Sales Rounded To Nearest Thousandth:
Aint much change in this thang…
#5
The ususal heavyweights still bout it out in the Billboard’s Top 200 Albums this week. Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter IV remains atop the Hip-Hop/R&B genre selling 84,000 units this week, the first under-100k selling for Wayne’s latest. Weezy came in at No. 5 and now has a total of 1,385,000 records sold.
#9
Jay-Z & Kanye West follow despit falling one slot to No. 9. The Roc Boys sold 31,000 units last week and are slowly creeping up on platinum status with a total of 902,000 records moved.
#24
Mrs. Carter, Shawn Carter that is, fell as well 5 slots to No. 24 with her latest work 4. Queen Bey managed to move 18,000 units recently and she closely approaches platinum with 803,000 copies sold thus far.
#32
At No. 32 is Royce Da 5’9” and Eminem aka Bad Meets Evil with their collab effort Hell:The Sequel. Detroit’s finest moved up a notch selling 12,000 copies and have 541,000 units moved to their total.
#48
Falling 30 spots in two weeks is Cali’s own Game with his latest R.E.D. Album. The Compton MC moved 8,600 units last week and now sits at 176,000 records sold altogether.
#49
Eminem is still going strong with his 2010 release Recovery. Slim Shady moved up 12 slots with his now quadruple-platinum LP at No. 49 selling 8,600 copies last week. Em has now sold 4,040,000 copies total.
#64
Nicki Minaj is still winning with her 2010 debut Pink Friday. At No. 64, despite falling six slots, Ms. Barbie sold 6,900 copies recently and continues her platinum stretch with 1,588,000 units sold.
#85
Houston’s own Z-Ro makes his debut on the charts with a new project entitled Meth. At the No. 85 slot, Z-Ro sells 5,400 copies in the album’s first week. This is the fourth album released in Z-Ro’s “drug series.”
#95
Coming in at No. 95 is Pittsburgh’s Pimp Wiz Khalifa with his major-label debut Rolling Papers. The slim spitter moved 4,600 units last week and is now sitting at 580,000 records sold total.
#100
Lastly is Warren, Michigan’s own Twiztid climbing an impressive 46 slots to No. 100 with Cryptic Collection Vol. 4. The group nearly doubled its sales from last week and now have sold 4,500 units bringing their total to 9,500 copies.
Can Roc Nation’s first signee J. Cole make an impressive debut next week? Keep it locked to Scoop’s Chart Topper’s to find out!
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