Rap Albums on Billboard Chart

Eminem is still killing the charts...Oh! Sorry for starting off like that, i was actually going to apologise for stalling this segments for more than three weeks now. I am sincerly sorry, and i assure you that it would never happen again. At least i will try my best...

Okay, back to the charts; EMINEM'S "recovery album is still holding it down for rap albums on the billboard charts. Infact, it has been at the number one spot of the over-all charts, untill katy perry booted him this week; but he is still the best selling rap album for this week. Recovery sold 98,000 copies this week, that is just 2k shy of 100 k. He is at a total of 2,328,000 copies so far. I think with his latest single, LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE, feauturing Rihanna, would assure that he keeps selling for a long time to come.

Rick Ross and DRAKE sold 21k and 20k respectively of their albums this week. Teflon Don from Ross is at a total of 353,000 copies so far, and drizzy's thank me later album is at 1,014,000 copies so far; at last, he has gone plat.

Big Boi and Bun B sold 8,700 and 8,000 copies respectively of their albums this week. Big Boi's SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT is at a total of 154,000 copies sold, and Bun is at a total of 76k of his Trill O.G album. The funny thing is that this southern vaterans are not selling that much, but their albums are GREAT! WONDERFUL, to say the list.

rap album on billboard charts: eminem has sold a million copies in 2 weeks.

Eminem still sits at the top of the charts this week, his 6th album, RECOVERY, is on its second week at number one on the billboard top 200 album charts. Eminem moved 313,000 copies of his album this week, bringing the total, in the two weeks it has spent in stores, to 1,058,000; that means eminem already has a platinum plague for his lattest effort. He sold 523,000 copies worldwide this week ; if you add that to his 1,098,00 copies, that is 1,621,000 copies in 2 weeks globally. It is such a shame that with all this numbers, which would result to more money for him, he is still the must unhappy, unstable, emotionally disturbed rapper that i know.

Next on the charts this week is DRAKE's debut effort, "thank me later", which sold 105,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 709,000. The numbers are impressive for the climtae of hiphop right now, when a lot of rappers are struggling to sell 300,000 copies(except from jay-z, lil wayne, kanye west, young jeezy, and maybe GAME). But i still expected more from his album than this. He has as much buzz as when 50 cent dropped, and 50 sold over 1.6mill in 2 weeks; THE GAME didn't have as much buzz as drake had, and he still sold a million copies in 3 weeks. So for drake to be on his third week in stores, and still about 300k from platinum, then that isn't impressive enough for him. I just hope he recoups all that has been spent on his promotion so far.

Drake and his other "young money" colleagues have finally gone gold with their WE ARE YOUNG MONEY debut. The album sold 3,800 copies this week, bringing the total to 500 copies sold so far. And the latest album(how i got over) from THE ROOTS sold 21,000 copies this week, bringing their total in 2 weeks to 72k

rap albums on billboard top 200 charts

It is only usually that EMINEM would be at the top this week. If you know his track record with sales, then you know that he could't have sold lower than he did. Eminem's RECOVERY album sold 774,000 copies this week to put it as number 1, both on the RAP & HIPHOP charts, and also, the over all TOP 200 CHARTS ON BILLBOARD. And in the world charts, he sold 1,098,000 copies in its first week; that is very typical of eminem. The hype of the album also brought back his last year's best selling rap album on the charts again this week. RELAPSE sold 8,400 copies, bringing the total sales to 1,986,000 copies in the U.S so far.

Drake is number two on the charts this week, with his "thank me later" album selling 157,000 copies this week. That is okay for a normal rapper, but with all the hype drake had, and all the money that has been spent on promoting the album in the last year or so, i was expecting it to do better than that. He is at a total of 604 this week. That is a long way from 2 million copies; what LIL WAYNE predicted the album would do in its first week.


The one and only rap band i know, "the roots", are on the charts this week with their new album, HOW I GOT OVER. The album sold 51k in its first week in stores.

B.O.B's "adventures of bobby ray" sold 19k this week, bringing the total sales to 268,000 copies. Nas and Damian Marley sold 8,900 copies of their DISTANT RELATIVES album this week, bringing their total sales to 134,000 copies.

drake talks about sick mom

Drake is talking about cancelling his European tour because of his sick mom. I feel for him, because, through some of his lyrics, it has shown that he drew a lot of inspiration from her; like she really helped him in becoming who he really is. A lot of tuff/gangstar type rappers (tupac,nas...) have made song about the role of their mom's in their life, so if a rapper like drake wants to talk about his mom, and her health it is more than okay.

I am just saying this because i read comments of some bloggers that are saying he is bringing up the case now, because his album is not doing so good, so he is using this story to distract people from the criticism that he is anticipating. I don't think that is the case, but nothing is impossible in this world, i wouldn't think he would take it that far though, just for his career.

I would like to analyse his sales so far; his "thank me album" debuted last week with 447,000 copies, and has sold and then 157,000 copies this week; i think the sales is not looking too good. Maybe if he had sold like 230k this week, it would have been good. The rate he is going, he might struggle to reach platinum. He has sold a total of 604k copies, and the way sales do, he is going to keep dropping, and in like 6 weeks, he would be at like 850k, and selling like 50k a week...well, maybe he would go platinum, but double platinum would be hard to achieve; and it is funny that LIL WAYNE thought the "thank me later" album would sell 2 million in its first week.

Well, i wish him well, with his album and his mom; check out his album here Thank Me Later [Explicit]


Below is what DRAKE had to say about the issue:
"Despite my best hopes, it is apparent that my mother will need surgery earlier than anticipated. In light of this news, I have made the difficult decision to cancel my European tour in order to support her during her recovery, just as she supported me through the years. I cannot thank my European fans enough and look forward to performing abroad soon. I ask everyone to please respect my family's privacy during this time." (Statement)