The top four albums on the Billboard 200 were all new releases last week with T.I. and Logic claiming the #2 and #4 spots respectively. Slipknot’s new album 5: The Gray Chapter beat out all the other acts on the chart for the top spot with their first release in over six years. Further down the list, Game’s Blood Moon dropped 24 spots to #31 in its second week on the chart and TDE emcees Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q saw their albums jump back into the Top 100. Killer Mike and El-P cracked the Top 100 mark as well with their Run The Jewels 2 album making its debut at #96 with 3,805 units sold despite also being made available as a free download.
T.I.’s Paperwork At #2
Outselling first week predictions, T.I.’s ninth album debuted at the second spot with just under 80k sold in its initial week on shelves.
Serving as the first in a thematic trilogy, HipHopDX gave Paperwork three out of five stars in a recent review with writer Kellan Miller noting that “T.I. is judged on a much higher scale given the quality of his past releases.”
“T.I. has long showcased the ability to make even the most meanest mean-mugger drop all pseudo-thug pretenses in favor of cuff-happy sentiments, but instead of potentially spiking the birthrate in Atlanta, offerings like ‘At Ya Own Risk’ and ‘Private Show’ fall flat,” Miller wrote. “The latter interpolates UGK’s ‘Take It Off’ but lacks the sonic richness for a proper tribute.
Logic Debuts At #4
With Def Jam and No I.D. behind him for his debut album, Logic’s Under Pressure sold 72,501 units last week and landed at #4 in the process.
In a recent interview with HipHopDX, Logic spoke about the how widespread streaming continues to hurt album sales.
“If you have access to the Internet at all times and streaming, why would you even need to buy it?” he said. “If it’s always gonna be there? As long as you have power on your phone and you’re not broke and you can pay your phone bill, you can always have everything at your fingertips. And that’s a little disgusting. It sucks. That’s where we’re going.”
Game’s Blood Moon Falls To #31
In its second week of availability, Game’s Blood Moon album experienced a 71% drop in sales and tallied a total 9,440 sold last week after an initial run of more than 30k. The record has clocked a total of 42,325 units and fell from #7 to #31 last week.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 10/26/2014
#2. T.I. – Paperwork – 79,788 (79,933)
#4. Logic – Under Pressure – 72,501 (72,558)
#30. Chris Brown – X – 9,793 (244,700)
#31. Game – Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf – 9,440 (42,325)
#41. Jeezy – Seen It All – 6,815 (226,088)
#48. Lecrae – Anomaly – 6,403 (173,765)
#63. Iggy Azalea – New Classic – 4,709 (391,971)
#68. Kendrick Lamar – good kid m.A.A.d. city – 4,498 (1,323,773)
#72. Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood – 4,305 (189,701)
#73. Jhene Aiko – Souled Out – 4,303 (125,315)
#74. ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron – 4,270 (331,895)
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Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 1.1-1.2m
Now 52 (NOW) 90-95k
Sam Hunt (MCA Nashville) 60-65k
Led Zeppelin (IV) (Rhino) 35-40
Led Zeppelin (Houses of the Holy) (Rhino) 30-35k
Black Veil Brides (Lava/Republic) 30-35k
Barry Manilow (Verve) 30-35k
Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords) 30-35k
Trip Lee (Reach) 17-20k
Trip Lee doing ok. Where’s stalley at though?
Stalley actually is on track to sell 120k.
Another flop for Stalley. You can’t even find the numbers for his Honest EP because they were also so low.
Stalley’s EP sold 100k. His album is doing 120k alone in its first week.
Stalley must be selling under 15k for them not to acknowledge him
He’s selling 132k. They just haven’t posted it up yet. Plenty of album figures don’t get posted on the day they come out.
Stalley’s EP did not sell 100K and his album will not sell 120K 1st week.
LOL at the NOW albums still selling.
Album sales have been dying for a while now. In ten years time artists will probably struggle to go gold
10 years?
its already happening only a few rappers can go gold, none have gone gold or platinum in 2014!
To be more specific I meant that artists would struggle to get anywhere near gold in that period. In 10 years or so selling 100k would be like going platinum
Dont artists make money from singles too? They sell 100k albums, but if they got one hit single they sell like 2-3 million of that single. 99 cents a single thats 2 million dollars.
He’s doing well. They just haven’t accounted his sales yet.
No, he’s doing terribly. He’s doing so bad that HDD decided not to post his numbers to save him the embarrassment.
A number has to be posted eventually and they are pssed about stalley selling 132k.
