This week, Chris Brown’s X marks the #2 spot. Meanwhile, Lecrae falls with Anomaly and Jeezy’s Seen It All: The Autobiography manages to remain in the Top 15, along with Jhene Aiko’s Souled Out. These are the top Rap and R&B albums of the week, according to the Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart.
Chris Brown’s X Arrives At #2
Chris Brown’s long-awaited X is the #2 album of the week, a project trailing behind Barbara Streisand’s Partners. Brown’s X sold 145,644 units in its first week compared to Streisand’s 195,797. Still, this was enough to give Brown the top R&B album on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Brown’s X earned a 3 out of 5 X rating from critic Marcus K. Dowling, who reviewed the album for HipHopDX. To read the review, click here.
Lecrae’s Anomaly Falls To #8
Lecrae’s Anomaly was at the top last week, but the rapper faces different figures this week as his latest project falls from #1 to #8. Lecrae’s latest sold 31,242 units this week, a 65 percent decrease in sales from 88,437 copies sold last week. Overall, Anomaly has moved 119,829 units in its two weeks of availability. Anomaly earned a 3.5 out of 5 X rating from critic Jay Balfour, who reviewed the project for HipHopDX. To read the review, click here.
Jeezy’s Seen It All: The Autobiography Remains In Top 15
Jeezy’s Seen It All: The Autobiography managed to land within this week’s Top 15. Seen It All, the #14 album, sold 21,537 units this week, a 35 percent drop from 33,074 units it sold last week. Overall, Jeezy has moved 176,076 units of his latest effort in its three weeks of availability. This week, Jeezy’s Seen It All just beat out Jhene Aiko’s Souled Out, a project that sold 20,733 units after falling 70 percent from last week’s 69,744 units to land in the #15 spot. Seen It All and Souled Out both earned a 3.5 out of 5 X rating on HipHopDX. To read critic Sheldon Pearce’s HipHopDX review of Seen It All, click here. To read Marcus K. Dowling’s DX review of Souled Out, click here.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 09/21/2014
#2. Chris Brown – X – 145,644 (145,644)
#8. Lecrae – Anomaly – 31,243 (118,829)
#14. Jeezy – Seen It All: The Autobiography – 21,537 (176,076)
#15. Jhene Aiko – Souled Out – 20,733 (90,577)
#28. Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood – 9,194 (161,348)
#30. Iggy Azalea – The New Classic – 8,998 (360,547)
#35. Trey Songz – Trigga – 7,631 (250,224)
#45. Joell Ortiz – House Slippers – 5,876 (5,876)
#53. August Alsina – Testimony – 5,105 (206,258)
#55. Beyonce – Beyonce – 4,909 (2,072,735)
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Barbara having herself and her friends snatch up the majority of albums. Her last album went wood so she needed to buy her albums to prop up her flop. Same thing for brown BTW.
JEEZY LOOKIN HORRIBLE OUT THERE 176K AFTER 3WEEKS? ON DEF JAM ITS OVER FOR THAT NIGGA
Rozay destroyed him 1st week sales alone. He has people crawling to him. Barbara is a huge fan of rozay and wanted him for her album because she knew that he would lift album sales but rozay turned her down because he knew she fell off. Then Barbara decide to have her and her friends buy the majority of the partners album.
Cosign. I even saw barbara and her friends buying out all the albums from one store befor emoving on to the next.
Teeithboy and his lies. Nobody crawls to Ross at all, he crawls to people.
Barbara was at ross’s studio one day and begged for him to appear on her album. When ross said no, barbara got herself and her friends to buy the majority of the copies of her flop.
Nobody believes your phony stories, kid. That shit never happened.
Barbara clearly bought her own albums. Her last album only sold 230k total and 60k first week. That 190k first week sales total is suspect. She just can’t admit she’s falling off so she has to buy her own shit.
Enough with the bullshit conspiracy theories.
U mad?
Joell Ortiz has sexy feet.
His music is fucking horrible but his paws… oooooh baby.
Damn barbara flopping hard.
Ok I will bite, who is barbara?
Enough with the bullshit conspiracy theories.
I can tell you them if I feel like so. They aren’t bullshit. You don’t see the sudden increase from 60k first week to 190k? She clearly bought her own shit. How else can you explain the sudden increase. Artists this old see sales go down and down.
You sound like one of those Illuminati-obsessed kids. Your conspiracy theories are bullshit, no artist buys their own shit, it’d be a waste.
They do this in the hopes of going gold or platinum. Barbara purchased her own albums. She’s flopping.
If that were the case, then these numbers would be much higher. Just because someone you don’t like sells a lot of albums doesn’t mean they bought them. Get out of the basement and live life.
She can’t be flopping if this record sold more than the last.
stupid asses just simply ran with how everybody who drops an album has sold copies allocated for promo purposes the first week
when you see them saying this weeks later just know they’re a dumb fvck who don’t know sh#t and more people are laughing at how stupid they are than agreeing with them
She can’t buy too many albums or more people will find it suspcious. I live life. I party and work. Plus it sold less than rozay’s last album.
