Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/27/2010
June 30, 2010 12:00:00 PM CDT
by Allen Jacobs
As predicted, Eminem's Recovery was the strongest Rap debut in nearly two years. The Interscope/Aftermath release sold roughly three quarters of a million units in its first week. Driven by several televised appearances at the BET Awards, The Late Show and others, Marshall Mathers' greatly outsold last year's Relapse opening, by approximately 80,000 units.
This release features appearances by Pop acts such as Rihanna and P!nk, as well as production from Just Blaze, Boi-1da and Mobb Deep's Havoc.
Drake sealed his gold, clearing 600,000 units and standing strong at #2. Thank Me Later features appearances by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, T.I. and Young Jeezy. The bulk of the album's production is handled by Drake's longtime producer Boi-1da, who may have had the most successful back-to-back weeks as a Rap producer in years.
The Roots' came in at #6. Their latest release, How I Got Over is their third with Def Jam Records. The album shows the group's first "Jimmy Fallon-era" recordings, garnering critical acclaim. The release features appearances from Blu, Phonte Coleman and longtime affiliate Dice Raw.
Usher's Raymond v. Raymond fell one spot to #14. The veteran Pop entertainer's "divorce album" is marching its way to a platinum plaque for Mr. Raymond and his longtime backer, LaFace Records. B.o.B. closed out the Top 20 with The Adventures of Bobby Ray. The Atlantic Records star's rookie release marches towards the 400,000 mark achieved by Drake and Kid Cudi, having already bypassed Wale's sales last year.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1
Eminem
Recovery
741,000
744,000
2
Drake Thank Me Later
157,000
604,000
6
The Roots
How I Got Over
51,000
51,000
14
Usher
Raymond v. Raymond
24,000
874,000
20
B.o.B. Presents
The Adventures of Bobby Ray
19,000
268,000
Damian Marley & Nas' Distant Relatives slid to #43. The Universal Republic/Def Jam Records collaborative release has garnered huge critical acclaim in the Rap community for its rich commentary on the parallel relationship between Hip Hop and Reggae. Lil Wayne, K'Naan, Dennis Brown and Joss Stone appear on the work produced by Damian and brother Stephen.
Eminem and Drake both watched their already-charting previous releases sell - but not to their plaque benchmarks. Drake's mixtape-turned-album, So Far Gone sits 11,000 units short of gold. Meanwhile, Em's Relapse is 14,000 short of double platinum. Both are expected to achieve these marks by early July.
Z-Ro's latest drug-themed album, Heroin, like his others, charted. The Rap-A-Lot Records' unsung hero cleared 4,000 units, despite limited promotion and distribution. Lil Jon fell another 50-plus spots with his Crunk Rock. After a poor debut week, the So So Def deejay-turned-Crunk star's album delays may have impacted his popularity, as well as a label change to Universal Republic.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
43
Nas & Damian Marley
Distant Relatives
8,900
134,000
47
Eminem
Relapse
8,400
1,986,000
112
Drake So Far Gone
4,500
489,000
131
Z-Ro
Heroin
3,900
4,100
179
Lil Jon
Crunk Rock
2,900
17,000
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11599/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-27-2010
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/20/2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/20/2010
June 23, 2010 08:00:00 AM CDT
by Allen Jacobs
As many experts predicted, Drake is the latest Rap artist to achieve a #1 debut. The Young Money/Cash Money rapper's "official" first album, Thank Me Later edged out Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' latest by a margin of over 320,000 units. The Toronto born rapper's album was just over 50,000 short of a gold debut, as predicted by HitsDailyDouble.com. Thank Me Later features appearances by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, T.I. and Young Jeezy. The bulk of the album's production is handled by Drake's longtime producer Boi-1da, who may get back-to-back #1's, with next week's Eminem Recovery album.
Usher's Raymond v. Raymond fell one spot to #13. The veteran Pop entertainer's "divorce album" is marching its way to a platinum plaque for Mr. Raymond and his longtime backer, LaFace Records.
Spots #17 through #19 were taken by B.o.B., Plies and The Black Eyed Peas respectively. The Adventures of Bobby Ray will be officially over halfway to a gold plaque next week, while the year-old E.N.D. aims at possibly reaching triple platinum. Goon Affiliated pushes its way towards 100,000 sold for the Florida sensation.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1
Drake
Thank Me Later
447,000
447,000
13
Usher Raymond v. Raymond
29,000
850,000
17
B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray 20,000
249,000
18
Plies
Goon Affiliated
20,000
76,000
19
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 19,000
2,609,000
Damian Marley & Nas' Distant Relatives slid to #37. The Universal Republic/Def Jam Records collaborative release has garnered huge critical acclaim in the Rap community for its rich commentary on the parallel relationship between Hip Hop and Reggae. Lil Wayne, K'Naan, Dennis Brown and Joss Stone appear on the work produced by Damian and brother Stephen. Meanwhile, Ludacris gained two notches with Battle of the Sexes.
