Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/20/2013

    This week, no new Rap albums broke into the Top 20 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. Still, there were a few notable releases that cracked the Top 200.

    This week saw an addition from Dom Kennedy’s Get Home Safely in the Top 30, for instance. The project was the only new Rap album included in this week’s Top 50. Young Dro also had a new addition to the charts with High Times. Dro’s release entered at #57. The project sold more than 6,000 copies. Game came in at #88 with OKE’s deluxe edition, which sold more than 4,000 copies its first week.

    Other rappers held on to slots within the Top 20 this week. Drake remained in the Top 5 on the charts, selling more than 57,000 copies of Nothing Was The Same in its fourth week out. Pusha T held on to a Top 15 slot with My Name Is My Name, a project that sold close to 20,000 copies in its second week. 

    Drake’s Nothing Was The Same Stays In The Top 5

    Drake’s Nothing Was The Same landed at #4 on the charts this week, selling more than 57,000 units. The project has been a consistent mainstay in the Top 5 on the charts since it was released on September 24. Drake’s music gained additional fanfare last week due to a new interview featuring the Toronto rapper. During Drake’s interview on Q with Jian Ghomeshi, the rapper spoke about why he feels his personality is sometimes misunderstood because of the content in his music. “I’m so sick of people saying that I’m lonely and emotional, and associating me with this longing for a woman,” Drake said. “I hate that. It bothers me so much…’cause I do make music that makes you feel something, but I’m actually not that guy in real life. I’m a happy person.” Drake is currently on his “Would You Like a Tour?” tour with Future and Miguel. 

    Pusha T’s My Name Is My Name Remains In Top 15

    Pusha T’s My Name Is My Name debuted in last week’s charts at #4, selling more than 75,000 copies in its first week. This week, Pusha T sold approximately 19,000 units, landing him at #14. Pusha T’s release has allowed many fans to wonder about a potential Clipse album being released. According to Pusha T, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams have also expressed interest in a new album from the Virginia-based duo that also includes No Malice. “[Kanye West and Pharrell] both are like, ‘Yo, we just need to do the whole Clipse album. Both of us. And that’s it.’” Pusha T recently said in an interview with Juan Epstein. For now, Pusha remains in the Top 14 as a solo artist continuing to establish his Name on the charts. 

    Dom Kennedy’s Get Home Safely Arrives In Top 30

    Dom Kennedy’s Get Home Safely debuted this week at #29, selling more than 10,000 units. Kennedy’s Get Home Safely features Krondon and Skeme, but otherwise, Kennedy mans the album on his own. During a September interview with HipHopDX, Kennedy spoke about how proud he is of the album he’s delivered. “They can expect the highest quality music they’ve definitely heard from me, and they’ve probably heard from a lot of genres, not just Hip Hop. I’m introducing the album to encourage and reach a lot of people that probably never knew who Dom Kennedy was. But it’s in a great way. Without changing what I do or without compromising the integrity of Rap music or anything, I feel like people will be proud to say that this is their favorite Rap album of the moment. I feel like it’s been few and far between that people are able to say that in our generation. For people interested in Hip Hop and Rap music, I feel like they’ll be proud to say that.” 

    Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/20/2013  

    #4. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 58,000 (947,000)

    #14. Pusha T – My Name Is My Name – 20,000 (95,000)

    #29. Dom Kennedy – Get Home Safely – 10,000 (10,000)

    #41. Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 8,000 (1,034,000)

    #48. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime – 7,000 (143,000)

    #51. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 7,000 (1,112,000)

    #54. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 7,000 (1,065,000)

    #57. Young Dro – High Times – 6,000 (6,000) 

    #88. Game – OKE Deluxe Edition – 5,000 (5,000)

    #155. Nelly – M.O. – 3,000 (23,000)

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

    Will DJ Khaled’s Suffering From Success succeed on the charts next week? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.

    Last Week’s Album Sales.

