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Weekly Sales 2/17/10

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I guess it’s getting quite obvious that R and B kind of runs this music sales thing.  Artist’s like Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and now Sade are murdering rappers in terms of record sales.  Lil Wayne, who is arguably the biggest artist on the planet, dropped Young Money’s album AND Rebirth in the span of a month or so and Sade comes out and does as many numbers as both projects combined in one week.  I guess maybe that is just Sade but even Jahiem, who I haven’t heard a peep out of in some time, debuted this week at number 3, selling 112K.  Check out the top.

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1 Sade Soldier Of Love
 502,000 503,000
3 Jaheim Another Round
 112,000 112,000
4 Lil Wayne Rebirth 89,000 265,000
8 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D.
 67,000 2,066,000
12 Alicia Keys Element of Freedom
 40,000 1,039,000

And for the bottom

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
41 Young Money We Are Young Money
 20,000 311,000
43 Jay-Z Blueprint 3
 19,000 1,615,000
48 Eminem Relapse
 16,000 1,840,000
142 Galactic Ya-Ka-May
 4,900 5,100
181 Gil Scott-Heron I’m New Here
 3,700 3,900

Jay and Eminem are still moving a few units.  Young Money cleared 300K and Rebirth is approaching that 300K mark too.  I got to give it up to Wayne though, he is making a KILLING right now.  I bet Birdman and Slim are making even more than Wayne is.  Birdman, lemme see your portfolio please!!!!!!!!! Until next week, go cop that Freeway and Jake One “Stimulus Package.”

Weekly Sales 2/10/10

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Fail on my part for posting this so late but here are the weekly sales numbers.  The only major release was from perhaps the hottest artist on the planet, Lil Wayne.  His highly anticipated album, Rebirth dropped on February 2nd.  With two singles/videos and a lot of mixed feelings, Rebirth finally came out despite the setbacks.  He debuted at number 2 moving just over 175K in his first week.  Considering how well Carter III sold and his current hype, I would call this disappointing.  However, 175K in a week is still pretty solid in these current times.  I bet his No Ceilings mixtape had over a million downloads in a few days.  Here is the top.

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
2 Lil Wayne Rebirth
 176,000 176,000
5 Various Artists 2010 Grammy Nominees
 71,000 165,000
6 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 70,000 1,999,000
11 Michael Jackson’s This Is It
 35,000 1,439,000
13 Alicia Keys Element of Freedom
 34,000 1,000,000

And for the bottom.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
28 Young Money We Are Young Money
 21,000 291,000
30 Jay-Z Blueprint 3
 19,000 1,597,000
34 Eminem Relapse
 18,000 1,824,000
53 Drake So Far Gone
 12,000 369,000
69 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct
 8,500 387,000

Young Money is staying strong on the charts with Wayne, We Are Young Money and Drake still moving units. Alicia Keys hit platinum and Black Eyed Peas are still murdering people. Until next week, enjoy your weekend and go cop that Sade album. I heard it’s amazing.

Weekly Numbers 1/20/2010

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January is half over and the numbers keep “rolling” in.  Only one, “noteworthy” album dropped last week.  Omarion’s Ollusion came out and it was clear that NOBODY cared.  Well, 19,000 people cared.  I have been having an internal struggle because a part of me really wants to hear the album but I feel like I already know it’s gonna be horrible.  Ack Right or whatever his single is, is kind of dope I guess.  Anyway, it’s amazing that Black Eyed Peas are STILL moving more units that most people.  Alicia Keys is still creeping towards platinum status, Mary J. Blige is still doing pretty well and Young Money is sticking around.  Here is the top.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
5 Alicia Keys Element of Freedom
 48,000 889,000
7 Mary J Blige Stronger (With Every Tear)
 35,000 475,000
10 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D.
 32,000 1,855,00
13 Rihanna Rated R
 24,000 550,000
18 Young Money We Are Young Money
 21,000 23o,000

And for the bottom.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
19 Omarion Ollusion
 19,000 19,000
23 Eminem Relapse 17,000 1,777,000
26 Jay-Z Blueprint 3
 15,000 1,549,000
66 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct
 7,300 365,000
163 Clipse Til The Casket Drops
 2,900 62,000

I’m not sure why people aren’t rushing out to by Clipse album but are STILL supporting Blueprint 3. Wait, dumb statement. Teenage girls aren’t bumping the Clipse like that. Oh well. Stay tuned until next week.  Hopefully Omarion can move a few more units before he gets dropped again.

Weekly Numbers 1/13/2010

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Another week is upon us and the numbers are in.  As always, shout out to HipHopDx for keeping a player current in this wonderful world of sales figures.  Not much has changed since last week, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige stay on top.  Black Eyed Peas are still moving more units per week than most artists period.  And Young Money and Rihanna sold just over 25K.  Here are the top steppers

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

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
4 Alicia Keys Element of Freedom
 62,000 841,000
5 Mary J Blige Stronger (With Every Tear)
 47,000 441,000
8 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D.
 36,000 1,823,000
11 Rihanna Rated R
 27,000 526,000
13 Young Money We Are Young Money
 26,000 212,000

And for the stragglers. 

