This Week's Top Selling Rap Albums on Billboard

Game's compilation album, Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf is the highest selling rap album on Billboard' Top 200 Albums Chart this week. The album sold 32,885 copies in its first week in stores. This is the first album Game is releasing as an independent under his new label, Blood Money Entertainment, via eOne Music. Congrats to Game



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

This Week's Top Selling Hip Hop Singles Sales

Below is this week's top selling Hip Hop singles sales.








10. Tinashe feat. ScHoolboy Q - 2 On - 26,043 (472,431)

9. T.I. feat. Iggy Azalea - No Mediocre - 27,456 (302,952)

8. Chris Brown feat. Usher & Rick Ross - New Flame - 27,597 (302,952)

7. John Legend - All Of Me - 36,823 (4,708,552)

6. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 38,633 (6,143,501)

This Week's Hip Hop Singles Sales

Check out the top selling Hip Hop singles of the week, according to Nielsen Soundscan data.






10. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 33,208 (865,446)

9. Nicki Minaj - Pills N Portions - 35,305 (275,910)

8. Michael Jackson f. Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good - 37,863 (552,134)

7. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 38,073 (3,746,377)

6. Lil Wayne f. Drake - Believe Me - 46,377 (278,999)

5. T.I. f. Iggy Azalea - No Mediocre - 51,075 (51,075)

4. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 75,564 (5,675,300)

3. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 93,284 (4,219,036)

2. Jason Derulo f. Snoop Dogg - “Wiggle” - 128,356 (938,239)

1. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 195,281 (2,355,028)

50 Cent's Animal Ambition 3rd Week Global Sales

50 Cent's fifth album, Animal Ambition sold 14,000 worldwide this week. The album is now at a three week total of 104,000 copies sold globally. These numbers shouldn't be confused with national sales; in America, the album has sold 74,000 copies so far. His next album, Street King Immortal is dropping in September. I am sure that one would sell a little better than this one. This album was initially planned to be a mixtape.

This Week's Hip Hop Singles Sales

According to Nielsen Soundcan, below are what the top selling Hip Hop singles sold last week.





10. Trey Songz - “Na Na” - 30,781 (601,221)

9. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 31,781 (832,238)

8. Michael Jackson f. Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good - 41,310 (514,271)

7. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 44,951 (3,708,304)

6. Nicki Minaj - Pills N Potions - 49,374 (240,605)

5. Lil Wayne f. Drake - Believe Me - 53,060 (232,622)

4. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 86,395 (5,599,736)

3. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 121,627 (4,125,752)

2. Jason Derulo f. Snoop Dogg - “Wiggle” - 141,508 (809,883)

1. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 225,829 (2,159,747)

Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' Goes Double Platinum

Iggy Azalea's album might not go plat, but the hit single off the album, Fancy has already gone double platinum. Yea, this is the age of Hip Hop where only a handful of rappers are able to go plat, but a lot of artists can have their singles sell million copies. Iggy's Fancy record sold 225,000 copies this week, and is now at a total sales of 2,160,000 copies sold so far. The rate at which the single is selling, it would make it to 4 million copies fast before losing steam. Congratulations to her.

Official First Week Global Sales of 50 Cent's "Animal Ambition" Album

After spending a full week in stores worldwide, 50 Cent's new album, Animal Ambition sold 65,000 copies globally. This means the album sold 18,000 copies Internationally its first week, as it has been recorded that it sold 47,000 copies in America alone. 50 Cent is definitely nolonger a top seller anymore, and probably will never sell platinum again. But, he leveraged his past success to build himself a thriving business empire, so he would be okay.

This Week's Hip Hop Singles Sales

It is always good to put numbers to these top 10 Hip Hop songs of the week, especially in this times when everyone is concerned with how much this person sold, as opposed to the other person. So, here you have it. This week's Hip Hop singles sales. 






10. Iggy Azalea - “Work” - 25,823 (316,897)

9. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 36,134 (765,706)

8. Michael Jackson f. Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good - 53,020 (426,587)

7. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 55,949 (3,605,171)

6. Nicki Minaj - Pills N Portions - 59,850 (143,717)

5. Lil Wayne f. Drake - “Believe Me” - 84,052 (84,052)

4. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 113,200 (5,409,053)


3. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 122,581 (3,888,330)

2. Jason Derulo f. Snoop Dogg - “Wiggle” - 132,876 (522,578)

1. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 288,520 (1,670,838)

This Week's Hip Hop Singles Sales

Below are the top selling hip hop singles of the week...with the amount they have sold so far. This numbers are based on Nielsen Soundscan data. 







