Top Selling Rap Albums On Billboard Chart This Week

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis continue their dominance on this chart...and on many other charts. Their "The Heist" album sold 23,000 copies this week, and now totals at 472,000 copies sold so far. For an album released via an independent label, that is unheard off. Big thanks to their smash hit, Thrift Shop, and Macklemore's perseverance ..the dude has been trying to blow up for the last 13 years or so, but people think he just got on the scene. He actually dropped his first EP, Open Your Eyes in year 2000. So, I guess he and his creative partner (Ryan Lewis) deserve all the success they are now getting. By the way, their single, Thrift Shop has sold 2.2 million copies in the U.S to date...and is still selling.




Check out the full list of top selling rap albums on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart this week-


*Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 23,000 (472,000)

*Kendrick Lamar- "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City"- 15,000 (794,000)

*Pitbull- Global Warming- 14,000 (243,000)

*A$AP Rocky- Long Live A$AP- 10,000 (294,000)

*T.I- Trouble Man- 8,200 (428,000)

*2 Chainz- Based On A T.R.U Story- 5,600 (570,000)

*Wiz Khalifa- O.N.I.F.C- 5,000 (347,000)

*Chief Keef- Finally Rich- 4,200 (148,000)

*Game- Jesus Piece- 3,400 (213,000)


*Joe Budden- No Love Lost- 3,000 (60,000)
















Please note that the numbers that appear directly in-front of the album title represent the sales for the week, and the ones in bracket represent total sales.