Keep in mind that barbara had guests. She has to pay them. She’s flopping.
You can’t be living life, partying and working if you’re here all day. No artist bought their own records, simple and plain. Plus, Barbara sold more than Ross.
These fans ain’t loyal.
Kenny Chesney (Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville) 125-135k
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Interscope) 115-125k
Alt-J (Atlantic) 55-65k
Pentatonix (RCA) 40-50k
5 Seconds of Summer Amnesia EP (Capitol) 35-45k
Joe Bonamassa (J&R) 24-27k
Jackie Evancho (Sony Masterworks) 21-24k
Leonard Cohen (Columbia) 19-22k
Jennifer Hudson (RCA) 19-22k
Lenny Kravitz (Roxie) 17-20k
John Mellencamp (Republic) 12-15k
Damn, Jennifer hudson, even though great, is flopping.
Hudson gonna get dropped soon. If her music was dope, it would be doing a lot more. Maybe she should have bought albums but the bitch was in denial that it wouldn’t do well.
if everyone is flopping less than 24 hrs from the release then why bother posting album sales
Hudson gonna get dropped soon. She should have bought albums but she isn’t about that.
if they’re buying their own albums that says fans like you ain’t worth sh*t
The increase from 60k that barbara sold last time to 190k is suspect. She was buying her own albums. Jennifer Hudson didn’t buy her own albums and look at her sales, she flopping at 19k LOL!! She sold what like 165k last time?
You keep repeating the same lies like a broken record. No one believes those bullshit comspiracies you made up.
so they know fans like you ain’t sh#t to either don’t waste their time or buy them
after all, why would they believe a guy who trolls a weekly sales thread when they have a female fanbase to cater to
Album sales ain’t what they use to be. Be sure to checkout thegrandreport,com. They have some good viral videos on there.
Sales have been low as hell this year but what would you expect when you have an Austrailian bitch rapping with an ATL accent and getting cosigned by one of raps biggest stars?
None of these albums have Godfather 50 on them, how is he supposed to stay relevant?
easy, you cant keep his name outta your mouth, LOL he will always be relevant as long as you still have your moms internet
Did I hurt your feelings by saying that your burly Black hero is irrevelant musically? My words hurt you so bad you wanted to attack me personally in defense of your Black idol.
Well Rozay is on X, Blacc Hollywood, Seen it all, and Testinmony, he is NOT on that Iggy trash.
Yes but T.I. crawled to him and begged him to be on his new album.
More like the opposite.
YG ruiling west coast hiphop. His dont tell me single just broke top 10. A win for bith him amd dj mustard.
not his single. he’s a guest feature
And YG ain’t ruling anything with those low album sales. Kendrick is the one ruling West Coast hip-hop.
YG? LOL have a seat, kid.
The success of that song shows that 1. YG is a rising influence. His album sales are high. 2. This shows that Jeremih was the reason why down on me was a hit, not 50 cent. No one’s supporting him anymore.
1. No, YG is not a rising influence. His album didn’t even sell gold.
2. Jeremih himself was not the reason why Down On Me was a hit. Otherwise, why did his other singles flop?
YG is indeed a rising influence, his my nigga single went platinum on your asses. Also, He’s the reason why this is a hit.
He’s not a rising influence, especially since there’s still Kendrick Lamar. One platinum single (which got big off of Vine videos) doesn’t prove anything. He is not the reason Don’t Tell Em became a hit.
YG is a rising influence whether you like him or not. His hits have become bigger and I know his next album will sell 200k 1st week. My nigga is a huge hit and so is this. Jermih crawled to him plain and simple bitch.
He’s not. He’s not getting bigger hits and he won’t sell 200K the next album, he’ll do 50K at the most. My Nigga is his only hit and he crawled to Jeremih. How can anyone crawl to YG when he can’t make any hits by himself?
He’s still winning more than you.
Gave up, groupie?
I didn’t give up. Im his buddy, dj mustard/
Yeah, and I’m Bill Cosby.
Dont be made because my shit top 10.
You are not DJ Mustard. Quit playing games.
Ross gonna be on Paperwork as well.
and zero fucks will be given LOL
another generic ass song filled with lies from a cop and a snitch
They are still Black, which means you will still envy them and hate them.
Your shit flopped nigga. Now beat my ass some more so I can cum and finally be done with yo ass.
Damn, Hudson FLOPPING!!
riiiight, says the accountant who gets paid in semen drops
did you fill up your preserve jar the past 5 years bracesface?
You are not DJ Mustard. Quit playing games.
You sound like some impatient white parent. Leave the shit to real hiphop fans and go focus on improving your life.
That shit you said describes and applies to you.
u GETTINNG MAD BITCH. yOU LIKE COCK.
Again, that’s all you, teethboy.
Im dj mustard not teethboy. You’re teethboy.
You wish you were DJ Mustard, teethboy.
Dj Mustard winning big.
Not.