This week has been perhaps the biggest week in sales for quite some time. As you all might know, Eminem dropped his album, Recovery last week and managed to move almost 750K in its first week. It is the highest first week sales in nearly two years. I honestly am pretty shocked by these numbers, i figured Drake would do more than Eminem but MAN, props to Em. Drake is now at number 2 on the charts and broke the gold mark in just two weeks. The Roots also hit the charts at number 6, moving 51k. Here is the top.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Eminem |
Recovery |
741,000 | 744,000 |
| 2 | Drake | Thank Me Later |
157,000 | 604,000 |
| 6 | The Roots | How I Got Over |
51,000 | 51,000 |
| 14 | Usher |
Raymond v. Raymond | 24,000 | 874,000 |
| 20 | B.o.B. Presents | The Adventures of Bobby Ray |
19,000 | 268,000 |
And for the bottom
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 43 | Nas & Damian Marley | Distant Relatives |
8,900 | 134,000 |
| 47 | Eminem | Relapse |
8,400 | 1,986,000 |
| 112 | Drake | So Far Gone |
4,500 | 489,000 |
| 131 | Z-Ro | Heroin |
3,900 | 4,100 |
| 179 | Lil Jon | Crunk Rock |
2,900 | 17,000 |
B.o.B. is still doing well. His feature on Big Boi’s new LP is pretty dope. Props to B.o.B. Hopefully Nas and Damian Marley can keep crawling towards gold. It’s still a little disheartening that The Roots still only moved 50K in their first week especially after touring the world for years and putting out dope album after dope album. Oh well, until next time, BIG shout out to Eminem.