    RELATED: Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/13/2013

    246 thoughts on “Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/20/2013

      1. 5k first week is a win now? i guess it was a free download and a mediocre mixtape so the fact that he got 5k people to buy it is impressive!

    1. That Young Dro album is actually dope. Really surprised me. Go on amazon and listen to

      Power Up

      Bad Bitch (Feat T.I., Spodee & Problem)

      I’m Cold

      Free Fall (Feat Blue June)

      Homeboyz (Feat Doe B)

      Corner Boys (Feat Miloh Smith)

      1. My favorite rapper is Wrekonize, you’ll probably make fun of that because you have no idea who the fuck he is.

      2. I hate chief keef hes a fuckin retarded piece of shit that cried over 2 months in juvie fake ass wannabe nigga.

        I like real hip hop with a dope mc drake makes music for bitches n niggas that like to cry in the bath until their scented candles burn out

      1. Lady Gaga & Bieber also out sell my favorite rappers, hell probably all of them combined. Do you have anything else to add?

      2. – Thank Me later (Platinum+)
        – Take Care (Double Platinum+)
        – Nothing Was The Same (Platinum)
        -Your favorite rappers album (Wood)

    2. Dang, the homie Drop sitting on low numbers. Y’all should checkout thegrandreport, they have good hip hop and viral videos on there

    3. Khaled gonna last 2 – 3 weeks then completely fall off the charts like Maybach Music Group’s Self Made 3

      1. Khaled will last long enough to recoup his budget and make some money, his success will torture you for the rest of your miserable little life.

    4. SAD STORY:

      Thug: Gimme yur wallet Drake

      Drake: Its yoursss, its yoursss, its yourss, thats fur sure

      Thug: Thx Drake

      Drake: Own it, own it, own it

      Comment If You Cried.

    5. – Thank Me later (Platinum+)
      – Take Care (Double Platinum+)
      – Nothing Was The Same (Platinum)
      -Your favorite rappers album (Wood-)

    6. if u can sell 5000 copies of a free mixtape on iTunes u definitely got a fanbase why did game destroy his rep by signing to YMCMB

      1. Game signed with cash money cause he wants to do drake numbers and stay relevant. Dont think thats gonna happen

    7. Calm down Drake fans!

      How can you sit here and brag about YMCMBs Drake outselling everyone’s “favorite rapper”?

      We all know that Vanilla Ice has a Diamond album and Rakims solo albums never even went platinum, we also know that the Insane Clown Possee have more platinum albums than The Roots.

      Should true HipHop fans be cheering that Canadians and white homosexual advocates are selling more than heterosexual African American artists who pioneered the culture?

      Some of us who are familiar with the sales demographics based on age, race, income etc., don’t put too much emphasis into sales because sales has never really represented us anyway, it represents the people who purchased 10 million copies of Vanilla Ice & Eminem records.

      New revenue streams have been opened to allow artists more servings on their table so record sales are no longer a must for an artist to eat and while aim happy for Drakes success I’m wary that labels will be looking for more Drakes now instead of Yo Gottis.

      1. I guess you think McDonalds is the best restaurant too because it sells more meals than 5 star restaurant, using your logic that’s what it’s all about right? Last time I checked people listen to music not sales receipts, if sales and heavy promo is your criteria for choosing what you listen to then go ahead and join the herd.

      2. Some people listen to music because it’s the “cool” music of the moment and everyone else is listening to it, some listen dor their own enjoyment, some listen to live a ghetto fantasy.

        Sales means everything to some people and nothing to other people.

        Drake fans bragging about his sales and laughing at other artists who don’t sell as much is just silly because we all know who buys the majority of Drake records.

      3. Who cares about sales? What matters is that albums like Take Care and NWTS are critically acclaimed. And that Drake wins song writer of the year awards.

        Drake is talented. Hate all you damn well want.

