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)

This Week's Hip Hop Singles Sales

Hip Hop artists are really making money off singles sales more than album sales these days. Just check the top selling hip hop singles of the week below. Info below is based on Nielsen Soundscan data.






#10. Meek Mill f. Paloma Ford - I Don't Know - 31,204 (31,204)

#9. Aloe Blacc - The Man - 33,986 (2,276,761) 

#8. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 38,860 (729,572)

#7. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty - 75,369 (3,549,222)

#6. Michael Jackson f. Justin Timberlake - Love Never felt So Good - 83,107 (373,567)

#5. Nicki Minaj - Pills N Portions - 83,867 (83,867)

#4. Jason Derulo f. Snoop Dogg - “Wiggle” - 124,241 (389,702)


#3. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 133,706 (5,295,853)

#2. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 146,626 (3,765,749)

#1. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 335,923 (1,382,318)

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 Hip Singles Sales

All data below is according to Nielsen Soundscan. Below are the sales of all the top selling hip hop singles of the week.






10. Iggy Azalea f. Charli XCX - Fancy - 35,267 (130,019)

9. Young Money f. Drake - Trophies - 35,402 (203,575)

8. Trey Songz - Na Na - 40,034 (291,324)

7. Kid Ink f. Chris Brown - Show Me - 44,716 (1,122,374)

6. Beyonce f. Jay Z - Drunk In Love - 46,514 (1,383,947)

5. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - Loyal - 52,228 (403,636)

4. Aloe Blacc - The Man - 106,359 (1,849,666)

3. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - “Talk Dirty” - 155,819 (2,701,426)


2. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 227,852 (2,558,441)

1. Pharrell Williams - Happy - 283,559 (3,962,348)

Notable mentions include 50 Cent's new single with Trey Sognz, Smoke. The song sold 11,717, and made it's debut at number 32 on the Hip Hop/R&B chart this week. Also, Puff Daddy's new single. Big Homie is at number 93 on the Hip-Hop.R&B this week, with 4,621 sold. 

This Week's Hip-Hop/R&B Singles Sales

You know there are a lot other ways to make money as a music artist other than actual album sales, and this is one of them. One of Nelly's albums sold just about two hundred thousand copies a couple of years ago, and I wondered how he was surviving till I found out that a single (Just a Dream) off the album sold over 3 million copies. You see, there are a lot of artists that might not make albums that go Platinum, but they have series of songs that sell millions of copies. And as Nas said, 99 cents adds up.



Below is the list of best selling Hip-Hop/R&B Songs this week.





10. Chris Brown f. Lil Wayne & French Montana - "Loyal" - 31,827 (194,505)

9. Ty Dolla $ign f. B.o.B - "Paranoid" - 36,251 (336,278)

8. YG f. Jeezy & Rich Homie Quan - "My Hitta" - 42,930 (1,128,032)

7. Eminem f. Rihanna - "The Monster" - 48,939 (3,185,239) 

6. Kid Ink f. Chris Brown - "Show Me" - 63,297 (864,000)

5. Beyonce f. Jay Z - "Drunk In Love" - 93,914 (1,055,714)

4. Aloe Blacc - "The Man" - 120,353 (1,288,127)

3. John Legend - “All Of Me” - 198,286 (1,455,175)

2. Jason Derulo f. 2 Chainz - “Talk Dirty” - 217,004 (1,804,140)

1. Pharrell Williams - "Happy" - 412,736 (2,133,265)

Upcoming Videos From Nas's Life is Good Album

This is going to be the most "worked on" Nas album since he dropped his first in 1994. He has always had the habit of dropping an average of two videos per album, and just going "ghost" afterwards. Nas has never been the one to really promote an album by dropping enough videos to get the people's attention. But, with this album, I am started to think he most be working with an entirely new team or something, cos the promo on this album has been commendable.



He dropped the video for "Nasty" last year...even though Nasty ended up as bonus track on the deluxe version of the album, I still consider it a track on the album. Since Nasty, he has dropped 4 videos...Daughters, The Don, Bye Baby and the recent video for Cherrywine make it a total of 5 so far.

The Upcoming videos from the album, according to Nas himself via twitter, are Loco-Motive, and Queens Story. I know he really did want to shoot the video for Summer on Smash with Swizz Beatz, but Summer is over. But, I would love if he would shoot videos for Stay, You Wouldn't Understand, and Reachout.