This week, several of the top artists on the charts experienced a boost in sales. Beyonce’s self-titled album, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and Drake’s Nothing Was The Same led the pack as each of these projects experienced an increase in sales. Here’s a breakdown of how each album was able to bounce back from last week.
Beyonce’s Self-Titled Album Bounces Back To #4
Beyonce’s self-titled album, which has been available for 10 weeks, had a sales boost this week compared to her previous week. Last week, Beyonce’s self-titled project sold 36,468 units overall. It also suffered a 20 percent drop from its previous week’s sales. This week, the album moved from #7 back to #4 on the charts. It sold 48,405 copies this week, showing 26 percent growth and this helped the album’s sales totals move to 1,755,208 units sold overall. On February 14, Beyonce released the Kanye West-assisted “Drunk In Love (Remix),” a remix to her original selection.
Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Jumps To #12
Another artist who experienced growth in sales this week was Eminem. The Shady rapper’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which has been available for 15 weeks, experienced a 14 percent increase from last week’s 22,227 units moved to this week’s 25,423 copies sold. As a result, Eminem’s MMLP2 has the #12 spot this week, an improvement from last week’s #13 placement. Overall, this album has sold 1,939,090 copies. Yesterday (February 18), it was announced that Eminem is set to cover XXL’s April/May issue alongside Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. To view the cover, click here.
Drake’s Nothing Was The Same Has 66 Percent Growth In Sales
Between Beyonce, Eminem and Drake, Drake experienced the greatest sales gains from his previews week’s figures. Drake’s Nothing Was The Same, which has been available for 21 weeks, sold 20,140 units this week, a 66 percent improvement from last week’s 12,143. This helped the Toronto rapper’s album jump from #24 to #16 on the chart. Overall, Drake’s Nothing Was The Same has sold 1,464,825 units. Yesterday (February 18), it was announced that Drake and OutKast are scheduled to co-headline Drake’s OVO Fest for 2014. To view more regarding this show, click here.
Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 2/16/2014
#4. Beyonce – Beyonce – 48,000 (1,755,000)
#12. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 25,000 (1,939,000)
#16. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 20,000 (1,465,000)
#31. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 12,000 (1,341,000)
#43. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 9,000 (1,183,000)
#50. Kid Ink – My Own Lane – 6,600 (92,000)
#75. Childish Gambino – because the internet – 5,300 (218,000)
#80. Yo Gotti – I Am – 5,200 (147,000)
#102. Eminem – The Eminem Show – 4,300 (10,328,000)
#114. Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 3,900 (1,127,000)
* 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.
Who will take the top spot next week? Stay tuned to HipHopDX.
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Who says, “HipHop is dead!”? It is alive and well with Beyonce leading the way, followed by Grammy winning artists like Drake, Macklemore & Lewis, & Yo Gotti. REAL HipHop stay representing!
Oh, you must be one of those old school (similar to racist old white people) east coast cats, that feels like anything 300 miles outside of New York isn’t real hip hop? If they were trying to sound like traditional New York City hip hop, then you would screaming plagiarism and biting…lol. I’m glad that the younger generations in every state, aren’t buying into all of that traditional hatred and separation, based on race and geography.
“Still have a dream” you must be still be sleeping. First off, Mr. Ceeee IS a blackman and if you knew your HipHop history, you would know how much a legend Mr. Ceeee is and continues to be. If you knew about that NYC rap, you would know Mr. Ceeee been blown…I mean blowing up the radio stations at HOT 97. Secondly, the young generation IS buying the REAL HipHop of Macklemore & Lewis, Beyonce, and Drake. Numbers don’t lie.
YOU NEED TO WAKE UP A SHOW SOME SAME LOVE TO MACKELMORE & LEWIS! THE NEW FACE OF HIPHOP!
GET ON YOUR KNEES, OPEN WIDE, AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR REDEMPTION AND SALVATION!
you must be a blackman from fruity ass Oklahoma or Nebraska or some shit.. to be saying ig’nant shit like that. or just a troll
nigga how many white ppl comin to yo birthday party. take an L son
LMAO
BP just because you like sexual fellatio from a dude dress like a lady don’t make you fruity. I’ m straight repping the NYC, son!
The only white people comin to my party is the police to try to shut that ish down!
But I will personally come to your party and pound that BP (black meow) into a gushy mess. No homo.
Macklemore Eating good off that independent success. Be sure to checkout thegrandreport, they have some good hip hop and viral videos on there
no oral videos -> fuck yo site
He learned the independent game up in Seattle by watching Sir Mix A Lot.
Sales in the shitter until rozay drops his album.
Then they’ll be even deeper in the shitter.
Schoolboy Q about to get this shit started next week,
I’m thinking 90-110k first week for OxyMoron
170-190k for Mastermind
35-45k for ASAP Mob
20,000 for the school boy. 300,000 for Rozay and 15,000 for the mop lol
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! Only in your dreams.
