This Week's Top Selling Rap Albums on Billboard

Lecrae's new album, Anomaly is the highest selling rap album on Billboard's 'Top 200 Albums' chart for a second week running. Last week, it was the number one album in all genre in the whole of America. The album sold 31,243 copies this week, and is now at a two week total of 118,829 copies sold so far.



Check out the full list of top selling rap albums on Billboard this week.



Lecrae- Anomaly- 31,243 (118,829)

Jeezy- Seen It All: The Autobiography- 21,537 (176,076)

Wiz Khalifa- Blacc Hollywood- 9,194 (161,348)

Iggy Azalea- The New Classic- 8,998 (360,547)

Joell Ortiz- House Slippers- 5,876 (5,876)

This Week's Top Selling Rap Albums on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart

Eminem's seventh studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 19,000 copies this week, making it the highest selling rap album on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart this week. It is now at a total of 1,958,000 copies sold so far.



Below is the full list of top selling rap albums of the week.

Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP 2- 19,000 (1,958,000)

Drake- Nothing Was The Same- 13,104 (1,478,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- 9,900 (1,351,000)

Kendrick Lamar- 'Good Kid, Mad City'- 8,200 (1,191,408)

Kid Ink- My Own Lane-6,400 (98,000)

Childish Gambino- because the internet- 5,300 (223,000)


Yo Gotti- I Am- 4,500 (152,000)

Eminem- The Eminem Show- 4,300 (10,332,000)

Jay Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail- 3,400 (1,130,000)

This Week's Highest Selling Rap Albums on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart

Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP 2' still is the highest selling rap album on Billboard Top 200 Chart this week, as it was last week, and many weeks before that. The album sold 24k copies this week, and is now at a total of 1,870,000 copies sold so far.


Check out the full list of Rap albums on Billboard chart this week below-





Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP 2- 24,000 (1,870,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 18,000 (1,287,000)

Drake- Nothing Was The Same- 15,000 (1,416,000)

Kendrick Lamar- 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'- 8,200 (1,151,000)

Kid Ink- My Own Lane- 8,200 (73,000)

Childish Gambino- Because The Internet- 7,200 (201,000)

Ty Dollar $ign- Beach House EP- 6,100 (6,100)

Step Brothers- Lord Steppington- 5,400 (5,400)

This Week's Top Selling Rap Albums on Billboard Chart

Eminem is still killing competition as expected. His The Marshall Mathers LP2  album sold 115,000 copies this week, and is now at a total of 1,605,000. He is heading to that double platinum plat status, which he will attain probably by February next year. Check out the rest of the rap albums on Billboard chart this week below.






Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP - 115,000 (1,605,000)

Drake- Nothing Was The Same- 37,000 (1,296,000)

B.O.B- Underground Luxury- 35,000 (35,000)

Childish Gambino- Because The Internet- 28,000 (124,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- ,17,000 (1,210,000)

Yo Gotti- I Am- 11,000 (99,221)

The LOX- The Trinity EP- 8,400 (8,400)

 2 Chainz- B.O.A.T.S.2: Me Time- 7,500 (210,000)

Jay Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail- 7,500 (1,090,153)

Kendrick Lamar- 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'- 7,200 (1,116,000)





It's good to see my boys, The LOX (Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Styles P) charting this week with their new EP- The Trinity EP. Okay, maybe it didn't sell that much, but they have never been big sellers like that, so for an EP they put out on their own via Itunes, it ain't doing  too badly. I am just happy they have something out there. I see Kendrick Lamar still moving units, and I can't but be happy for that nigga. Get your money up...you deserve it for all the hard work you put in.