10. Young Money f. Drake - Trophies - 27,403 (406,272)

9. Trey Songz - “Na Na” - 29,002 (493,005)

8. Aloe Blacc - The Man - 36,744 (2,242,775) 

7. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 41,300 (690,712)

6. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 85,414 (3,473,853)

5. Jason Derulo f. Snoop Dogg - “Wiggle” - 108,874 (265,461)

4. Michael Jackson f. Justin Timberlake - “Love Never Felt So Good - 109,523 (290,460)

3. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 130,040 (5,162,147)

2. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 158,126 (3,619,123)

1. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 234,073 (1,046,395)

This Week's Hip Hop Singles Sales

Below are the these week's Hip Hop singles sales. All data are according to Nielsen SoundScan data.

10. Young Money f. Drake - Trophies - 33,142 (348,758)

9. DJ Khaled f. T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg - All I Do Is Win - 41,551 (3,022,893)

8. Jason Derulo f. Snoop Dogg - “Wiggle” - 43,863 (62,645)

7. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 47,710 (606,556)

6. Aloe Blacc - The Man - 50,653 (2,151,971) 

5 Michael Jackson f. Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good - 80,230 (80,230)

4. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 99,401 (3,305,930)

3. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 161,437 (3,317,333)

2. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 174,462 (4,875,957)

1. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 221,540 (596,230)

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

Iggy Azalea owns the the best selling rap album of the week; her The New Classic album sold 23,000 copies this week, and is now at a two week total of 75,000 copies sold. Check out the full list of top selling rap albums on Billboard's 'Top 200 Albums Chart' this week below.





Iggy Azalea- The New Classic- 23,000 (75,000)

Future- Honest- 20,000 (73,000)

Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP- 8,700 (2,089,000)

YG- My Krayzie Life- 8,700 (140,906)

Rick Ross- Mastermind- 7,200 (328,000)


Styles P- The Phantom and The Ghost- 4,331 (4,331)

Bas- Last Winter- 3,601

Pharrell's 'G I R L' Album Goes Platinum Globally

Yup! Pharrell Williams is BIG worldwide, and the evidence of this is that his G  I  R  L album just attained platinum status globally. The album sold 61,000 copies worldwide this week to now put the album at an 8 week total of 1,009,000 copies sold. It means he has three times more fans Internationally than he has nationally, as the album is still at 325,000 copies sold in the U.S. Congrats to Mr. Williams.

This Week's Top Selling Rap Albums on Billboard

Eminem is still killing the competition; his seventh album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 16,000 copies this week, and takes the position of the highest selling rap album on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart this week. The album has sold a total of 2,070,000 copies so far.








Below is the full list of top selling rap albums on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart this week.



Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP 2- 16,000 (2,070,000)

Nas- Illmatic- 15,000 (1,686,000)

YG- My Krayzie Life- 11,000 (123,000)

Rick Ross- Mastermind- 11,000 (312,000)

ScHoolboy Q- Oxymoron- 7,500 (230,000)

Dizzy Wright- State Of Mind- 6,800 (6,800)

Childish Gambino- because the internet









By the way, the sales of Nas's Illmatic XX album is counted along with the original Illmatic album, since it is basically a re-release of the same album, with just a few unreleased songs and remixes of old songs.

First Week Sales Prediction Of Iggy Azalea's 'The New Classic' Album

Iggy Azalea's debut album finally dropped today, the 22nd of April 2014, and I want to predict what it would sell in its first week in stores. It is good to see some active female rappers in the game, Hip Hop is lacking in that department lately. I predict that Iggy Azalea's The New Classic will sell between 40-50k first week. The album is currently trending on twitter, which is truly surprising to me. I would have said it would sell around 30k first week, but this popularity on twitter would make it sell a little more on iTunes. We'll know the official numbers by next week Wednesday.

Sales of All Ja Rule's Albums

As much as people like to clown Jarule, the man had a very successful career that most rapper would die for. He had at least four albums that went multi-platinum. He must have had a pretty good formula to go platinum not just once, or twice, but four times. So, today I have decided to put up Ja's Discography, along with his sales.







Vennni Vetti Vecci (1999)- 1,622,000

Rule 3:36 (2000)- 3,365,000

Pain Is love (2001)- 3,662,000

The Last Temptation (2002)- 1,000,000

Blood In My Eyes (2003)- 465,000

R.U.L.E (2004)- 660,000

Pain Is Love 2 (2012)- 10,000

Sales of All T.I's Albums

There was a time in the mid 2000s that T.I was a force to reckon with. Maybe he shouldn't have proclaimed himself the King Of The South; cos after he finally got that title, his career came to a halt, and he started getting into all those problems with the law. He should have given himself a bigger goal, like the best rapper of all time or something. Anyway, I decided to put up sales of all T.I's albums to show how much of a problem Tip was around when he was at the top of his game.

