Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/5/2010

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/5/2010


by J-23



posted September 08, 2010 03:34:00 PM CDT

Shady rules. Eminem stays number 3 with Recovery and remains top 100 with Relapse and top 200 with Curtain Call



Eminem continues to dominate the charts with 3 entries in the Top 200. He failed to regain the top spot with releases from Disturbed and Now 35 taking the top spots. But Mr. Mathers still holds down the 3, 87, and 137 spots. While Usher lost ground on both his entries, Drake moved up a couple spots to 16.



Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)



Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total

3

Eminem

Recovery 92514 2420354



13

Usher

Versus 22450



68379



16

Drake

Thank Me Later 19849

1033575



16

Rick Ross

Teflon Don

16106

368746



30

Usher

Raymond v. Raymond

13866

1051181



Fabolous debuted on the charts this week, his official Def Jam mixtape debuting at the 32 spot. Outkast's Big Boi fell from the Top 50 to #62. Meanwhile his southern counterpart Bun B fell 11 spots as he approaches 100,000 for Trill O.G.



Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total

68

Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 6447

160918



66

Bun B

Trill O.G.

6541

82773



119

Mike Posner

31 Minutes To Takeoff

3954

48098



131

Ludacris

Battle of the Sexes

3744

528575



145

The Roots

How I Got Over

3474

139994



Kill Devil Hills, the acclaimed collaboration between DJ Muggs and Ill Bill failed to crack the Top 200. Tune in next week to see how releases from Young Buck, Dorrough and Q-Unique perform.

From HipHopDX.com
 
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12168/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-9-5-2010

Eminem Receives "Artist Of The Decade" Soundscan Award

Eminem Receives "Artist Of The Decade" Soundscan Award
May 06, 2010 11:05:00 AM CDT | by Slava Kuperstein

It's no secret that Eminem is one of the top-selling rap acts of all time. But fans might be surprised to know that Slim Shady was, in fact, the top-selling act in all of music in the 2000s - surpassing pop acts like N' Sync, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Recently, Eminem was awarded the Nielsen SoundScan "Artist of the Decade Award," which recognized him for having sales exceeding 32 million units domestically (worldwide, his sales are approximated to be near 80 million). The award was presented to the multi-platinum rapper by Nielsen Entertainment President Eric Weinberg and Nielsen Entertainment's Retail Relations Vice President Chris Muratore.

2000's The Marshall Mathers LP and 2002's The Eminem Show were each certified diamond, meaning over 10 million records sold domestically. 2004's Encore sold over seven million, while 2005's greatest hits album Curtain Call nearly reached double platinum status. 2009's Relapse managed to hit platinum before the decade ended as well.

In addition, Eminem was part of other high-selling projects which did not count towards his tally as a solo artist, including two platinum D12 albums in 2001's Devil's Night and 2004's D12 World. Other platinum releases included Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile, and Eminem Presents: The Re-Up.

Below is a picture of Eminem receiving the award. Left to right: Jimmy Iovine (Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records), Dr. Dre, Eric Weinberg (President, Nielsen Entertainment), Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg (back row), Chris Muratore (VP, Retail Relations, Nielsen Entertainment), Eminem, Steve Berman (Vice Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records). Berman was featured in a number of skits on Eminem albums (Marshall Mathers LP, Devil's Night, Eminem Show, Relapse) as a cantankerous album executive.

From HipHopDX.com

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11189/title.eminem-receives-artist-of-the-decade-soundscan-award