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
16 Eminem Relapse
 24,000 1,760,000
22 Jay-Z Blueprint III 19,000 1,533,000
37 Gucci Mane The State Vs. Radric Davis
 12,000 203,000
57 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct
 8,800 358,000
177 Wale Attention: Deficit
 2,600 66,000

Eminem and Jay are still doing pretty well.  It looks like even with radio and tv on his side, Gucci Mane won’t hit gold any time soon.  And Wale is slowing trying to reach 100k.  Stay tuned until next week.  Make sure you download both Roots’ projects.  They are ill.

Weekly Numbers 1/6/2009

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The weekly numbers are in thanks to HipHopDx.  There isn’t really any exciting news or surprises.  Black Eyed Peas and Eminem still continue to move units while Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige are still holding on up top.  Young Money is doing alrigh too but I wonder if they are disappointed especially with the hype surround Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake? Check out the top.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3 Alicia Keys Element of Freedom
 80,000 779,000
4 Mary J Blige Stronger (With Every Tear)
 62,000 394,000
8 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D.
 47,000 1,787,000
12 Young Money We Are Young Money
 43,000 186,000
13 Eminem Relapse
 41,000 1,735,000

And for the bottom. 

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
23 Jay-Z Blueprint 3
 25,000 1,515,000
33 Gucci Mane The State Vs. Radric Davis  18,000 191,000
40 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct 15,000 349,000
49 Snoop Dogg Malice N’ Wonderland
 14,000 147,000
185 Wale Attention: Deficit
 3,700 64,000

It looks like Gucci Mane is really falling off after a few weeks.  Wale continues to climb slowly to that 100K mark.  Let’s help him hit it.  Stay tuned for next weeks numbers.

Weekly Numbers 12/31/2009

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For my last post of 2009, I wanted to share the weekly numbers with everyone.  Christmas seemed to be very helpful to a lot of artist’s sales including Eminem, Alicia Keys and Black Eyed Peas.  New releases like Mary J Blige and Young Money’s We Are Young Money made strong debuts as well.  Here is the top.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
2 Mary J Blige Stronger (With Every Tear)
 330,000 332,000
4 Alicia Keys Element of Freedom
 280,000 699,000
9 Young Money We Are Young Money
 142,000 143,000
11 Eminem Relapse 128,000 1,694,000
13 Michael Jackson’s This Is It
 109,000 1,262,000

And the bottom.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
15 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D.
 104,000 1,740,000
32 Jay-Z Blueprint 3
 59,000 1,490,000
39 Gucci Mane The State Vs. Radric Davis
 42,000 173,000
57 50 Cent Before I Self Destruct
 29,000 334,000
171 Clipse Til The Casket Drops
 8,400 51,000

Despite dropping one of the best albums of the year, the Clipse are still not moving units like they should.  Gucci Mane’s sales are a little disappointing,” if you look at how many times his shit is played on the radio.  50 Cent looks like he probably won’t break gold either.  I wonder how people are feeling about 2009 and what the future will hold????  Stayed tuned for next weeks sales.  Happy Holidays to all.  See you  next year.

Video Mash Up

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I wanted to do something a little different today besides my typical daily soundtrack.  A lot of dope videos have dropped in the past week so I wanted to share some of my favorites.  A few might catch everyone offguard but I like some radio shit just as much as the next man even though I hate pretty hard at times.  Drake even make a couple appearances on my list today.  The first video is from Drake and Timbaland for their song Say Something.  I love this joint and Drake once again solidifies his spot.  It’s hard to hate this man right now but I’m sure I can find something.

The second video is Cannon, whichi is of my favorite joints from Cory Gunz mixtape, Heir to the Throne.  Despite Cory looking a little uncomfortable handling guns, the song is really dope and its cool to see a video for it too.

The third video is for Gucci Mane’s song Lemonade. This video kind of makes my eyes hurt with all this bright ass yellow.  This song is a little too addictive.  It’s good to see Waka Flocka Flame in the video too.

The fourth video is for Mos Def’s joint Supermagic from his album The Ecstatic, which is one of the most slept-on albums of they.

The last two videos I will group together because of they are both from Young Money/Cash Money.  Young Money’s Bedrock is slowly becoming one of my favorite songs due to the Lloyd hook and the Nicki Minaj line “time to put this pussy on your sideburns.”  Need I say more????  The last video is from Birdman’s album Pricele$$ and features Lil Wayne and Drake.  Once again, Drake makes the song.  Damn am I becoming a Drake fan??????

Tomorrow I will be sharing my thoughts about Alicia Keys new album, The Element of Freedom.