Eminem is still sitting on top of the charts this week and reached platinum in just two weeks of sales. Congrats to Em, that’s pretty incredible considering the state of things. Drake is sitting at number two and sold another 100K this week. Love King, The Dream moved 58K in his first week. That is kind of surprising considering that R&B seems to be the way to sell records nowadays. Here is the top
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Eminem | Recovery |
313,000 | 1,058,000 |
| 2 | Drake | Thank Me Later |
105,000 | 709,000 |
| 4 | The-Dream | Love King |
58,000 | 59,000 |
| 14 | Usher |
Raymond v. Raymond | 24,000 | 898,000 |
| 17 | The Roots | How I Got Over |
21,000 | 72,000 |
And for the bottom
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 28 | Dwele | W.ants W.orld W.omen |
14,000 | 14,000 |
| 107 | Trip Lee | Between Two Worlds |
4,400 | 7,900 |
| 134 | Young Money | We Are Young Money |
3,800 | 500,000 |
| 193 | Blaze Ya Dead Homie | Gang Rags |
2,600 | 11,100 |
| 198 | Z-Ro | Heroin |
2,500 | 6,600 |
It’s kind of amazing that you can be on the charts by only selling 2500 copies in a week. I feel like I could do that out of my bookbag. Dwele sold 14K in his first week. The Roots moved 21,000 in their second week. One of those copies will be mine next week. Whoever Blaze Ya Dead Homie is moved a few more units this week. Big Boi is on the chopping block next week. Hopefully he can do at least 100K but I’m predicting 60-75K. Regardless, go buy his album.
