Cam’Ron debuts in the #3 spot this week with his comeback disc Crime Pays. After surprising everyone with her #1 debutlast week, Chrisette Michele’s Epiphany slips to #8 with 113,000 units sold to date. Rick Ross follows with over 270,000 sold of Deeper Than Rap, and Ciara’s Fantasy Riderounds out the Top 10 with 107,000.
Unfortunately, all the positive press hasn’t helped Asher Roth at the cash registers. After over a month in stores, his Asleep in the Bread Aisle has only moved 112,000 copies. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing: (more…)
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: (more…)
This is quite a departure for Killa Cam. I was expecting another tale of getting brain in the whip, but “I Hate My Job” actually shows some depth, and dare I say, relevance. (Note to Jeezy: THIS is how you reach people during a recession.)
Check out the first video from his upcoming album Crime Pays and let me know what you think.
Yes, we did. Alongside the rest of the world, hip-hop stars — including first-time voters Busta Rhymes and Juelz Santana– celebrated last night as Barack Obama was named the next president of the United States.
“The vision of the hip-hop generation and its young people is in full and glorious effect tonight,” Russell Simmons said in a prepared statement. (more…)
T.I.’s Paper Trail is holding strong as the #3 album in the country. With over 971,000 units sold so far, it looks like Tip will have another platinum plaque for his mantel in no time. Mary Mary debuts at #7 with The Sound, while Jennifer Hudson saw a boost in sales for her self-titled release, bringing her grand total to 355,000. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing:
PLATINUM AND WATCHING YOU GET DIZZIER Kanye West, Graduation - 2.2 million (more…)
T.I.’s Paper Trail is the #1 album for the second week in a row. Buoyed by the dominance of “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” at radio, it’s sold over 746,000 copies to date. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing:
PLATINUM AND WATCHING YOU GET DIZZIER Alicia Keys, As I Am - 3.6 million
Lil’ Wayne, The Carter III - 2.5 million
Chris Brown, Exclusive - 1.8 million Mariah Carey, E=MC2 - 1.2 million
Cam’Ron debuts in the #3 spot this week with his comeback disc Crime Pays. After surprising everyone with her #1 debut last week, Chrisette Michele’s Epiphany slips to #8 with 113,000 units sold to date. Rick Ross follows with over 270,000 sold of Deeper Than Rap, and Ciara’s Fantasy Ride rounds out the Top 10 with 107,000.
