India Arie and Bobby Valentino make respectable debuts in the Top 10 this week at the number three and seven spots respectively. India’s third release, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love and Politics sold 76,000 units, while over 64,000 fans copped Bobby’s independent offering, The Rebirth.

Despite claims made on his Twitter page about his album selling out “all over,” the latest Soundscan shows that rookie Ryan Leslie was in fact only able to move a paltry 24,000 copies of his own release.

Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing:

PLATINUM AND WATCHING YOU GET DIZZIER
Beyonce, I Am…Sasha Fierce - 1.8 million
Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains - 1.6 million 
Kanye West, 808’s & Heartbreak - 1.3 million
Usher, Here I Stand - 1.1 million

DOOKIE GOLD ROPE
Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman - 905,000 
Young Jeezy, The Recession - 775,000 
Jamie Foxx, Intuition - 618,000
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson - 621,000

BAMBOO EARRINGS, AT LEAST 2 PAIR
Akon, Freedom - 490,000 
Nas, Untitled - 439,000
Ashanti, The Declaration - 267,000
Common, Universal Mind Control - 205,000

AFRICAN MEDALLION
Nelly, Brass Knuckles - 196,000
Brandy, Human - 171,000 
Scarface, Emeritus - 108,000
Brutha, Brutha - 50,000

Figures are estimated totals to date according to Nielsen Soundscan.

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