      1. I know you didn’t just say Drake and quality hip-hop in the same sentence, r&b maybe but not no damn hip-hop

      2. Drake has dropped some quality records–that includes his 3 mixtapes, Take Care and NWTS.

        Drake is just as hip-hop as Kool G. Rap, KRS-One and ATCQ. Nobody complained about Q-Tip or Biz Markie when they sang. Drake’s a better rapper and vocalist than Tip or Biz. Biz was horrible at both and single-handedly ruined songs (e.g., Kool G Rap’s – Erase Racism).

      3. Biz never claimed to be a singer and off key singing was his schtick after beatboxing. On the other hand your boy Drake claims to be a singer for real, if he only knew how much better rapper than a singer he actually is.

      4. I’ll take Pimp C, Devin the Dude, Andre 3000, Cee Lo, Chamillionaire, Big KRIT and hell even Kid Cudi rapping and singing over Drake crying ass.

    8. NWTS was ok, just don’t:
      1. Play it in a men’s locker room
      2. Play in a car with more than one dude
      3. Workout to it (can’t get sultry on the bench).
      4. Play it in a barbershop.
      5. Blast it out the whip driving alone (have your bitch with you).

    9. The sales obsession was a sickness I wish had never started but ironically the guy who made it popular won’t be able to ever release another album because his sales will be less than the rappers he mocked when he was able to sell.

      1. but most of the artists 50 cent mocked about sales couldnt sell more than him, cam, ja, etc… all finished, he could easily sell more than them any day of the year

      2. fer real. and what funny is rapperrs like to bash the fans n supporters for comparing numbers and albums and stuff but rappers be the first to eb like im bette rthan him. my verse is better. ill sell more .. but when a fan does it its oh fuck him. lol

      3. before 50 it was LL what the fuck you think “momma said knock you out” was about boxing? ahah in the early 90s all the west coast artist talked about was going platinum plus and they did when you hate so much you become a dick rider and dont even know it to many people with 50 dicks in there mouths.

      4. Umm..Did you forget the line “only dudes moving units Em, pimp juice and us”?

        Who fell off worse Nelly or Ja Rule?

      5. 50Cent wasn’t the first artist to brag about sales but he was the first rapper to make it a focal point of his career and brainwash his fans to do the same.

        JayZ can feel free to brag about his sales prowess because he has longevity in this game with a consistent catalog of platinum that spans almost two decades (1996-2013).

        LL can brag if he so chooses he has six platinum albums, 5 Gold albums and has a career that’s lasted from 1985 to 2013 dropping albums.

        These microwave rappers ride a hype machine and drop 4 albums and then wanna brag like they did something.

    10. I think I will base what music I listen to from now on according to what sells the most, that sounds like a grand idear.

      1. Nah, he’s still on the charts DX just chooses what they want to show each week. They don’t show all the Hip-Hop albums on the whole Top 200

      1. Dom generated $100,000 yes, then you subtract expenses.

        I don’t know what his budget was but the expenses with recording, mixing/mastering pressing/packaging and distribution are where an Indie artist money goes.

        Dom makes his real money doing shows and touring.

      1. drake pass jay-z? haha thats not gonna happen retail maybe but total no way he was mili in before he dropped

      1. hahaha 10k sucks for anybody signed. Indie or Major. 10K is good for niggas with only a distribution deal. Dom has no buzz because he can’t make good records. His online presence is TRASH. I barely see his ass on worldstar

      2. 10k is good with no buzz or promo. If he had a heavy buzz, online prescence or was on Wssh then 10k would be horrible don’t agree ask French, MMG, YMCMB about their last albums.

    11. drake going platinum next week drake runs this rap shit. Highest selling hiphop album of 2013 kendrick is nothing compared to drake drake can outsell kendrick with out even trying. Drake is the king of this rap shit. Numbers and stats dont lie fuck your opinions you internet nerd virgins with no hopes of pussies. Why is it so hard for you little cunts to accept the fact that drake is the face of rap now. Why do you eminem dickriders not see that eminem is old and washed up drake is 26 and doing huge numbers

    12. all you drake haters have for arguements is that wack rappers have sold big before. Well they have never been as consistent as drake rappers like vanilla ice and soulja boy may have sold big for their first album. AFter that they fell off while drake been on top of the rap game since 2008 and dominating the charts. Drake is the god of rap deal with it.

