Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 3/18/2007

This weeks sales were overcome with an R&B and Rap presence and represented half of the top ten. After a four year hiatus, neo soul dignitary Musiq Soulchild released his album Luvanmusiq at number one with about 150k sold. A few thousand short of Musiq was Lloyds sophomore album, Street Love, in its second week. Following Lloyd was Rich Boys self titled LP at number three and shortly after Akon at #5 with 1.86 mil in his 18th week.

Southern rap veterans, 8-Ball & MJG, come in at number 8 with 50k sold while Notorious B.I.G. surprisingly dropped 14 spots to number 15. Unfortunately for Young Jeezy, platinum status may not arrive as soon as anticipated as he has fallen out of the top 30 to #36 with almost 950k sold.

Dreamgirls along with Beyonce continue to slip in the charts however this comes as no disappointment after several months in the top 50 albums.

Seems like the Gym Class Heroes rise to chart success may be short lived as they have fallen a few spots to #39 with 228K. Unlike Ciaras Evolution which dropped one spot to #45 this past week, Pretty Ricky has dropped nearly 20 positions in two weeks with their album, Late Night Special.

Bow Wows Piece of Fame is slowly living up to its name as it steadily approaches becoming gold with 461K. Both Diddy and Luda drop several spots on the charts but Nas drops a surprising 26 spots in the past week leaving at #93. Treading behind Nas are John Legend, Omarion and The Game respectively as Jay-Z falls out of the top 100 with almost 1.4 mil sold in his 17th week.

Reported By: Kendra Desrosiers