With his sophomore effort released last Monday (November 10), Big K.R.I.T.’s Cadillactica debuted as the #5 album in the country according to Billboard’s latest sales numbers. Lower down the list, T.I.’s Paperwork dropped a dozen spots from the previous week and landed at #33 in the process. Azealia Banks’ surprise release of Broke With Expensive Taste fell nearly seventy spots but managed to stay in the Top 100 at #98 in its second week of availability. Also on the list, Bobby Shmurda’s retail debut managed to sell a total of 5,091 albums for a spot at #77 in its first week on the shelves.
Big K.R.I.T. Debuts At #5 Again
Big K.R.I.T.’s sophomore album sold a total of 43,756 units in its first week, just short of 4,000 more than the first week sales numbers he put up with Live From The Underground. Units aside, for his second album in a row K.R.I.T. debuted at #5 on Billboard’s Top 200.
HipHopDX reviewed Cadillactica last week and gave the album a 4.5/5 rating. “With Cadillactica he’s found his stride by taking new steps,” the reviewer noted. “K.R.I.T. isn’t slept on, but he’s proven again that he should have a bigger bandwagon by now. Once he does he’ll throw some fifteens in the back and keep it moving.”
T.I. Lands At #33 With Paperwork
After earning the #2 spot with its first week sales numbers at the end of last month, T.I.’s Paperwork fell another 13 spots in its fourth week on the charts. The 10,303 albums T.I. sold last week is a 35% drop from the previous week’s numbers. To date, T.I.’s ninth album has sold 132,906 units.
Lecrae Sees 12% Spike In Anomaly Sales
Ten weeks after it was released, Lecrae’s Anomaly jumped from the 80th spot up to 64 thanks to a 12% sales increase. Selling less than seven hundred more copies than the week before, Lecrae sold a total of 5,934 last week and brought his total count for his seventh album up to 190,992.
In the same period of time, Logic’s Under Pressure suffered a 3% sales drop but rose from #73 to #69 in the process.
Top 10 Billboard Top 200 Rap & R&B Albums For The Week Ending 11/16/2014
#5. Big K.R.I.T. – Cadillactica – 43,756 (43,917)
#33. T.I. – Paperwork – 10,303 (132,906)
#37. Ariana Grande – My Everything – 9,765 (349,739)
#53. Chris Brown – X – 6,658 (267,520)
#64. Lecrae – Anomaly – 5,934 (190,992)
#69. Logic – Under Pressure – 5,579 (95,426)
#77. Bobby Shmurda – Shmurda She Wrote – 5,091 (5,187)
#78. Teyana Taylor- VII – 5,066 (21,074)
#81. Anthony Hamilton – Home For The Holidays – 4,927 (9,448)
#84. Jeezy – Seen It All – 4,823 (242,675)
#98. Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste – 4,096 (15,261)
good numbers for KRIT
Once again the king of the south is pulling strong numbers.
#HustleGang #Winning
With all sales in the tank is it cool to just enjoy the music and say fuck the charts again? The weekly he flop she flop should be over
On some real shit 99% of music fans are solely focused on the music and the artists and could care less about the album sales. There are a fringe element a small group of out-of-touch fanatics who worship sales but they are a dying breed now that their favorite POP rappers are no longer selling.
Yeah but sales matter in the longevity of careers, you need sales to remain on major labels, you need major labels for production budgets, you need production budgets to keep dropping albums. you need to keep dropping albums to stay relevant. It all matters.
all this shows is that no matter the quality of the music, nobody is selling any records anymore. artists, especially rappers need to try harder. they’ve got it too easy nowadays
LeCrae pushing nice numbers independently
Ariana Grande!?! since when is she hip-hop?!! can you pls report hip-hop albums only PLEASE
Ariana Grande is the next Rakim, fam.
LAUGHTERHOUSE!!!
Azealia Banks selling pretty well without much promotion, I guess her feud news help get her notice.
Bobby Shmurda really just got exposed. 5k!?!? Why would his record label even try and release an album with just one single and no actual movement to actually rely on a fan base? By January he’s gonna be a memory. SMH
Sold 50k and is just an EP.
i think the ep has been on itunes for a few weeks, those numbers must be for the physical right?
‘Police is hunting black people from the look of it /The big watch the range rover the emptiness / ya one hit went in and out like P and Kiss’ – Sheek Louch LOX – Now Listen
Naw, Shmurda’s EP came out last week on iTunes. Dude really is another one hit wonder and will be dropped from his label sometime next year. Epic takes an L for this. Meanwhile, KRIT selling the same amount as his debut album. Labels should take note.
epic is taking no L whatsoever you know nothing on how it works
epic is more than happy eating off his publishing and with a strong hand in his show money pocket
^ You are clearly delusional.
Nobody sells records anymore. These lists don’t indicate much.
Yep, album sales are done.
“#77. Bobby Shmurda – Shmurda She Wrote – 5,091 (5,187)”
LMAO, from “Hot Nigga” to “Flop Nigga”, soon-to-be-dropped nigga.
yea he sold 5k but he only had 5 songs on it…who the fuck is u!?
and his shit was 100$ a copy so 5,000 x 300 =1.5 million he making gwapppppppppppppp
getcha shmoney up fams
$100 a copy?! In your wildest dreams, troll.
you don’t have to believe me look at the numbersssssssss
and whats a troll nigga?
“and his shit was 100$ a copy so 5,000 x 300 =1.5 million”
^ fvckboy desperately needs a math class, LMMFAO
Sorry
*Troll, nigga?
^ A troll is what you are, always saying something outlandish to get a reaction. How about you look at the numberssssssss? $5.99 on iTunes and Amazon MP3, where do you see $100 at?
these numbers for rappers and r&b are horrible