pre-orders for the album and they will be accounted for in next weeks sales. Kanye bombed cant even hit gold. Gay-Z bombed he got outsold by a pop singer! Kendrick lamar bombed cant even hit platinum his sales have declined each week. Wayne still outselling niggas. YMCMB have 4 albums on the billboard 200! that is why we run the industry. which other label has that many albums charting this high? and selling multi platinum records. ONLY YMCMB

      1. I am an accountant for YMCMB, not a bitch. I do not tell lies. I am speaking from the numbers. Numbers dont lie. I have been up all night in my office counting up the numbers we are looking to hit 900k at LEAST by next week.

      2. I am not a dickrider. You are just a hater of me and YMCMB because we are making money and hits.

      1. Probably Macklemore, Kendrick is looklin like it will be about 4 weeks and Macklemore should have it in 3!

        Cant they still moving almost 20k each week!

      2. Thought of this a couple months ago, and my prediction was they’d go plat same week. Looks like that’s the case.

    4. How you only move 24k records with all these features

      Lil Wayne, Birdman, Nicki Minaj, Future, French Montana, T.I., Rick Ross, Game, Flo Rida, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, R. Kelly, Yo Gotti, Meek Mill, Busta Rhymes, Mack Maine, Tyga, Limp Bizkit, Mystikal, Bow Wow, Jae Millz, Ace Hood, Cory Gunz, Gudda Gudda and Caskey??????

      Good thing Birdman didn’t pay any of those people for their work or this project would be a colossal failure financially!!! Though I’m sure Dentandamboy will try to say otherwise

      1. as an accountant for YMCMB I can confirm that we had a large amount of pre-orders which will be accounted for in next weeks sales and the album will be selling over 900k. The features were all for free, Kendrick begged to be on the album so he could get some more fans. Because everyone knows that YMCMB are the most known label in the industry and have the most fans thats why we sell the most records

    5. Glad to see U-God flopped. Thats what happens when you release your album on a label that preys on their customers and fans trying to support music. I downloaded that shit for free and I suggest you all do to!!!

      BOYCOTT SOUL TEMPLE MUSIC, like it on facebook, its up to 211 members who all got fucked out of their money by Bob Perry and RZA

      1. his shit flopped cuz he aint got a following. who from Wu sells these days? I bought 12 Reasons to Die from that label got a free tape and comic to go with it, cant complain

      2. Ghost was able to make the top 200.

        and you are in the minority because i’m still waiting for my 7 vinyl records, 2 cds, 1 cassette, 1 poster, 1 comic book and 1 t-shirt that i PRE-ORDERED in april

    6. Young Money 142,000
      Rich gang 23,000
      that shit is terrible…
      BTW, Magna carta should be hitting double platinum soon.

    7. When I saw rich gang, I thought about versus from MCHG:

      “Hey sucka nigga, wherever you are
      I thought about you, fool, while I was driving my car
      I wonder if you fools realize how far, you are
      You’re no where in my rear mirror

      Your last shit ain’t better than my first shit
      Your best shit ain’t better than my worst shit
      The truth in my verses versus
      Your metaphors about what your net worth is

      Ha ha ha ha ha!”

      1. when I saw those lame ass lyrics I thought of the song “Sucka Nigga” by Tribe. Jay-Z been wack for 10 years

      1. no one believes you. you have no credibility. you spend ALL DAY posting and responding to comments on here with lies you make up. get a fucking life! go outside enjoy the summer!

      2. What’s bullshit about Rich Gang selling 900k copies, Drake staying at ymcmb, fathers and sons kissing, and Jay Sean going gold 1st week?

    8. Are they forgetting about the album “We Are Young Money” That album did just come out a few years ago right? And they both are not at all good. I’m just confused why they kept saying the first comp in over a decade.

