Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/17/2010

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by Allen Jacobs

posted October 20, 2010 at 9:18AM EDT | 1 comments


Lil Wayne sells 102,000 more units than last week now that "I Am Not A Human Being" is on CD, while Phonte's Foreign Exchange and DXnext's Chiddy Bang debut on the Top 200.

In its first week for sale on CD, Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being gave the rapper a #1 spot, gaining 102,000 units from last week's digital-only sales. Although the CD debut still fell just a few thousand short of last month's digital debut, the strong push this week carried Weezy F. Baby over the quarter-million mark on a collection of songs that has seen little marketing and promotion. These tracks feature Young Money Records artists such as Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil Twist.



Eminem's Recovery held the #5 spot for another week, down just one from last week. The Interscope/Aftermath Entertainment release has the possibility of reaching the three million mark by year's end.

Atlantic Records' sensation Bruno Mars fell 10 spots to #12 with his debut Doo Wops & Hooligans. The longtime songwriter and producer could crack the 100,000 mark by next week. After scoring exposure via his "Nothin' On You" feature alongside B.o.B. earlier this year, Doo Wops & Hooligans features Damian Marley.

Mars' label-mate Trey Songz slid four spots to #13 with his Passion, Pain & Pleasure. Cracking 400,000 units, Trey may now be Atlantic Records' biggest star in the wake of T.I.'s legal woes. The Petersburg, Virginia native's fourth album features Drake and Nicki Minaj.



Brick Squad rapper Waka Flocka Flame fell just out of the Top 20 for his second week on the charts. The Atlanta sensation's debut, Flockaveli features Pastor Troy, Wale and Uncle Murda. The Lex Luger-produced album scored a Top 10 debut last week, as Waka spent much of last week doing promotional touring and radio appearances.




* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1
Lil Wayne
I Am Not A Human Being
125,000
259,000

5
Eminem
Recovery 50,000
2,818,000

12
Bruno Mars
Doo Wops & Hooligans
27,000
82,000

13
Trey Songz
Passion, Pain & Pleasure 27,000
407,000

21
Waka Flocka Flame
Flockaveli
18,000
55,000

Waka Flocka Flame's onetime mentor Gucci Mane is expected to crack 100,000 overall units next week with his The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted. It is presently believed that Gucci is in drug rehabilitation in Georgia, entering a 28-day program last week. Official sources have yet to confirm.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.1 ... 10-17-2010

[Emadyville]

damn 50 k again

[LilWayne4Life]

Damn 6 digtal numbers in the 3rd week with no promotion... that's unheard of even in 2001.

[Pistolpoppin]

Damn 6 digtal numbers in the 3rd week with no promotion... that's unheard of even in 2001.

Its not 6 digital numbers...it was released on cd that week, thats why it had such an increase...and I'd say it was unheard of in 2001, cause I don't think Itunes existed then...Just Saying

[LilWayne4Life]

Damn 6 digtal numbers in the 3rd week with no promotion... that's unheard of even in 2001.

Its not 6 digital numbers...it was released on cd that week, thats why it had such an increase...and I'd say it was unheard of in 2001, cause I don't think Itunes existed then...Just Saying

wtf can't you count? 125,000 is 1(1)2(2)5(3)0(4)0(5)0(6) digits

Don't give a fuck if it was released as lunch today it still sold 6 figures in the 3rd week with no promotion.

[NicoleEM]

No promotion?Maybe it didn't had like a real promotion, but how about those letters to fans?Or the news from jail every hip-hop site posted like almost daily?That sounds like promotion to me

[Pistolpoppin]

Damn 6 digtal numbers in the 3rd week with no promotion... that's unheard of even in 2001.

Its not 6 digital numbers...it was released on cd that week, thats why it had such an increase...and I'd say it was unheard of in 2001, cause I don't think Itunes existed then...Just Saying

wtf can't you count? 125,000 is 1(1)2(2)5(3)0(4)0(5)0(6) digits

Don't give a fuck if it was released as lunch today it still sold 6 figures in the 3rd week with no promotion.

It wasn't 6 figures of digital sales(as in itunes) in the third week, most of those sales were from the physical CD(as in wallmart) release.

[LilWayne4Life]

It wasn't 6 figures of digital sales(as in itunes) in the third week, most of those sales were from the physical CD(as in wallmart) release.

No shit, any intelligent human being would of known i meant digits because "6 digital numbers" doesn't make any sense due to my typing error.

[Pistolpoppin]

It wasn't 6 figures of digital sales(as in itunes) in the third week, most of those sales were from the physical CD(as in wallmart) release.

No shit, any intelligent human being would of known i meant digits because "6 digital numbers" doesn't make any sense due to my typing error.

Well the article is talking about the affect the physical release has had on overall sales for the week after being only released on digital format. I just thought thats what you meant as talking about digital sales numbers is obviously relevant to the article. It was an easy mistake to make, do not try to insult my intelligence.
Have a nice day

Back to the topic, Congrats to Wayne for getting to #1, and Em is doing well, another 50,000 and holding onto the top 5!!

[BoomZigga]

Lil Wayne is the biggest fuckin joke in music since Vanilla Ice.
Congrats to that untalented piece of shit for having 125,000 retarded fans that are willing to waste their parent's money on some faggot that raps like he is a 7 year old kid with down syndrome choking on a fork.

Let's celebrate while he is getting his bed rocked by his cell mates.

[Omar Khalid]

Lil Wayne is the biggest fuckin joke in music since Vanilla Ice.
Congrats to that untalented piece of shit for having 125,000 retarded fans that are willing to waste their parent's money on some faggot that raps like he is a 7 year old kid with down syndrome choking on a fork.

Let's celebrate while he is getting his bed rocked by his cell mates.

[Brood]

Looks like Lil Wayne just might be here to stay. I may have hated on him a little, but even I was surprised by those sales. It's still too early to tell though. We'll have to wait and see for Carter 4's sales.

[Raids-God]

LilWayne4Life must be proud

Weezy F.baby just proved hes unstopable in any siutaion, wether we like it or now