Rap Albums on The Billboard Chart

Lil Wayne's Carter 4 is still the highest selling rap album on the chart. After 8 weeks on the chart, it sold 35,000 copies this week to total at 1,586,000.  There is not more than 10 weeks left in the year, so it is going to be almost impossible for wayne to hit double platinum status in 2011...maybe in the first quarter of 2012. I think i shouldn't be quick to say that; his sales might go up again during the Christmas holidays...or even before then. It might go up after Drake drops his Take Care album next month.


J.Cole is holding it in there with his Cole World album. The album sold 24,000 copies this week, and is not at 328,000 copies sold so far. I would be happy for Cole if the album can go Gold before the end of the year.


The Throne (Kanye West and Jay-Z) sold 19,000 copies of their Watch The Throne album, and are now at a total of 994,000 copies. The album has already been certified platinum (1,000,000 copies sold) by R.I.A.A for albums shipped off to stores...but the figures above are what fans have actually bought.


Another duo on the chart this week is Bad Meets Evil (royce da 5'9 and eminem) sold 9,200 copies of their Hell: The Sequel EP. The album has now sold a total of 583,000 copies. DJ Drama's Third Power album sold 4,200 copies this week to total at 14,000. Styles P's Master of Ceremonies. And Lacrae's Rehab album sold 2,200 copies this week to total at 124,000. In case you don't know, Lacrae is the gospel rapper that was in the same B.E.T Cypher with Soprano (the French rapper), Nitty Scott, and Estelle.