Top Selling Rap Albums On Billboard Top 200 Album Chart This Week

Hmm! Its a slow week for hip hop; the best selling rap album this week is Juicy J's Stay Trippy album, which sold 22,000 copies this week, to put the album at a two week total of 86,000 copies sold. Check out the rest of the top selling rap albums on Billboard Top 200 Album Chart below-





Juicy J- Stay Trippy- 22,000 (86,000)

Jay Z- Magna Carta...Holy Grail- 20,000 (957,000)

Big Sean- Hall Of Fame- 18,000 (89,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 18,000 (1,057,000)

Kendrick Lamar- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"- 7,000 (1,027,000)

A$AP Ferg- Trap Lord- 9,000 (46,000)

Earl Sweatshirt- Doris- 4,000 (62,000)

Top Selling Rap Albums On Billboard Chart This Week

Jay-Z has the top selling rap album on the Billboard chart this week; Magna Carta Holy Grail sold 37,000 copies this week, to now stand at a 6 week total of 882,000. Congrats to Kendrick Lamar, as his "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" album attained platinum status this week. I was actually rooting for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to get the first platinum selling rap album this year with their The Heist album, but Kendrick beat them to it. His very controversial verse on Big Sean's Control song really helped out. Kendrick was down to selling 3-4k copies the last couple of weeks, but the Control verse boosted his album sales. GKMC sold 9,000 copies this week, to now put it at a total sales so far of 1,000,000.




Check out the full list of Rap albums on Billboard chart below-



Jay Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail- 37,000 (882,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 16,000 (998,000)

Hoodie Allen- Americoustic EP- 11,000 (11,000)

Tech N9ne- Something Else- 10,000 (85,000)

Kendrick Lamar- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"- 9,000 (1,000,000)

Kanye West- Yeezus- 6,000 (510,000)

Stevie Stone- "2 Birds, 1 Stone"- 4,700 (4,700)

This Week's Top Selling Rap Albums On Billboard Top 200 Chart

French Montana's 'Excuse My French' is the highest selling rap album on Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week, selling 49,755. These are not huge numbers, but it is not surprising. French Montana is not the type to sell huge with albums; he is more of a rapper that sells singles. His Pop That song has sold over a million copies already.




Check out the list of the top selling rap albums on Billboard top 200 chart below-





French Montana- Excuse My French- 49,755 (49,755)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- the Heist- 24,000 (754,000)

Lil Wayne- I Am Not A Human Being- 15,000 (453,000)

Kendrick Lamar- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"- 8,800 (905,000)

Eve- Lip Lock- 3,500 (12,000)

LL Cool J- Authentic- 2,700 (26,000)


Snoop Lion- Reincarnated- 2,600 (40,000)

Gucci Mane- Trap House 3- 2,500 (2,500)

Top Selling Rap Albums On Billboard Chart This Week

I'm sorry this is coming late; I usually put it up on Wednesdays, but I wasn't physically okay yesterday. So, as we have it, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are still ruling the charts...check out the top selling rap albums on Billboard chart this week below-







Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 29,000 (490,000)

Kendrick Lamar- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City- 17,000 (778,000)

A$AP Rocky- Long Live A$AP- 11,000 (284,000)

The Weekend- Trilogy- 11,000 (289,000)

T.I- Trouble Man- 8,900 (420,000)

2 Chainz- Based On A T.R.U Story- 6,900 (564,000)

Wiz Khalifa- O.N.I.F.C- 5,400 (342,000)

Chief Keef- Finally Rich- 4,300 (144,000)

Joe Budden- No Love Lost- 3,900 (56,000)

Game- Jesus Piece- 3,900 (209,000)












All, but one (Long Live A$AP) of the albums on the list above were released last year, and none has gone Platinum yet. What that means is that through 2012, till the end of the first quarter of 2013, no Hip Hop album has been able to sell a million copies. Hmm! What's happening. I guess the heavy hitters like Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake and Lil Wayne are the only rappers that can sell platinum in this current times. I think Kendrick will go plat in a couple of months, but I don't know if anyone else on this list can go plat.

Top 21 Best Selling Albums In the U.S Since 1991

Nielson Soundscan started tracking albums sales in the U.S back in 1991; and since then, below are the top 21 best selling albums to date.