      1. I salute to his success, he’s a multi-talented artist but I prefer HipHop from African American artists where im drom and artists in general who don’t cater a large portion of their music to females.

        LL Cool J was extremely succesful with a career that catered to the females but he had balance in his bag because he could drop hardcore songs and battle other rappers when challenged.

        Drake is the most popular rap-singer of this era and I’m sure he will have equal success to similar artists like Nelly, Ja Rule, & 50Cent who all used the rap-singing formula to dominate for a while.

        Who would have ever imagined that the face of HipHop would be a Canadian Bi-racial Jew who was a former TV star.

      2. BruthaDee, no one cares about your ignorant, white-hating, black supremacist bullshit. How about listening to good music, regardless of race?

      3. Psychoboy, are you some sicko attention whore who slithers around behind everybody’s posts begging for a stranger to acknowledge you and typing the word “BruthaDee”? Are you a homosexual 13 year old with a mental problem?

      4. Brothadeez

        The nut job that keeps following you and flirting is actually a girl, she’s a groupie girl that used to follow me all the time to, we just ignore her and let her spam her anus jokes.

      5. LOL at the white dude catching feelings because the black dude said he prefers rap from other Black dudes! Drake fans are overly sensitive fag boys.

      6. @BruthaDee keeps posting under all these random ass names to support himself!!

        gotta say that shits kind of sad for a 35+ year old man

    13. Drake has the formula.

      Bitches buy albums, especially the white ones who worship Beiber and watch Twilight.
      Drake has a the little teeny-bopper chicks in love with his sensitive-player shtick and his sing-songy tunes.

      The only time most of us dudes listen to Drake is if we got a bitch in the car or at the crib otherwise his music is just to soft. His fans shouldn’t be crowning him after a couple albums, let’s see if he lasts as long as his Boss.

      1. “most of us dudes”

        i love when morons try to speak for dudes everywhere or “the streets” or their whole city

      2. im a guy thats NOT gay and i listen to him all the time…cause hes more talented than everybody but kanye west and joe budden

      1. how much can he really make off the singles if he has to give the artists featured a cut and each song has 2-7 featured rappers and singers! not to mention the producers!

    14. before I looked at the draft 4 $4776, I didnt believe that my mom in-law was trully erning money part time from there pretty old laptop.. there mums best friend started doing this 4 only 21 months and just took care of the dept on there cottage and bought themselves a Land Rover Range Rover. special info—–>
      http://gg.gg/lq0r

      1. His lowest 1st week sales came with victory with 28k. This one may not even do 20k. May not make it into the top 10.

    15. “50Cent wasn’t the first artist to brag about sales but he was the first rapper to make it a focal point of his career and brainwash his fans to do the same.”

      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

      just no

    16. So what if Suffering from Success sells less than 20k? Album sales declined significantly this year and Khaled is still rocking the charts with his singles.

      1. album sales declined significantly this year? LOLOL

        jay, macklemore, kendrick and drake all going plat! you would think he could atleast move 60k first week with all those features and publicity stunts he pulled!

      2. Jay bought most of the albums after selling a million to samsung, K Dot had Dr Dre buying most of his albums, Macklemore also bought his own albums. Drake, however, is the bright spot where his fanbase bought his album (they are true hiphop fans.) Suffering form Success didn’t get a lot of promotion.

      3. LOLOLOL this dude said “Macklemore also bought his own album”

        why do these faggot stans always have to have an excuse for these numbers….okay i guess Mackelmore purchased over a Mil right????

      4. cant the numbers be the numbers, a flop is a flop, platinum is platinum,

        dont ever fucking get that twisted, and also dont let these dumb ass nigggerrrr stans gossip about irrelevant shit….yall are just making the rest of us YAWN

        NEXT

    17. Khaled pushed his shit back by weeks so he wouldnt have to come out same day as Drake and it looks like Drakes gonna sell more in his 5th week than Khaled does first week!