One of the bigger surprises for the week was Gorillaz' Plastic Beach. Having been out nearly four months, the Virgin Records release climbed 59 spots on the chart. The surge is perhaps due to the third single "Rhinstone Eyes" reaching Rock radio rotation. The album includes appearances by Mos Def, De La Soul and Snoop Dogg. Drake also gained 18 spots with his retail mixtape, So Far Gone. The 2009 free mixtape-turned-album sits 15,000 away from gold certification, making Drake likely to receive two plaques in the same month.
Lil Jon fell another 50-plus spots with his Crunk Rock. After a poor debut week, the So So Def deejay-turned-Crunk star's album delays may have impacted his popularity, as well as a label change to Universal Republic.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
37
Nas & Damian Marley
Distant Relatives
11,000
125,000
39
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
11,000
462,000
51
Gorillaz Plastic Beach
7,800
282,000
76
Drake
So Far Gone
6,100
485,000
112
Lil Jon
Crunk Rock
4,700
14,000
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11539/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-20-2010
June 23, 2010 08:00:00 AM CDT
by Allen Jacobs
As many experts predicted, Drake is the latest Rap artist to achieve a #1 debut. The Young Money/Cash Money rapper's "official" first album, Thank Me Later edged out Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' latest by a margin of over 320,000 units. The Toronto born rapper's album was just over 50,000 short of a gold debut, as predicted by HitsDailyDouble.com. Thank Me Later features appearances by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, T.I. and Young Jeezy. The bulk of the album's production is handled by Drake's longtime producer Boi-1da, who may get back-to-back #1's, with next week's Eminem Recovery album.
Usher's Raymond v. Raymond fell one spot to #13. The veteran Pop entertainer's "divorce album" is marching its way to a platinum plaque for Mr. Raymond and his longtime backer, LaFace Records.
Spots #17 through #19 were taken by B.o.B., Plies and The Black Eyed Peas respectively. The Adventures of Bobby Ray will be officially over halfway to a gold plaque next week, while the year-old E.N.D. aims at possibly reaching triple platinum. Goon Affiliated pushes its way towards 100,000 sold for the Florida sensation.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
1
Drake
Thank Me Later
447,000
447,000
13
Usher Raymond v. Raymond
29,000
850,000
17
B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray 20,000
249,000
18
Plies
Goon Affiliated
20,000
76,000
19
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 19,000
2,609,000
Damian Marley & Nas' Distant Relatives slid to #37. The Universal Republic/Def Jam Records collaborative release has garnered huge critical acclaim in the Rap community for its rich commentary on the parallel relationship between Hip Hop and Reggae. Lil Wayne, K'Naan, Dennis Brown and Joss Stone appear on the work produced by Damian and brother Stephen. Meanwhile, Ludacris gained two notches with Battle of the Sexes.
One of the bigger surprises for the week was Gorillaz' Plastic Beach. Having been out nearly four months, the Virgin Records release climbed 59 spots on the chart. The surge is perhaps due to the third single "Rhinstone Eyes" reaching Rock radio rotation. The album includes appearances by Mos Def, De La Soul and Snoop Dogg. Drake also gained 18 spots with his retail mixtape, So Far Gone. The 2009 free mixtape-turned-album sits 15,000 away from gold certification, making Drake likely to receive two plaques in the same month.
Lil Jon fell another 50-plus spots with his Crunk Rock. After a poor debut week, the So So Def deejay-turned-Crunk star's album delays may have impacted his popularity, as well as a label change to Universal Republic.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
37
Nas & Damian Marley
Distant Relatives
11,000
125,000
39
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
11,000
462,000
51
Gorillaz Plastic Beach
7,800
282,000
76
Drake
So Far Gone
6,100
485,000
112
Lil Jon
Crunk Rock
4,700
14,000
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11539/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-20-2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/13/2010
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/13/2010
June 16, 2010 08:57:00 AM CDT
by Allen Jacobs
Four of the Top 5 charting releases last week were debuts. More Glee and Twilight fanfare topped the charts, while Christina Aguilera's latest album, Bionic came in at #3. While the Pittsburgh Pop songstress worked with Gang Starr's DJ Premier and Kwamé on her 2006 album, this one features board work from Polow Da Don and Dr. Dre's Aftermath protege Focus... At #5 came Plies, with his fourth album in three years, Goon Affiliated. The 33 year-old Florida rapper's latest sold less than half first week units of what his 2008 album, Da REAList did. Goon Affiliated features Def Jam stars Young Jeezy and Fabolous, and production from popular deejay/radio personality, Clinton Sparks.
