12/17/08 Album Sales Chart - Week Ending 12/14

[fearless31666]

Kanye West is once again the top selling rapper on the sales charts this week. West pushed another 128,113 copies of his "808s & Heartbreak" album dropping two spots to land at number 6. Common debut's at number 12 with just under 85,000 copies sold while Akon lost 12 spots as his "Freedom" album takes the 19th position. Luda's "Theater Of The Mind" drops 8 spots, T.I.'s "Paper Trail" drops 4 and T-Pain loses 6 spots. Lil Wayne is the only rapper who actually moved up on the charts, landing at number 45 with just under another 30,000 copies sold.

On the R&B tip, Beyonce continues her dominance as she kept her number 3 spot on this weeks charts after selling another 161 thousand copies while Brandy debuted in 15th with her new "Human" album.


Number Artist Album Sales
3 Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce 161,997
6 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak 128,113
12 Common Universal Mind Control 84,764
15 Brandy Human 74,092
19 Akon Freedom 61,143
24 Ludacris Theater Of The Mind 56,343
30 T.I. Paper Trail 49,404
39 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 37,328
44 T-Pain Thr33 Ringz 32,138
45 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 29,068

Source: http://www.rapbasement.com/sales-charts ... 12/14.html

[Requiem]

where's soulja boy?? o that's right, no where!!!

[James R.]

Not hard seeing as how his album dropped 2 days after that sales week ended...