    18. OK, I apologize for my stupid comments I made in HHDX. I listened to some kool g rap, big l, guru and canibus stuff and I realize that Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne are shit. I was acting so bad here I apologize to every hip hop head. I realize sales doesnt mean shit. Goddamn I am really ashamed on my past comments.

      1. I was talking about this the other day. There are “rappers” that know how to make music (catchy songs) they aren’t the greatest lyrically, but they get some nice production and a melodic hook, and they sell a few albums. But then you have RAPPERS, MCs, true verbal artists that can murder the mic, but for one reason or another never truly hit commercially because they can’t they never develop the knack of macing MUSIC. That’s why Outkast (to me) is the greatest. They both can murder the mic, and they know how to put a song together

    19. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

      WAIT you are telling me that 5000 people purchesed “Game’s free mixtape” “OKC”??????

      BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

      FREE MIXTAPE KEYWORD FREE

    20. ITSSSSSSSSS GUCCCCCCCI TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

      Gucci Mane = realest rapper ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      – T.I. snitch to the feds
      – Young Jeezy was never bmf
      – 50 Cent snitch and was never in jail but a youthcamp
      – Game was never a banger but lived the life of his brother in his lyrics
      – Nas Escobar never sold drugs
      – Ice Cube never was a gangbanger
      – Dr Dre never was a gangbanger
      – 2pac was a ballerina and never sold drugs after he become famous he was doing some stupid stuff like beating and shooting at people because he though he could get away with it. Without Suge Knight 2pac was just a skinny motherfucker. Oh and i like his music so fuck you.
      – Mobb deep are the biggiest pussies in rap they are short as midgets and keep talking this g shit but never did g shit.

      1. Ricky rozzay is the only true rapper. Fuck all yall. Bawse. Its the untouchable maybach music empire. Bawse.

        Its that trap shit
        Bawse

      2. YES!! everyone needs to realize you arent real unless you get caught by the police breaking the law and go to jail! the more you get caught the realer you are!!!

    21. – Thank Me later (Platinum+)
      – Take Care (Double Platinum+)
      – Nothing Was The Same (Platinum)
      -Your favorite rappers album (plywood)

      1. Wu-Tang fan here and would you like to run off a list of their albums sales combined over 20 years? Whether US or Worldwide #WUTANGFOREVER

    22. GIVE ME A CHANCE
      Youtube is all about finding new artist, & though I been rapping for a while im still consider a new artist. I just want my music heard thats all, im not looking for no record deal, getting famous ‘r anything like that.! so please just spare a few sec. to check me out, & if you like what you heard please SUBSCRIBE so ill know you actually listen & support
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaSNK0pm4eY

    23. eminem will flop. mark my words

      encore- trash album, was drugged the fuck up
      relapse- stupid ass annoying accents all through the album
      recovery- pop trash, yelling through the album
      mmlp2 will be no different

      1. Eminem’s last album sold 4 million, he ain’t gonna flop. Hating ass niggas don’t even think about what they said.

    24. Katy Perry (Capitol) 275-300k
      Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic) 30-35k
      AFI (Republic) 25-30k
      DJ Khaled (Cash Money/Republic) 19-23k
      Tori Kelly (Capitol) 14-17k

    25. “jay, macklemore, kendrick and drake all going plat! you would think he could at least move 60k first week with all those features and publicity stunts he pulled!”

      Jay always goes platinum, so that doesn’t even count. Drake was a given, while Macklemore was a fluke. I won’t even mention the other guy simply because his numbers aren’t anything special. Khaled is 7 albums deep, and is doing it without a platinum album. That’s fucking impressive. Kendrick had Dre as his co-sign and still hasn’t even pushed 1.1 mill. That’s fucking pathetic.