    9. i am leaving YMCMB when my contract is up, that is why i did not appear on this album. Birdman is a vulture and has people under slave contracts. Jay Z wanted me to come to Roc Nation but i’ma start my own movement

      OVO

      1. LOOL DAMN although I fuck with Slaughterhouse the fact is rich gang had all these monster features

      1. Mac Miller didnt flop he independently sold more than Major label releases from Tyga, French Montana, Ace Hood and Rich Gang to name a few

    10. Who will hit the 1 million mark first, Kendrick Lamar or Macklemore? Stay tuned every Wednesday.

      1. At this pace, Macklemore will sell a million before Kendrick and will outsell him in the long run.

      2. Who cares ymcmb all day !!! Drakes album is going to make up for the flops bitchesss!!!!!!

    11. 1 week and J Cole will outless Lil Wayne overall, and his album is newer

      Kendrick outsold Wayne

      Macklemore outsold Wayne

      Jay-Z outsold Wayne

      Rich Gang flopped

      It is over for YMCMB, sorry faggots

    12. #2. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 77,000 (735,000)

      #9. YMCMB & Friends – Rich Gang – 24,000 (24,000)

      #13. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 21,000 (526,000)

      Real people want real music, the jig is up.

      1. we’re talking about this weeks sales

        French ain’t in the top 200 and likely sold a few hundred copies at the most. Hes not in this conversation

      2. I was referring to overall sales actually, and I didn’t feel like copy and pasting 50 different albums I could use as examples. I figured 3 would be enough to make my point, but yes French flopped.

      1. thats not surprising though! JOE BUDDEN SOLD MORE THAN RICH GANG

        ODD FUTURE SOLD MORE THAN RICH GANG

    13. LMAO looks like dentaldamboy’s losing it with all the ym flops this year, that sad troll’s not gonna have any material in a year when ym’s out of the game

    14. As an accountant for YMCMB, I can confirm that rich gang actually sold 900k first week. YMCMB got the most albums on billboard. we STAY WINNING. platinum next week! before kendrick,wacklemore and gay z gay cole

    15. you notice that entire crew cant do shit without me wayne moving units but the music is trash so only dick riders buying that bullshit Montana flopped my nigga ace need to hang it up khaled album flopped tyga flopped I didn’t juimp on this new trash and see what happens.

    16. HOW DO THESE GUYS RUN SHIT WHEN THEY PUT OUT TRASH MUSIC THE JIG IS UP ITS OVER A CARTER 5 ALBUM COULDNT SAVE THIS SINKING SHIP

    17. looks like the decline of ymcmb is finally evident.. tyga, ace hood and rich gang albums all flopped.. wayne went gold in four months while jay did that in a week without any radio singles or music videos.. and drake, the label’s biggest star beside wayne, didn’t want to lower his standards to be a part of one of the worst albums to drop this year.. and dj khaled will be putting out another flop after that ridiculous proposal stunt.. only drake can save them now, but he needs to put out another single since started from the bottom lost its buzz already..

    18. 24k wtf I thought they had this rap shit on lock 24k bwahahahahahah and we all know its a fake birdman album ahah

      1. like Catherine replied I am inspired that any body can profit $5753 in one month on the internet. have you read this link ——> WEP6(dot)COM

    19. Im impressed at Rich Gang’s accomplishment. It managed to flop even harder than Ace Wood despite far more bankable names.

    20. im pretty confident tech will finally sell well this time. I been watchin this dude for over a decade now and I always said I wonder why he aint popular, but since k.o.d came out that’s when I seen the incline

    21. Looks like YMCMB’S fans are single-ly drained. The only people that bought that album were the trolls on this site

    22. Truth is there are too many rappers out….mostly deadman music, graveyard dark soundtracks of a violent demise…plenty of expression, but lack of artistry and charisma. If you lucky enuff to make bread off a hot single and mixtape, tour, stack the cheese, enjoy the ride, don’t spend the money, take yo ass to college…doctor, lawyer, classic occupations…the rap game is a great place for business/college tuition money if you manage to make some hot shit.

      1. I can’t believe I just read this comment. Mostly, I see ignorant shit on this website but your comment stood out the most to me. That’s a very profound way to put that. I agree with 100% of everything you typed. Most people don’t understand business. Preach brother!

