Lil Wayne is bumped down from #2 to #5, taking the backseat to Miley Cyrus, Sugarland, the Mama Mia soundtrack, and Kid Rock, respectively. But with total sales at 1,997,218 , Weezy is just on the horizon of double platinum with Tha Carter III [click to read]. After reigning supreme last week at #1 Nas’ Untitled [click to read] holds down the #8 spot this week selling 63,200 this week. Rihanna‘s re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad comes in at #11 with 33,700 sold while Usher’s Here I Stand [click to read] sells 23,500 and lands the #18 spot. Rounding out the Top 5 Hip Hop/ R&B artists is David Banner at #20. The Greatest Story Ever Told [click to read] sold 21,200 copies this week.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 5 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter 3 | 85,166 | 1,997,218 |
| 8 | Nas | Untitled | 63,279 | 250,357 |
| 11 | Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad | 33,708 | 1,516,282 |
| 18 | Usher | Here I Stand | 23,590 | 930,231 |
| 20 | David Banner | The Greatest Story Ever Told | 21,212 | 73,114 |
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Plies grabs the #27 spot with 17,100 copies of Definition of Real [click to read] sold this week. At #33 Three 6 Mafia‘s Last 2 Walk [click to read] sold 13,918 copies this week. Following right behind them with a deficit of only 37 CDs, G-Unit sold 13,881copies of Terminate On Sight [click to read], earning them the #34 spot. In the first full sales week since Rick Ross was exposed as a former corrections officer, the Miami “boss” dropped over 20 spots on the chart to #74 with Trilla [click to read] selling about 8,000 copies this week. Finally, Bronx rapper Hell Rell debuted Black Mask Black Gloves at #131 this week with just under 5,400 sold.
Other Notables
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| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 27 | Plies | Definition of Real | 17,194 | 417,983 |
| 33 | Three 6 Mafia | Last 2 Walk | 13,918 | 170,753 |
| 34 | G-Unit | Terminate On Sight | 13,881 | 173,250 |
| 74 | Rick Ross | Trilla | 8,205 | 637,815 |
131 Hell Rell Black Mask Black Gloves 5,390 5,445
Will August heat up on the charts with new albums on the horizon from heavy-hitters like The Game, Ne-Yo and Nelly? Or will the youngins get schooled by new projects from Ice Cube and LL Cool J? Can femcee/ producer Missy Elliot come in for the sneak attack and shock the charts? Stay tuned as DX brings the play by play.