If the number is posted, it’ll be around 15-20K. Unless Ross is buying copies, Stalley doesn’t have the hype, marketing, or fanbase to sell 132K.
I saw the early numbers and they said 132k copies. Don’t let the government tampered numbers fool you.
You didn’t see any early numbers, yo made it up. The government has nothing to do with Stalley flopping.
the government doesnt know who stalley is
The government tampers with numbers all the time. Game sold 132k instead of 32 opening weekend and Stalley also sold around 130k. Government ruins shit all the time.
That makes no sense. The government doesn’t tamper with album sales numbers. Why would they waste time and tax money on something that doesn’t affect them? Game sold 32K, not 132K and Stalley did not and will not sell 130K. Making up conspiracy theories will make you look like an idiot (too late, you’re already an idiot).
funny how the “government” only tampers with artists you happen to dickride after they flop HAH
Damn, Joell Ortiz off the charts already? He has such sexy feet.
He’s doing well. They just haven’t accounted his sales yet
King Kendrick still selling more than half these bums like Fiddy and Officer Ricky.
You are under arrest for directing slander at a member of law enforcement. We will be at your door in the next half hour.
Kendrick?? haha he got to do 29mil more before you can even compare him to 50
stalley just came out yesterday stupids…
yes and they make predictions based of first day sales. stalley has no projections/predictions because hes flopping.
they make an article on that occasionally when theres a big release…
stalley is not a big release hell do 30k
stalley made a mixtape of course they are not going to post sales for mixtapes. it was a mixtape that people could buy if they want. of course people will prefer to download it for free.
its his debut major label album with lots of promo. they are not giving it away for free download and are not calling it a mixtape.
its mixtape. limited amount was pressed to stores but it was mostly available online for free.
itunes aint free brah brah
Im talking about datpiff.
Stalley’s album ain’t on DatPiff. FOH!
It was for 12 hours. You can still download the mixtape for free on other sites.
Oh yeah? What sites then?
You got google, use it to find where you can download the album.
There was no mixtape.
Ohio IS the mixtape.
Any further insults and slander towards Stalley will result in legal action being taken and arrests made.
Ohio is the album.
Googled it, kept leading me to iTunes and Amazon.
damn!!!!!!!!!! TIP ALBUM FLOPPED REAL BAD
LOGIC DID BETTER NUMBERS THAN TIP WITH NO HIT RECORDS BUT AT LEAST FANS ARE LOYAL TO HIM
sheer stupidity. tip is 9 albums in, logic dropped his 1st you can’t compare loyalty of fans, lol you stupid
compare logic to g-eazy, that’s the way to go
TIPster sold out and put an albino from australia, a cross dressing homo thug, a correctional officer and pharrell on the same album.
You are under arrest for slander. We will be coming to your residence in a few hours.
Damn, Jeezys Seen It All: The Autobiography sold more in the first week: sold 121,190.
Rozay sold over 2x more first week. Hip-hop is officially dead. The fakest nigga in the history of music is outselling vets.
ross is a vet now too! we will see how much hood billionaire sells i would be surprised if it even comes out next month
thanks for update on Iggys album! 🙂
Game’s album was absolute trash. This dude fell off big time by making tracks with these wankstas. I liked him, but my god the songs on Blood Moon were whack af. Hope the guy actually goes back to G-Unit (there is a possibility according to Whoo Kidd) and makes some decent music again.
whoo kid dont know what he was talking about and that quote you speak of was taken out of context and not about Game getting back with the Unit.
whoo kid aint even their dj no more he has no say or knowledge.
damn, old ass t.i. fell the fuck off real bad. 79,000? no “king” should sell those kinds of numbers. drake can do that in one day without even trying, that’s why he’s is the new king now. #OVO #6God #ViewsFromThe6
Drake ain’t a king, he’s a fairy.
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That makes no sense. The government doesn’t tamper with album sales numbers. Why would they waste time and tax money on something that doesn’t affect them? Game sold 32K, not 132K and Stalley did not and will not sell 130K. Making up conspiracy theories will make you look like an idiot (too late, you’re already an idiot).
The government hates MMG because of all the gangster acts they performed. That’s why they decide to sabotage them along with game.
There’s no way the government would hate a bunch of studio gangsters making shitty music. They didn’t sabotage them and Game.
Keep in mind Im talking about a group that most of them made money prior by moving dope across borders. The government couldn’t arrest them so decide to sabotage the numbers instead to make them look bad. Stalley sold 132k.
