Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/15/2009

Michael Jackson looks platinum-plausible after three weeks of the This Is It soundtrack,

especially with Black Friday approaching. The collection includes Jackson hits like the

Hip Hop favorite "Human Nature" various demo and single versions of other hits

throughout the last three decades. The work fell two places to #4 from last week.

Jay-Z slid one place with Blueprint 3 in a week that saw seven charting debuts before him. With

a new video to "Empire State Of Mind," the Atlantic Records-distributed effort could beat out

Black Eyed Peas and Eminem as 2009's top-selling Rap album, although 50 Cent and

Lil Wayne loom on the horizon, with releases. Jay's wife, Beyonce, had a massive 50-plus

place increase of I Am...Sasha Fierce. The album slipped back into the Top 40, due to touring

and appearances, as well as her new Lady Gaga-assisted "Video Phone" video.

Speaking of, The Black Eyed Peas stayed around their usual #20 spot for The E.N.D. The

Electro-Pop work may be a departure from even the group's more recent two albums, but the

Good Life-birthed outfit remains an underground Hip Hop success story.

Another Interscope artist, DMV emcee and DXnext alum, Wale debuted just units behind, with

his Attention : Deficit. Signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation management firm, and backed by Grammy,

gold-selling producer Mark Ronson, Wale's debut boasts appearances from Bun B, The

Neptunes, Gucci Mane and Roc Nation tourmate J. Cole.

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

* Please note: figures above approximated to nearest thousandeth.

The biggest surprise on the charts last week Tech N9ne's K.O.D. sold another 6,000 units,

slipping just outside the Top 100. The Kansas City rapper, who has sold over one million

records independently in the course of his career, has developed his Strange label

extensively this year, signing Brotha Lynch Hung, and developing local talent, Krizz

Kaliko and Big Scoob.

Rick Ross' first act on Maybach Music, Triple C's scanned another 3,000 of their Custom

Cars & Cycles. The Def Jam release featured a number of videos made in promotion of the

project, and boasted guest appearances from both Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane. Kid Cudi

also crossed the 200,000 mark of his debut, Man On The Moon: End Of Day, executive

produced by Kanye West.

Just days before doubling his prison sentence over parole violation, Baton Rouge's

Lil Boosie continues to climb past the 100,000 mark with Superbad: The Return Of Boosie

Badazz, just as he's done with his previous Trill Entertainment releases.

Besides Wale, the only other Rap debut was Wyclef Jean's retail mixtape with DJ Drama,

Toussaint St. Jean: From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion. Released through Sony Red,

the incubator to Jean's longtime Columbia contract, this work features Eve, Lil Kim and

Timbaland. The retail release cleared just over 3,000 units, falling in at #171.

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
104	Tech N9ne	K.O.D.	6,200	47,000
105	Kid Cudi	Man On The Moon: The End Of Day	6,100	203,000
165	Triple C's	Custom Cars & Cycles	3,400	21,000
166	Lil Boosie	Superbad: The Return Of Boosie Badazz	3,400	107,000
171	Wyclef Jean	Toussaint St. Jean: From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion	3,300	3,300