Watch The Throne At The Top- Rap Albums On The Billboard Charts

I predicted Watch The Throne would sell between 130-200k first week, people would say i was wrong, but technically speaking, i am not far from the truth. Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch The Throne album sold 436,000 copies in its first week out. Thanks to the album not leaking at all, (first rap album to achieve that after a very long while) it was able to sell 290,000 copies off iTunes. What that means is that it only sold 146,000 pysical copies in its first week. So, you see that i am right in a way.


Ace Hood's Blood, Sweat & Tears also debuted last week, and it sold 26,000 copies after one week in stores. Ace Hood is not as big an artist as Kanye and Jay, and he doesn't have that crazy marketing machine behind him, but don't let the gap between his album sales and Watch The Throne fool you- his album is really dope.

Hell: The Sequel from Bad Meets Evil (Eminem and Royce Da 5'9) sold 23,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 444,000 copies total. As i said, i still see this album going Platinum by the end of the year. But if i am to compare this collabo album with Watch The Throne, i would say Kanye and Jay-Z did a better job...it is evident that jay and kanye took their project more seriously.

Another collabo album is up next- Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame dropped their Ferrari Boys album last week, and it did 17,000 copies after one week in stores. I don't really listen to their type of music, so i can't tell you anything about the album.

Royce Da 5'9 is on the chart twice this week, as his Success Is Certain album debuts this week with 16,000 copies sold after one week. The album was dropped on an indie label, so he gets majority of the money off the sales- that's looking good.

Big Sean's Almost Famous album sold 11,000 copies this week, to bring his total to 182,000 copies total of his debut album. Kanye West is also back on the charts this week selling 3,900 copies of his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album, bringing the total to 1,191,000. Wu-Tang's Legendary Weapons sold 2,500 copies this week, and now totals at 16,000 copies so far. Tyler, The Creator's Goblin album sold 2,400 copies, and now totals at 102,000 copies.