It’s a slow time in Hip Hop with minimal movement on the charts week. Lil Wayne remains in the #5 spot with a total of 2,075,960 units sold. Congrats to Wayne for achieving double platinum status in only 8 weeks! Tha Carter 3 was beat out by Sugarland, Miley Cyrus, the Mama Mia soundtrack, and Kid Rock, respectively. NasUntitled album drops two spots to #10 with 41,000 copies sold this week. Rihanna‘s still riding the waves of success with her re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad landing the #12 spot with sales now totaling over 1.5 million. Usher‘s Here I Stand grabs the #24 spot with 18,200 copies sold this week. Rounding out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B is Plies at #29. Definition of Real sold 15,600 copies this week.

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

RankArtistAlbumThis WeekTotal
5

Lil Wayne

Tha Carter 3

78,742

2,075,960

10

Nas

Untitled

41,023

291,380

12

Rihanna

Good Girl Gone Bad

34,290

1,550,572

24

Usher

Here I Stand

18,293

948,524

29

Plies

Definition of Real

15,609

433,592
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David Banner‘s Greatest Story Ever Told, which was met by mixed reviews from critics, also remains lukewarm on the charts. The Mississippi rapper sold 15,200 copies this week, for a total of 88,300. Three 6 Mafia‘s Last 2 Walk holds steady at #33 with 13,700 units sold this week. Driven by having the lead single on the highly anticipated Pinapple Express movie soundtrack( “Paper Planes”), M.I.A climbed her way from #151 to #62 with Kala selling 8,582 this week. Meanwhile Rick Ross comes in at #80 with Trilla selling 7,200 copies. Tech N9ne‘s Killer grabs the #144 spot with 4,600 sold.

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Other Notables

RankArtistAlbumThis WeekTotal
31

David Banner

Greatest Story Ever Told

15,269

88,383

33

Three 6 Mafia

Last 2 Walk

13,781

184,534

62

M.I.A

Kala

8,582

250,555

80Rick Ross

Trilla

7,244

645,059

144

Tech N9ne

Killer

4,652

68,480

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