You really need to stop believing everything you hear in MMG’s songs. They are not drug dealers in real life. Even the government knows they’re fake and they didn’t sabotage their numbers. Stalley did not sell 132K, not many people even knows who he is. He’ll do 15K at the most.
They did interviews too, saying they sold coke. They are definitely drug dealers (or used to be before rap careers) The Government covers up their sales and stalley sold 132k.
They lied. They never sold any drugs. Stop believing everything you hear. Their numbers aren’t being covered up and Stalley never sold 132K.
Wait a minute. Weren’t you the one talking about Ross being a character? You backtrack too much.
That was some hater pretending to be a fan saying ross is in character. Ross really did sold dope.
No, that was you. Ross never sold dope, he was searching for dope on prison inmates when he was working as a C.O.
You are just one lousy bitch.
You just described yourself.
What do you want me to do that will cause you to respect me?
stop letting this guy troll you
no one believes MMG moved any dope before or after rap
officer ricky caught his first case like 3 years ago and it was 4 some mary jane
wonder how many copies t.i. label bought..its no way 79,000 bought that wack album…lol
he def bought a few k so as not to get outsold by that white boy that no one heard of
he did 150k last time without a big single
80k is believable
Game needs to make up his mind
– work with talented MCs, don’t bother their hype or sales
or
– work with mediocre rappers, because of._._.what?, it pays?
Nope, by constantly mixing te good with the bad, he disappointing both “camps”
The ones that like to hear game with (let’s say) Kurupt, WC, MC Eiht, Quick, Kendrick, Snoop etc etc
And the other ones that like to hear game with (let’s say) Wayne, Ross, Tyga, 2chain or even worse._
The government really does love taylor swift, buying the majority of her albums.
Replace the government with white girls and you’d be right.
Idiotic ones too I might add.
As idiotic as MMG/Cash Money fans.
MMG/Cash money fans are a lot smarter than that. Ask me a question.
They’re not.
So what the fuck is your problem with Taylor Swift? She doesnt do rap/hiphop.
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music game is dead.
niggaz betta find a new hustle… fast.
no more dreams of blowing up putting ya city on the map, going plat.
its ova niggaz
the absolute truth but they ain’t tryna hear you
The old model is dead for sure.
the old model is dead, but with the entire music genre moving into the direction of a netflix where as long as you have the internet you have access to the music.
what this does is it forces an artist to do business with some corporation in order to see that type of revenue from their music,
show money is good but at the same time it’s slave money which sounds like an oxymoron, when your music should be working for you, not you working your music to get a check.
it’s ugly, but in 20-25 years your average artist will be more of a corporate slave than he/she already is now.
betta get wit it.
Get with what?
Its all about STREAMING NOW…
If that’s how much Game is selling I can’t wait to see Tyga’s 1st week sales. Damn
Tyga will sell more than Game but not too much, I think his last effort was about 50k FW
Game fans were laughing at 50’s 40k first week sales of ANIMAL AMBITION…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA GAME OVER
fiddy sold 47k first week
staley makin it to 132k.
No, he ain’t.
Saw it on HDD.
You didn’t see shit on HDD.
Everything is completely leaked now. It appears there is no need to buy music.
Games album is pretty good, I cant believe it sold so little copies.
the Beauty of Independence EP is available to buy in stores Nov10th
Only platinum album this year in all of music is Taylor Swift, lol. In rap/hip hop gold is the new platinum at this point. I think when Kendrick drops he will break the steak and go platinum but that’s about it for this year. Eminem might break it first with a compilation album, maybe. There is only a handful of rappers that can go platinum these days….Kanye,Eminem,Jay-z,Kendrick and Drake. 2 or 3 albums maybe a year, when back in the day is was more like 10.
record sells are over as we know it….STREAMING is the new sells…if you are a aspiring aritist learn everything you can about STREAMING and the buisness of it…you can get paid…people are just not buying cds no more…
Ppl have to understand the Game’s album is just a compilation before his main album drops The Documentary 2
nope
theres literally no difference between this album and his last 2 albums, same number of features.
bottom line is he put his name on the top of the project and presented it like an album, not Game presents or Blood Money presents but The Game Blood Moon Year of The Wolf
Yeah He Can’t Blame Leakers Cause The Feds Was On There Job With The Takedown Notices Point Blank Sucked Huge Dissappointment
I’m more impressed that Run The Jewels (don’t see it here but I saw it on the real charts) sold 4000, when it wasn’t even being released officially until the following week, and it was being officially given away for free, and leaked.
Give away your music and connect with fans, and the fans still buy it and your whole stock of preorder vinyl and CDs sell out and have to be re-pressed before the street date.