Q already did 25-30k just in pre-orders 3 weeks before the release date so FAIL
At least Yo Gotti did okay, you street rappers better find a side hustle because this shit is dead.
no one making any bread off album sales anyway. thats why they stay touring.
Which no one even cares about.
Yeah you right about the touring but it helps your publishing catalog when you get your singles out there getting spins but this shit is meager on them CD sales pennies.
Im just waiting on Yelawolfs album
Nah bro you’re just mad cuz fiddy can’t get an album out.
No one even cares about 50 Cent anymore.
Fiddy can’t drop a 100 albums the same day if he wants, he is just waiting for the good moment to drop hes album! the dude got fucking milions why do you fucking think hye can’t drop an album when rapper with no money dropping albums every fucking day! I’m fucking MAD!
Damn. The Ross groupie is showing his feelings while disguising himself as a 50 stan.
#50. Kid Ink – My Own Lane – 6,600 (92,000) Hahaha
How much did your album sell this week?
92k aint so bad. I’m sure he’s passed up DJ Khaled by now and he had features from Drake, Nicki, Wayne, Ross, Meek, Future, Timbaland, 2 Chainz, Scarface, Birdman Jadakiss, etc!!!
He has the #1 video on 106 & Park for whatever that’s worth.
Which means nothing since no one watches 106 & Park.
my classmate’s ex-wife makes $83 hourly on the internet . She has been without work for six months but last month her pay was $21027 just working on the internet for a few hours. Check This Out……………http://x.co/3v9Sp
Who the fuck is still buying The Eminem Show?
Eminem fans.
White kids in middle class America.
His fans… I understand that the concept of buying albums confuses you bum ass new fans. But yes, REAL fans still buy music and support the artists they like.
aint even his best album!
Infinite >>>>>>>>>>>>> TES
Shut up ESGN, nobody gives a fuck about Infinite.
who the hell is buying Drake albums
Lil Wayne.
Drake fanboys and fangirls.
People who like good music. Don’t let the hate move you. His second verse on Pound Cake phenomenal. Don’t hate because he doesn’t have to spend extra money, to sing hooks for him.
So that makes you a “fan girl” for anybody’s music you like right? Or does your hating ass call people fan boys and girls when they like somebody you don’t? You crabs in the bucket need to kill your self!
….the gay communmity!
Anonymous 2 and 3 are butthurt stans who caught feelings.
People going through breakups
I think that these albums are dope but the industry is being manipulated from the inside out. Just look at the Grammys cmon. Even Kendrick’s new video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bzuWUq_xxk
Damn hip hop albums floppin left and right, niggas can’t even go platinum. When Rozay drop he goin at least 180k a week. Niggas on here sayin Ross not gonna go gold stupid. What other rapper got buzz like Ross right now?? Mastermind straight got hot tracks, shit already sounds like a classic from what I heard but that War Ready track wit Jeezy killin it.
Bawse!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Damn hip hop albums floppin left and right, niggas can’t even go platinum”
do you realize how ironic it is for a Rick Ross groupie such as yourself to talk about rappers not being able to go platinum? Your boy probably won’t even go gold this time out and he couldn’t even go plat 8 years ago!!!
180k aint very good, he did like 220k last time. Hes gonna sell less than J Cole dog, and J Cole didn’t have Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy on his album remaking old Biggie songs with Diddy. shit is a joke.
I hope Ross pays you good for jocking him so hard.
J Cole had Jay Z, Drake and Missy Elliot on his first album, which didn’t even sell past 650,000 copies lol. Even with that very expensive Paula Abdul sample. His second album didn’t outsell the first album, so your point don’t make sense. Futhermore, Ross been dropping albums since 2006. Let me know when Fake Cole gets 8 years under his belt…smdh
Key word there is first album. Ross got an album full of big name artists and producers and still wont come close to what Cole did in June with Miguel, TLC and Kendrick. Sometimes less is more.
“His second album didn’t outsell the first album, so your point don’t make sense.”
And none of Rozays albums outsold his first album, which couldn’t even go platinum in in 8 years!
180k damn even the groupies expectations are dropping. Just a year or so ago we were talking 1st week gold for Rick Rasclot.
The Eminem Show is Em’s illest album. 10 mill and counting. All the new albums have low sales because the bum ass fans can’t afford to buy an album and want to make up lame ass excuses for why they don’t buy music like they’re experts on music business. Yet they’re sitting behind a computer using the internet their mother paid for all day everyday. SMH!
nigga fuck eminem. he a sellout cause he sold his soul to tha devil for fortune, money and fame. just like 98% of the mainstream rappers. they all fake, FUCK em all. ‘
UNDERGROUND FOR MUTHAFUCKIN LIFE!!!!!!!!
#westside, MOB, bay to LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yo Gotti should of stayed indy. Because he’s not selling worth shit on the majors.
“Which means nothing since no one watches 106 & Park”
Yeah, now that Bow Wow is co-host.