21. Adele- 21 (released in 2011)- 10,020,000

20. Linkin Park- Hybrid (released in 2000)- 10,027,000

19. Usher- Confessions (released in 2004)- 10,044,000

18. Eminem- Eminem Show (released in 2002)- 10,125,000

17. Backstreet Boys- Backstreet's Boys (released in 1997)- 10,127,000

16. Titanic Soundtrack (released in 1997)- 10,174,000

15. Hootie & The Blowfish- Cracked Rare View (released in 1994)- 10,278,000

14. Britney Spears- Baby One More Time (released in 1999)- 10,572,000

13. Eminem- Marshall Marthas LP (released in 2000)- 10,652,000

12. Celine Dion- Falling Into You (released in 1996)- 10,803,000

11. Norah Jones- Come Away With Me (released in 2002)- 10,885,000

10. 'N Synch- No Strings Attached (released in 2000)- 11,135,000

9.  Bob Marley & The Wailers- Legend (released in 1984)- 11,169,000

8.  Creed- Human Clay (released in 1999)- 11,623,000

7.  Carlos Santana- Supernatural (released in 1999)- 11,731,000

6.  The Bodyguard Soundtrack (released in 1992)- 12,051,000

5.  The Beatles- 1 (released in 2000)- 12,108,000

4.  Backstreet Boys- Millennium (released in 1999)- 12,205,000

3.  Alanis Morissette- Jagged Little Pill (released in 1995)- 14,796,000

2.  Shania Twain- Come Over (released in 1997)- 15,522,000

1.  Metallica- Metallica (released in 1991)- 15,833,000

Top Sellin Rap Albums On Billboard Chart

Below are the top selling rap albums on Billboard this week. It's cool to see Joe Budden's new album, No Love Lost make its debut on the chart this week.

Joe Budden- No Love Lost- 30,000 (30,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 23,000 (336,000)

A$AP Rocky- Long Live A$AP- 20,000 (221,000)

Kendrick Lamar- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"- 20,000 (712,000)

T.I- Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head- 15,000 (374,000)

2 Chainz- Based On A True Story- 10,000 (533,000)

Wiz Khalifa- O.N.I.F.C- 9,200 (314,000)

Brother Lynch Hung- Mannibalector- 8,000 (8,000)

Cheif Keef- Finally Rich- 6,300 (123,000)

Future- Pluto- 5,300 (271,000)

Game- Jesus Piece- 5,000 (192,000)

Nas- Life Is Good- 2,200 (354,000)

Rap Albums on Billboard Chart

Drake is back at the top as the highest selling rapper on the billboard chart this week. His Take Care album sold 72,000 copies this week, and is now at a total of 1,247,000 copies sold so far...since its Nov 15 release.


Young Jeezy's TM 103 sold 67,000 this week. It made its debut last week as the highest selling rap album on the chart with 234,000 copies sold...so he is now at a total of 301,000 copies after two weeks on the chart.


Carter 4 from Lil Wayne sold 35,000 copies this week, and is now at a total of 1,917,000 copies sold since its Aug 28 release date. Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch The Throne collabo album sold 27,000 copies to land a total of 1,232,000 copies so far.


Common sold 19,000 copies of his The Dreamer/The Believer album, and is now at a total of 88,000 copies sold so far. And J.Cole's Cole World:The Sideline Story album moved 13,000 copies, and is now just 2,000 copies away from a Gold Plaque...he is at a total of 498,000 copies sold so far.


In case you don't know- a Gold Plaque is given to artists that move up to 500,000 copies of his/her album...Platinum Plaque for more than 1,000,000 copies, and Diamond Plaque (which is rare) for artist that move up to 10 million copies. It is only rappers like Eminem, 50 cent, tupac, biggie, mc hammer, and dr dre i know that have earned diamond plaques with individual albums.