Rap Albums on The Billboard Charts

No new rap album this week, so lupe fiasco is still untop with his lasers album. He moved 29,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 280,000 copies sold so far. Gucci is up next with his latest mixtape, Return of Zone 6. I don't understand how this guy keep dropping, whether it is EP, or mixtape, or album, like every 6 months. Although he don't sell massive units, but the cumulative sales must add up to something. His latest mixtape sold 25,000 copies in its first week. That is how many copies some people's albums sell.

Kanye West is still on the charts with his 5th album, My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy. He sold 10,000 copies this week, bringing his over all total to 1,095,000. I was really thinking the song with Rihanna, ALL OF THE LIGHTS, would have a heavy buzz and give the album a boost, but i think i guessed wrong.

Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being EP is still selling, and i am wondering why this album is still selling- who is buying it? I have had it in my store for so long, it is gathering dust...in fact i am ready to give it out to the next person that comes in. I am just kidding. But seriously, i am really surprised that it is still selling. Anyway, its sold 9,800 copies this week, bringing the total to 827,000 copies sold so far.

Pharoahe Monch just dropped a new album, W.A.R (We Are Renegades), which sold 9,700 copies after a week in stores. Raekwon's Shaolin vs Wu-Tang album album sold 6,500 copies this week, bringing the total to 45,000 sold.

Lupe Fiasco's Lasers is The Top Rap Album on The Billboard Charts

Lupe Fiasco is untop this week with his third album Lasers. The album that took much effort before being released as Atlantic record didn't want to get it out till some 200,000 lupe fans signed a petition against the record label. It is happy to know that those same fans bought the album. The album sold 204,000 copies in its first week. I think that is massive for a conscious rapper like lupe, and for this climate.

Reakwon's new album- Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tand didn't do as well as his last album (onlybuilt4cuban linx2) which sold 160k in its first week. This album managed to move just 29,000 copies after one week.

Nicki Minaj's PINK FRIDAY album sold 25,000 copies this week, and it is now at a grand total of 1,214,000 copies. Eminem sold 22k copies this week of RECOVERY and is now at a total of 3,717,000. 12,000 copies was sold of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fanasy (kanye west), bringing it to total of 1,074,000 copies. Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being sold 11k this week, which now makes it a total of 807,000 copies sold so far.