After breaking 50 Cent‘s record for consecutive weeks at #1, Taylor Swift made way for Bruce Sprinsteen‘s Working On A Dream return, complete with a last minute Superbowl halftime appearance. Beyonce, whose I Am…Sasha Fierce [click to read] continues to see solid sales numbers, leading all urban acts at #3. Jamie Foxx [click to read], Keyshia Cole [click to read] and Kanye West [click to read] continue the weekly trend of trading spots within the top three.
Akon [click to read] topped T.I. and Notorious Soundtrack with his Freedom [click to read] closing out the top five urban acts at #15, treading its way to gold.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 3 | Beyonce | I Am…Sasha Fierce | 51,531 | 1,736,835 |
| 5 | Kanye West | 808’s & Heartbreak | 33,228 | 1,257,336 |
| 7 | Jamie Foxx | Intuition | 31,601 | 541,482 |
| 8 | Keyshia Cole | A Different Me | 30,865 | 632,534 |
| 15 | Akon | Freedom | 21,769 | 443,736 |
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Scarface [click to read] eclipsed the 100,000 mark this week, as all of his official studio albums have done previously.
Young Jeezy, Plies and an assortment of Lil Wayne releases have continued to chart well into their run. The lone urban addition this week was comedian Katt Williams, releasing the audio companion to the DVD of It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’.
Other Notables
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| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 42 | Plies | Da Realist | 11,929 | 241,441 |
| 59 | Young Jeezy | Da Realist | 9,128 | 756,099 |
| 154 | Scarface | Emeritus | 3,525 | 101,256 |
| 159 | DJ Drama & Lil Wayne | Dedication 3 | 3,440 | 38,532 |
| 174 | Katt Williams | It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin | 3,122 | 3,122 |
The less things change, the way they stay the same. Stay tuned to HipHopDX for next week….
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