Usher's Raymond v. Raymond fell out of the Top 10 to #12. The veteran Pop entertainer's "divorce album" is marching its way to a platinum plaque for Mr. Raymond and his longtime backer, LaFace Records. Just behind, The Black Eyed Peas and their nearly year-old E.N.D. were at #15, gaining two spots, and remain a potential consistent climber in this sales drought.
B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray fell eight spots to #21. The Rebel Rock sensation inches to 250,000 units, making him the most successful Atlantic Records Rap release in over six months, including label vet Plies.
Travie McCoy (once known as "Travis") of Gym Class Heroes received a Top 30 debut. His album, taken from his middle name, Lazarus, was released through his own Fueled By Ramen imprint. The 12-track collection features two appearances by T-Pain, as well as DXnext alum Colin Munroe and Cee-Lo.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
5
Plies
Goon Affiliated
56,000
56,000
12
Usher Raymond v. Raymond
30,000
821,000
15
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 21,000
2,590,000
21
B.o.B. Presents
The Adventures of Bobby Ray
17,000
228,000
27
Travie McCoy
Lazarus 15,000
15,000
Damian Marley & Nas' Distant Relatives fell 14 spots to #32. The Universal Republic/Def Jam Records collaborative release has garnered huge critical acclaim in the Rap community for its rich commentary on the parallel relationship between Hip Hop and Reggae. Lil Wayne, K'Naan, Dennis Brown and Joss Stone appear on the work produced by Damian and brother Stephen.
Ludacris slid nine spots to #41 with Battle of the Sexes. Earlier this week, Def Jam confirmed the album had achieved a gold plaque, though the 500,000 mark is still well short domestically.
One of the week's bigger surprises came courtesy of Lil Jon's Crunk Rock. Now a label-mate with Distant Relatives at Universal Republic, the king of Crunk failed to crack the 10,000 units sold mark, barely cracking the Top 50. The album, nearly four years in the making, features Ice Cube, Game, Soulja Boy and Pitbull. The performance comes after a very long dispute Jon had with former label, TVT.
Having remixed tracks by Notorious B.I.G., Young Buck and Anti-Pop Consortium, Brooklyn duo Ratatat may be best known for Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" appearance and production. The duo's aptly-titled fourth album, LP4. The XL Recordings release features no guests.
Lastly, Strange Music's Kutt Calhoun cracked the charts with his Raw and Un-Kut album. The Kansas City Rap veteran's third album features Too Short, Joe Budden and E-40, as well as label-mates Tech N9ne and Brotha Lynch Hung.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
32
Nas & Damian Marley
Distant Relatives
13,000
113,000
41
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
11,000
452,000
48
Lil Jon Crunk Rock
8,900
8,900
66
Ratatat
LP4
6,600
6,700
145
Kutt Calhoun
Raw and Un-Kut
3,500
3,500
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11493/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-13-2010
June 16, 2010 08:57:00 AM CDT
by Allen Jacobs
Four of the Top 5 charting releases last week were debuts. More Glee and Twilight fanfare topped the charts, while Christina Aguilera's latest album, Bionic came in at #3. While the Pittsburgh Pop songstress worked with Gang Starr's DJ Premier and Kwamé on her 2006 album, this one features board work from Polow Da Don and Dr. Dre's Aftermath protege Focus... At #5 came Plies, with his fourth album in three years, Goon Affiliated. The 33 year-old Florida rapper's latest sold less than half first week units of what his 2008 album, Da REAList did. Goon Affiliated features Def Jam stars Young Jeezy and Fabolous, and production from popular deejay/radio personality, Clinton Sparks.
Usher's Raymond v. Raymond fell out of the Top 10 to #12. The veteran Pop entertainer's "divorce album" is marching its way to a platinum plaque for Mr. Raymond and his longtime backer, LaFace Records. Just behind, The Black Eyed Peas and their nearly year-old E.N.D. were at #15, gaining two spots, and remain a potential consistent climber in this sales drought.
B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray fell eight spots to #21. The Rebel Rock sensation inches to 250,000 units, making him the most successful Atlantic Records Rap release in over six months, including label vet Plies.
Travie McCoy (once known as "Travis") of Gym Class Heroes received a Top 30 debut. His album, taken from his middle name, Lazarus, was released through his own Fueled By Ramen imprint. The 12-track collection features two appearances by T-Pain, as well as DXnext alum Colin Munroe and Cee-Lo.
* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
5
Plies
Goon Affiliated
56,000
56,000
12
Usher Raymond v. Raymond
30,000
821,000
15
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 21,000
2,590,000
21
B.o.B. Presents
The Adventures of Bobby Ray
17,000
228,000
27
Travie McCoy
Lazarus 15,000
15,000
Damian Marley & Nas' Distant Relatives fell 14 spots to #32. The Universal Republic/Def Jam Records collaborative release has garnered huge critical acclaim in the Rap community for its rich commentary on the parallel relationship between Hip Hop and Reggae. Lil Wayne, K'Naan, Dennis Brown and Joss Stone appear on the work produced by Damian and brother Stephen.
Ludacris slid nine spots to #41 with Battle of the Sexes. Earlier this week, Def Jam confirmed the album had achieved a gold plaque, though the 500,000 mark is still well short domestically.
One of the week's bigger surprises came courtesy of Lil Jon's Crunk Rock. Now a label-mate with Distant Relatives at Universal Republic, the king of Crunk failed to crack the 10,000 units sold mark, barely cracking the Top 50. The album, nearly four years in the making, features Ice Cube, Game, Soulja Boy and Pitbull. The performance comes after a very long dispute Jon had with former label, TVT.
Having remixed tracks by Notorious B.I.G., Young Buck and Anti-Pop Consortium, Brooklyn duo Ratatat may be best known for Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" appearance and production. The duo's aptly-titled fourth album, LP4. The XL Recordings release features no guests.
Lastly, Strange Music's Kutt Calhoun cracked the charts with his Raw and Un-Kut album. The Kansas City Rap veteran's third album features Too Short, Joe Budden and E-40, as well as label-mates Tech N9ne and Brotha Lynch Hung.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
32
Nas & Damian Marley
Distant Relatives
13,000
113,000
41
Ludacris
Battle of the Sexes
11,000
452,000
48
Lil Jon Crunk Rock
8,900
8,900
66
Ratatat
LP4
6,600
6,700
145
Kutt Calhoun
Raw and Un-Kut
3,500
3,500
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11493/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-6-13-2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Lil Jon Teams With Miley Cyrus On 'Can't Be Tamed' Remix
Lil Jon Teams With Miley Cyrus On 'Can't Be Tamed' Remix
Monday, May 24, 2010 9:35 AM
By Roman Wolfe
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper/producer Lil Jon is returning to the scene with a new album, along with a high profile collaboration with pop star Miley Cyrus.
Lil Jon teamed with Miley Circus to remix her new single “Can’t Be Tamed.” According to reports, they recorded the song at Rock Mafia recording studio in Santa Monica, California.
Miley Cyrus told her fans the remix was “rockin,” while Lil Jon told E! Online: "It's crazy, it's crazy. I think everybody's gonna really enjoy the song."
“Can’t Be Tamed” is Miley Cyrus’ first single from the album of the same title, which is due in stores in the United States on June 22.
In addition to the collaboration with Miley Cyrus, Lil Jon is preparing to release his long-delayed album Crunk Rock, which is due in stores on June 8th.
His musical ventures are not the only thing the producer/rapper relies on to earn the $11 million dollars he grosses annually.
In addition to rapping and producing, Lil Jon owns the Crunk! Energy drink, a wine distributor and a line of sunglasses.
“I want to have something to fall back on, so that’s a reason you create these different business ventures, I don’t want to rap forever,” Lil Jon told Daily Finance. “The products start to really take off when I have an album out because I’m on TV more. Definitely [the non-music revenues] will come up a little more in this album cycle. Who knows, maybe it will get to 50-50.”
AllHipHop.com
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/05/24/22231276.aspx
Monday, May 24, 2010 9:35 AM
By Roman Wolfe
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper/producer Lil Jon is returning to the scene with a new album, along with a high profile collaboration with pop star Miley Cyrus.
Lil Jon teamed with Miley Circus to remix her new single “Can’t Be Tamed.” According to reports, they recorded the song at Rock Mafia recording studio in Santa Monica, California.
Miley Cyrus told her fans the remix was “rockin,” while Lil Jon told E! Online: "It's crazy, it's crazy. I think everybody's gonna really enjoy the song."
“Can’t Be Tamed” is Miley Cyrus’ first single from the album of the same title, which is due in stores in the United States on June 22.
In addition to the collaboration with Miley Cyrus, Lil Jon is preparing to release his long-delayed album Crunk Rock, which is due in stores on June 8th.
His musical ventures are not the only thing the producer/rapper relies on to earn the $11 million dollars he grosses annually.
In addition to rapping and producing, Lil Jon owns the Crunk! Energy drink, a wine distributor and a line of sunglasses.
“I want to have something to fall back on, so that’s a reason you create these different business ventures, I don’t want to rap forever,” Lil Jon told Daily Finance. “The products start to really take off when I have an album out because I’m on TV more. Definitely [the non-music revenues] will come up a little more in this album cycle. Who knows, maybe it will get to 50-50.”
AllHipHop.com
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/05/24/22231276.aspx
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