      1. he said 1,065,000 isnt anything special in 2013 LOL but doing 23k first week and never going gold once over 7 albums in impressive

    26. Drake can sell 3 million for all I care. It’s all about the quality of the album. He can sell a shitload; that doesn’t always mean it’s a great album.

      I don’t know why people think that money equals skill and techniques. Lil Wayne can say “Pussy” like a thousand times on his track, and he’ll probably make like $20mil off of it. Does that mean he’s the best rapper out there? No. Just because these rappers have a lot of money doesn’t mean they are the best out there.

      Quality will always be more important that quantity, IMO

    27. Smh I hate to see Dro go out like that, 6k 1st week?. TI benched him too long and the game passed Dro by. The album and title str8 wack. I love Dro but I dl that shit and erased em all one by one. Smh!

    28. The height of the sales obsession and the sickness was in 2007 when 50Cent decided to battle Kanye in a sales battle to see who could sell more records.

      Not who could make the best album or win the most awards but who could sell the most albums.

      50Cent even claimed he would retire if he lost the battle and after a while he finally did but the damage was already done.

      1. To me, that album sale battle went either way. Kanye outsold 50 in the U.S, but 50 outsold Kanye across the whole world. But they only counted in the U.S. for some odd reason. But you’re right, he did kinda retire because he’s doing other shit to make his money, but do doubt that some of his new tracks, SOME, shows that he hasn’t lost his touch

    29. 50 can’t even get a release date for his album because he know no one is going to buy his shit right now & his run is over & he don’t want to face that reality when his next album flop

      Street King Immortal is becoming the new Detox he started making that shit in 2010 & it’s not coming out this year & it might not come out next year. Jay-Z drop a album out of nowhere that he recorded in a few weeks just because he can in 2013 10 years after he retired from this shit to let the young niccas eat now he is back snatching crumbs right from under the bakers thumb.

      Didn’t this nicca 50 say that he was gonna drop an album every time someone from Jay-Z label drop a album?

      50 went up against Kanye & lost J Cole went up against Kanye & Won
      I dare 50 to try to go toe to toe with J Cole he diss retarded kids just imagine what he would do to 50 Cent

      & I’m out

      1. I was just thinking the same shit the other day watching a 50 interview. He used to talk so much shit about how much he sells and others dont, now look at him

      2. j cole dissed retarded kids then wrote a heartfelt apology as soon as he got called out on it

        just imagine how he would croch down into a ball and beg 50 not to hurt him!!

        but cole put 50 on his last album so its all love!!!

      3. J. Cole went up against Kanye and won??? LMAO are you shitting me an experimental album that he made in 2 weeks with no lead single of video. Something tells me Kanye was only competing with himself

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    31. “Will DJ Khaled’s Suffering From Success succeed on the charts next week? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.”

      and the answer is NOO!!!!!!!!!!! 18-23k first week LOL

    32. “he said 1,065,000 isnt anything special in 2013 LOL but doing 23k first week and never going gold once over 7 albums in impressive”

      I never said 23k was impressive. Those were your words. With the amount of hype Kendrick had, and the label power behind him, he should have sold more.

      1. that hype is what kept his album selling for the whole fucking year dumbass!

        how can you say he should have sold more when he got the 2nd highest selling rap album from 2012??? hes not fucking jay-z or eminem you just a hater!!

      2. “With the amount of hype Kendrick had, and the label power behind him, he should have sold more.”

        I could say the same thing about about your boy Ricky and ‘God Forgive I Don’t’! that shit still aint sold 600k over a full year later!

    33. uptil I looked at the paycheck which had said $6538, I didn’t believe that my mom in-law really making money in their spare time on their apple labtop.. there moms best frend haz done this 4 less than seventeen months and resently paid the dept on there home and bourt a top of the range Ford. see here now http://smal.ly/YntWC

      but this device does not have the popular Apps that your friends use. I’ll take you to the Apple store later.” Well can I do anything with it Dad? “Well, you can type reports on it with Office.” Dad I’m only in Third grade.