    23. Something Else is the album of the year hands down…im curious what Eminem’s cooks in his lair

    24. I don’t co-sign with what i’m hearin’.. i’m not no YMCMB fan but i think its too early to say they over.. yea Tyga lasy album didnt do good with record sales n hit singles.. yea rich gang flopped.. but it all starts at the foundation wayne INAHB 2 fen to go gold n dats a throw away lp.. u gotta wait n see now if Drake dnt do big #’s n have 4-5 hit records like he usually does the n i can say its kind of over also.. u still got nicki she does #’s then wayne got da highly waited Carter 5 so really time will tell if they reign is over.. i think 2 mo years at da most.. if so they had a great run they been killin the radio n charts for like 4-5 years st8.. but like i say time will tell.. but to me MMG Good music n roc nation is better then YMCMB n are the reason for their decline also besides wayne n drake n cory gunz dhey dnt put out quality music nicki too inconsistent but yea i think its too early to say they over like da other great rap crews Death row,No limit,ruff ryders,roc a fella and G-unit realtalk

    25. As an accountant for YMCMB, I must report that all sales of Rich Gang’s album have been overaccounted. It is really going to sell only 1k copies worldwide. Now excuse me while I’ll go clean up cleaning Lil Wayne’s bathroom as my daily routine as I’m a janitor of YMCMB

      1. Ok if that makes you feel better at night. Get off YMCMB’s dicks man thats a label for kids to enjoy. Grown folks dont listen to weak ass shit

    26. All Jay-z does is go platinum. He doesn’t go multi platinum like he use too. I think the Black album was his last album to do that. B all his albums from Reasonable Doubt all the way to Magna Carta(it will in a month or two) went platinum or better. Not to mention his album with Kanye, R.Kelly(2), and Linkin Park. That sixteen albums to sell a millie, along with his mash up albums. Not to sound like a dick rider, but that is some impressive shit. He usually brags and boast alot on his albums and usually just raps about material stuff for the most part, but he definitely has had an legendary career. And its still going.

    27. congrats to my nigga macklemore for getting that indie money and platinum plaque. cole is already gold and kanye will be gold next week

    28. So we have 3 gold albums released this year from hip-hop (Born Sinner, I Am Not A
      Human Being II and Magna Carta Holy Grail, though it’ll probably
      go platinum in a few weeks) with a near fourth on the way to gold as well (Yeezus)

      And we still have Drake comin’ with Nothing Was The Same and Eminem supposed new album
      comin’ this year as well.

      Not bad…..

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    29. Drake type of nigga to go to a jail and slam the soap on the shower floor.
      Drake the type of nigga to wave at the police.
      Drake the type of nigga to bring roses to a strip club.
      Drake’s the type of nigga that reminds the teacher he has detention.
      Drake is the type of nigga who sets his alarm to 11:11 to make a wish.
      Drake the type of nigga that tell his girl before sex, “we dont have to do this.
      Drake the type of nigga who struggles to decide which end of the burrito to eat.
      Drake the type of nigga to spray cologne to air then shimmy into the mist.
      Drake the type of nigga to test the water with his toes before he goes in to the pool.
      Drake the type of nigga that plays grand theft auto without using cheat codes.
      Drake the type of nigga who lets a fish go after catching it.
      Drake is the type of nigga to fart when he’s home alone and say excuse me”
      Drake the type of nigga to bring the teacher an apple to class.
      Drake the type of nigga who keeps a diary.
      drake the type of nigga who stops at traffic lights in GTA.
      Drake the type of nigga that cries after watching Titanic.
      Drake that type of nigga that drops the joint during a rotation.
      Drake the type of nigga that sucks a dick and calls the other nigga gay.
      Drake the type of nigga to get slapped by his girl and say, ” i deserved that.
      Drake the type of nigga that’ll have his mom pick him up from work.

      1. You don’t deserve to use Eye Control’s name homie, people like you who started posting under his name is the reason he stopped posting.

      2. You need a life homie. You the definition of loser for wasting your time typing up all that corny shit. Probably typed the whole thing with your two index fingers too.

    30. I REMEMBER SEEING Wayne and Young Money on the Monique show a few years ago, it was about 25 acts within the group, none of them actually put albums out other then Drake, Nikki,and Tyga, YMCMB sign a bunch of nigga and just sit on them, I remember late last year Baby saying he putting out 50 albums in 2013, these nigga run is over

    31. You YMCMB haters are fucking idiots. Because Im an accountant for Cash Money Records, I spend a lot of time with Birdman. What some of you may not know is Michael Jackson was planning on signing to YMCMB at the time of his death. He had even changed his stage name to Mic Jackin. He was planning on releasing 2 Major albums of hard hitting Trap shit, one a collaborative album with Lil Wayne titled Trap Kids.

      Since Michaels demise Cash Money records have actually teamed up with NASA and are creating a Global headquarters in Space and on the Moon. The reason for this is to create a new genre of hiphop called Zero Gravity Rap.

