Despite lots of shuffling around this week, Hip Hop and R&B still holds its own on the charts with Bad Boy‘s Danity Kane claiming the top spot. The ladies’ sophomore album, Welcome to the Dollhouse, sold 236k in its debut. Hit music compilation Now That’s What I Call Music Vol 27 holds the #2 spot for the second week in a row while Rick RossTrilla is bumped down to #3 with just over 90k sold this week. Flo Rida‘s highly anticipated album Mail on Sunday, driven by his smash hit “Low” debuted this week at #4 with just under 86k sold, while Snoop Dogg‘s Ego Trippin slips down from #3 to #7 with 86k units.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

RankArtistAlbumThis WeekTotal
1

Danity Kane

Welcome to the Dollhouse

236,192

236,410

3

Rick Ross

Trilla

90,344

289,300

4

Flo Rida

Mail on Sunday

85,891

86,182

7

Snoop Dogg

Ego Trippin’

57,251

194,194

13

Alicia Keys

As I Am

40,6213,317,788
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Unable to make her way back onto the top 10, Alicia KeysAs I Am holds the #13 spot with a still respectable 40k in her 19th week on the charts, as Janet Jackson‘s Discipline continues its decline at #17 in its 4th week (33.5k sold). Gnarls Barkley rush-released their sophomore effort The Odd Couple three weeks early after the album prematurely leaked. Though many projected high sales due to their popularity on the iTunes album charts, The Odd Couple only achieved the #18 spot selling just over 31k copies. Def Jam‘s Rocko follows close on Barkley‘s heels with Self Made selling almost 28k this week and landing him at the #21 spot. Sheek Louch also debuted a new album this week to a mild response. Silverback Gorilla came in at #41 with just under 17.5k sold, while Fat Joe‘s Elephant in the Room failed to keep its buzz afloat and nose-dived from #6 last week to #56 this week with an even 15k sold.

RankArtist

AlbumThis WeekTotal
18

Gnarls Barkley

Odd Couple

31,00931,009

21

Rocko

Self Made

27,71127,786

41

Sheek Louch

Silver Back Gorilla

17,479

17,818

56

Fat Joe

Elephant in the Room

15,000

61,260

64

Webbie

Savage Life Vol 2

13,904

133,811
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Next week can Fat Joe redeem himself from his 50 spot fall out? Will Rick Ross stay on top of the rap charts or be overthrown by a very close-following Flo Rida? With new releases on deck from Detroit mainstay Guilty Simpson, femcee Trina, as well as Prodigy, the next few weeks are bound to get interesting…stay tuned as DX brings you the weekly play-by-play.