    34. Dom New album is classic and its good to see him selling more then expected. I heard Bryce Wonder got dope beats and you should check them out.

    35. Hiphop album sales 2013 (updated)
      ——————————
      TOP 10
      ——————————
      JAY Z – Magna – Carta Holy Grail : 1,034,000
      DRAKE – Nothing Was The Same : 947,000
      JCOLE – Born Sinner : 618,000
      LIL’ WAYNE – I Am Not A Human Being II : 567,000
      KANYE WEST – Yeezus : 553,000
      A$AP ROCKY – Long. Live. A$AP : 421,000
      WALE – The Gifted : 326,000
      KID CUDI – Indicud : 251,000
      MAC MILLER – Watching Movies With The Sound Off 192,000
      TYLER, THE CREATOR – Wolf : 162,000

      ——————————
      TOP 20
      ——————————

      TYGA – Hotel California : 159,000
      2 CHAINZ – Based On A True Story 2 : 143,000
      FRENCH MONTANA – Excuse My French : 141,000
      JUICY J – Stay Trippy : 126,000
      BIG SEAN – Hall Of Fame : 116,000
      TECH N9NE – Something Else : 113,000
      PUSHA T – My Name Is My Name : 95,000
      MMG – Self Made Volume 3 : 80,000
      JOE BUDDEN – No Love Lost : 80,000
      EARL SWEATSHIRT – Doris : 64,000

      ——————————
      Other albums (more than 1k sold)
      ——————————

      A$AP FERG – Trap Lord : 60,000
      ACE HOOD – Trials & Tribulations : 55,000
      YMCMB & FRIENDS – Rich Gang : 50,000
      LONELY ISLAND – Wack Album : 48,294
      LL COOL J – Authentic : 34,892
      GHOSTFACE KILLAH – Twelve Reasons To Die : 34,129
      RITTZ – Life & Times Of Jonny Valiant : 29,924
      KID INK – Almost Home EP : 26,965
      TALIB KWELI – Prisoner of Conscious : 24,687
      NELLY – M.O. – 23,000
      BROTHA LYNCH HUNG – Mannibalector : 22,113
      VARIOUS ARTISTS – Mud Digger Vol 4 : 22,087
      WATSKY – Cardboard Castles : 21,820
      EVE – Lip Lock – 21,248
      DANNY BROWN – Old : 15,000
      U-GOD – The Keynote Speaker : 14,843
      LACS – Keep It Redneck : 14,460
      GUCCI MANE – Trap House 3 : 14,074
      GOODIE MOB – Age Against The Machine : 13,000
      CES CRU – Constant Energy : 11,928
      ACTION BRONSON – Saaab Stories : 11,777
      DA’ T.R.U.T.H. – Love Hope War : 10,967
      LENNY COOPER – Mud Dynasty : 10,740
      KEVIN GATES – Stranger Than Fiction : 10,209
      DOM KENNEDY – Get Home Safely : 10,000 DEBUT
      KUTT CALHOUN – Black Gold : 9,249
      R.A. THE RUGGED MAN – Legends Never Die : 9,225
      PAPOOSE – Nacirema Dream : 8,388
      GUCCI MANE – Trap God 2 : 8,310
      JAKE MILLER – The Road Less Traveled EP : 8,292
      SAGE THE GEMINI – Gas Pedal EP : 8,227
      W.L.A.K. – W.L.A.K. : 8,176
      DELTRON 3030 – Event 2 – 8,000
      KRIZZ KALIKO – Son Of Sam : 8,000
      QUASIMOTO – Yessir Whatever : 7,538
      SHO BARAKA – Talented 10th: 7,360
      PRODIGY & ALCHEMIST – Young Einstein : 7,125
      KEVIN GATES – Luca Brasi Story : 6,823
      WREKONIZE – War Within : 6,792
      WAX – Continue : 6,423
      YOUNG DRO – High Times : 6,000 DEBUT
      MAYDAY – Believers : 5,858
      DESSA – Parts Of Speech : 5,800
      STATIK SELEKTAH – Extended Play : 5,674
      RICH HOMIE QUAN – Still Goin In : 5,108
      THE GAME – Operation Kill Everything : 5,000 DEBUT
      INSPECTAH DECK FT 7L & ESOTERIC – Czarface : 4,854
      STEVIE STONE – 2 Birds, 1 Stone : 4,700
      RAEKWON – Tonight Show : 4,627
      SWOLLEN MEMBERS – Beautiful Death Machine : 4,406
      FREDDIE GIBBS – Evil Seeds Grow Natural : 4,313
      STARLITO – Cold Turkey : 3,800
      DEMIGODZ – Killmatic : 3,179
      ALPOKO DON – The Ol’ Soul EP : 3,036
      DRE MURRAY – Gold Rush: Maybe One Day : 2,905
      SHWAYZE – Shwayze Summer : 2,738
      LIL WYTE & JELLY ROLL – No Filter : 2,735
      MADCHILD – Lawn Mower Man : 2,664
      ILL BILL – The Grimy Awards : 2,515
      TONY TOUCH – The Piece Maker 3 : 2,400
      CHAMILLIONAIRE – Elevate : 2,351
      PHILTHY RICH – N.E.R.N.L. 2 : 2,127
      ACEYALONE – Leanin’ On Slick : 1,823
      RICO CALHOUN – Before The Deal Vol. 1 : 1,703
      YONAS – The Black Canvas : 1,569
      GHOSTFACE KILLAH – Twelve Reasons To Die (The Brown Tape) : 1,555
      HIEROGLYPHICS – The Kitchen : 1,506
      CHAMILLIONAIRE – Reignfall EP : 1,473
      PROBLEM & IAMSU! – Million Dollar Afro : 1,396
      J. STALIN – Return Of The Body Snatchers : 1,358
      WALLPAPER – Ricky Reed Is Real : 1,237
      SOCIAL CLUB – Rejects EP : 1,212
      IAMSU – Kilt II : 1,200
      MIGOS – Young Rich N****s – 1,126
      REDNECK SOCIAL CLUB – We’ve Got Friends, We’ve Got Ammo, We’ve Got Plans : 1,007
      NIPSEY HUSSLE – Crenshaw : 1,000