I'm Serious (2001)- 300,000

Trap Muzik (2002)- 1,700,000

Urban Legend (2004)- 1,000,000

King (2006)- 1,500,000

T.I vs. T.I.P (2007)- 1,300,000

Paper Trail (2008)- 2,700,000

No Mercy (2010)- 600,000

Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head (2012)- 510,000

Sales of All Busta Rhymes Albums

I like doing posts like this, cos new hip hop listeners don't seem to know that this old heads have a legacy. You have to know that Busta Rhymes has up to three platinum selling rap albums under his belt. So, here we go...check out the list of all Busta's albums, and what they sold, starting off with 1996's The Coming album.

The Coming (1996) 797,000

When Disaster Strikes… (1997) 1,677,000

Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front Elektra (1998) 1,648,000

Anarchy (2000) 684,000

Genesis (2001) 1,339,000

It Ain’t Safe No More… (2002) 678,000

The Big Bang (2006) 626,000

Back On My B.S. (2009) 156,000

This Week's Hip Hop Songs Sales

According to Nielsen SoundScan data, below are the top selling Hip Hop songs of the week.







10. Young Money f. Drake - Trophies - 38,036 (67,342)

9. YG f. Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan - My Hitta - 38,297 (1,166,329)

8. Rick Ross f. Kanye West & - Sanctified - 38,950 (40,013)

7. Eminem f. Rihanna - The Monster - 41,711 (3,226,950)

6. Kid Ink f. Chris Brown - Show Me - 58,970 (922,970)

5. Beyonce f. Jay Z - Drunk In Love - 83,425 (1,139,139)

4. Aloe Blacc - The Man - 108,238 (1,396,365)

3. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - “Talk Dirty” - 195,427 (1,999,567)

2. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 210,159 (1,665,334)

1. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 490,185 (2,623,450)

Top Selling Rap Albums This Week

Drake's 'Nothing Was The Same' is the highest selling rap album on Billboard for a fourth week running. The album sold 58,000 copies this week, and now is at a 4 week total of 947,000 copies sold.




Check out the rest of the top selling rap albums on Billboard top 200 album chart this week.

Drake- Nothing Was The Same- 58,000 (947,000)

Pusha T- My Name Is My Name- 20,000 (95,000)

Dom Kennedy- Get Home Safely- 10,000 (10,000)

Jay Z- Magna Carta Holy Grail- 8,000 (1,034,000)

2 Chainz- B.O.A.T.S.2: Me Time- 7,000 (143,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- The Heist- 7,000 (1,112,000)


Kendrick Lamar- "Good Kid, Mad City"- 7,000 (1,065,000)

Young Dro- High Times- 6,000 (6,000)

Game- OKE...Deluxe Edition- 5,000 (5,000)

Nelly- M.O- 3,000 (23,000)






It's good to see Game's mixtape sell 5,000 copies first week...that is what some rappers studio albums sell first week.

First Week Sales prediction Of DJ Khaled's 'Suffering From Success' Album

Since he dropped his first studio album in 2006 (Listennn...the Album), DJ Khaled has dropped albums every year, apart from 2009. This is 2013, and he dropped his 7th album (Suffering from Success) today, Tuesday October 22nd. What Khaled basically does is bring the best of the best rappers together, and creates some of the best Hip Hop songs in this current times. I think he doesn't get credit for what he does. A lot of people downplay his production work on these albums...they think all he does is shout on the songs, but he definitely does more than that. I predict this album would sell between 70-85k copies first week.  He has come a long way with his albums, and this one is really looking good....really sounding good.

Check out the tracklist below-

1. “Obama (Winning More Interlude)”
2. “Suffering From Success” (Feat. Future & Ace Hood)
3. “I Feel Like Pac/ I Feel Like Biggie” (Feat. Diddy, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, T.I. & Swizz Beatz)
4. “You Don’t Want These Problems” (Feat. 2 Chainz, Ace Hood, Meek Mill, French Montana, Rick Ross, Big Sean & Timbaland)
5. “Blackball” (Feat. Future, Ace Hood & Plies)
6. “No Motive” (Feat. Lil’ Wayne)
7. “I’m Still” (Feat. Chris Brown, Ace Hood, Wiz Khalifa & Wale)
8. “I Wanna Be With You” (Feat. Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross & Future)
9. “No New Friends” (Feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil’ Wayne)
10. “Give It All To Me” (Feat. Mavado & Nicki Minaj)
11. “Hells Kitchen” (Feat. J. Cole & Bas)
12. “Never Surrender” (Feat. Akon, Anthony Hamilton, Jadakiss, John Legend, Meek Mill & Scarface)
13. “Murcielago (Doors Go Up)” (Feat. Birdman & Meek Mill)
14. “Black Ghost” (Feat. Vado)

Deluxe Edition:
15. “Helen Keller” (Feat. Kat Dahlia) (prod. by Arthur McArthur)
16. “At The Top” (Feat. Mavado)