      Lil Wayne was hospitalized because during his first zero gravity rap training session he rapped so hard he created a Blackhole that nearly engulfed him. The universe was not ready for his talent so it tried to take him, luckily all it got was his chain and a couple of Big Mac vouchers. All you haters are gonna be sorry soon YMCMB will be so big it will have its own gravitational pull meaning you will be drawn into it no matter what you do.

      1. you posted this at 4 in the morning…but yea man that sucks about the chain and the big mac vouchers though

      2. I was up late at the office, dealing with the all the money we are getting in the sales for RICH GANG album, so I am here doing my work on this website too.

      3. One of the most entertaining troll posts on this website. Congratulations, although that’s not what you were going for..

      4. The same old shit… I swear you got this bullshit copied on a Word document somewhere and just revert back to My Documents>Bullshit_To_Paste.doc

    32. A hip hop magazine such as this (HIPHOPDX) should respect the hustle of Jigga and include thos Samsung numbers, I expect mainstream not to get it, but OUR own kind should understand we get how we can get it! #newrules

    33. As an accountant for YMCMB I can confirm that rich gang is going to be the highest selling compiliation album of the decade. we beat out good music and MMG. We have the highest quality of tracks. each with its perfection and we did not even need drake! if he leaves YMCMB his album will bomb.

      1. 24K copies sold YES it is on its way to “GREAT” things lol fuck outta here faggot lol you pathetic

    34. Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope) 130-140k
      Five Finger Death Punch (Prospect Park) 95-105k
      Tech N9ne (Strange Music) 55-60k
      Backstreet Boys (K-Bahn) 50-55k
      Emblem3 (Syco/Columbia) 40-45k

    35. TECH WILL NOT DEBUT AT NUMBER ONE. NEVER. AND IT’S SAD THAT YOU CAN STILL FING OVER 50K PEOPLE SUPPORTING FAKE ASS UNTALENTED DEVIL WORSHIPPER. HE TRIES TO CONVINCE US THAT HE BELIVES IN GOD BUT WHY IS HIS MUSIC SO DARK AND WHY HE DRESSES LIKE FUCKING SATAN WORSHIPPING METALHEAD? YOU CAN’T BELIEVE IN GOD AND MAKE THAT HORRIBLE MUSIC AT THE SAME DAMN TIME. THEY ARE DEFENDING WITH STUPID ARGUMENTS ABOUT THAT IT IS ONLY AN “ART” BUT ART HAS TO EXPRESS A TRUE PERSONA.

      RAPPING ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE, HAVING HARDCORE TOPICS AND SHIT WON’T CONVINCE ANYBODY CLEVER ENOUGH THAT YOU AIN’T DEVIL WORSHIPPER.

      1. cool story bro. if you dont like it dont listen to it. pretty simple. go listen to some lil wayne or chief keef

      2. FUCK THAT, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR OPINON, I AM NOT AN IGNORANT, JUST BECAUSE HIS SHIT SUCKS IT MEANS I HAVE TO BE QUIET? IT IS HERE ON THIS SITE AND I HAVE TO READ IT BECAUSE AT LEAST I CAN SEE IT.

        AND LIL WAYNE IS ALRIGHT, HE AND T-PAIN SAVED ONE OF TECH’S ALBUMS.

        CHIEF KEEF IS TRASH AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME.

    36. My word… 24K for Rich Gang?? Lol Birdman kicking himself now they couldnt make the charts “TapOut” haha

    37. I say again… Drake is planning something, Not a single feature on the Rich Gang album? Dude is busy with a major move

      1. Cute dude sells gold in a week…Bro if you read anything Samsung and Jay Z was releasing a Million copies for free with download of that app or w.e ….Free album and still nobody wants it…Bitch dont kill my vibe

      2. samsung gave away a million copies and he still sold another 500k first week on the shelves! about to go double platinum on these hoes and you wanna say nobody wanted it? he sold more than every rapper this year

      1. What makes you think he won’t?

        If an ex correctional officer who been exposed as a lying fraud can get this far why wouldn’t Kendrick? He’s actually creative and released a critically acclaimed platinum album in a time when no one else is going plat.

        Lamar ain’t going anywhere. Ross will be dead of a stroke or a heart attack by the time Kendrick is Ross’s age.

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