    36. Drake is $… this album is already close to Lamars on numbers… that’s crazy, that’s crazy, that’s crazy!

      1. its not that crazy when you think about it. this is drakes 3rd album and he basically got the same fans as justin bieber and lady gaga

        kendrick is not really on his level of fame or recognition but he’ll eat him alive when it comes to rapping

    37. “how can you say he should have sold more when he got the 2nd highest selling rap album from 2012???”

      Now it’s 2013 and Drake is closing in on his numbers in record time. Kendrick took a nose dive and despite your wild fantasies about him being an OG, even Macklemore outsold him. Game over.

    38. “kendrick is not really on his level of fame or recognition but he’ll eat him alive when it comes to rapping”

      Oh wow. Rapping lol Sounds like another cypher. Go hard Kenwack. Show the world how gangsta you pretend to be. When the shots were being fired in Compton he was inside the house hiding under the couch lol At least when beef arose, Drake would go outside and fire back.

      1. Is this all a joke?

        “Drake would go outside and fire back.”

        You can’t be serious. Drake is a bitch ass coward. He’d be hiding letting his bodyguard do all of the dirty work.

    39. “I could say the same thing about about your boy Ricky and ‘God Forgive I Don’t’! that shit still aint sold 600k over a full year later!”

      Ross’s sales have never been explosive. Plus Kendrick doesn’t receive half as much hate as Ross does everytime an album or compilation drops.

    40. “It’s a mixtape”

      The version on Itunes doesn’t have any DJ lead in’s, therefore it’s an album. You’ve just been schooled. Take it like a man and go about the rest of your day in peace.

      1. remember when you said Khaled is worth 35 million LOLOL, more than Rick Ross, even though he’s never been on forbes

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