Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 3/25/2007

Starting this week near the top of the list, Akon steadily approaches double platinum status, as Konvicted moves 68k, bringing the singers total to 1.9 million sold. Things arent going as well for the late great Notorious B.I.G., whose Greatest Hits album drops 14 spots to #29. Big only moved 24k this week, putting him at 163k sold. 

One spot below B.I.G. is Devin the Dude, whose album Waitin to Inhale debuts at #31, with 25k sold. A spot further is Crime Mob. The groups album Hated on Mostly manages to push 22k this week. J Dilla debuts this week as well. The late producers Ruff Draft debuts at #112, moving only 8k on the first week.

8-Ball & MJG plummet 20 spots to #28 in their second week as their album Ridin High moves 25k (75k overall). Eminem and his Shady crew cant quite seem to reach platinum, as Eminem Presents: The Re-Up drops 18 spots to #93, with 934k sold overall. Things dont bode well for Nas either, as Hip Hop Is Dead drops from #93 to #115, moving only 7k this week (689k overall). 

On the R&B/Pop side of things, congratulations to Justin Timberlake, whose FutureSex/LoveSounds broke the triple-platinum mark this week, after 28 weeks on the charts. Finall, Musiq Soulchild drops to #8 with Luvanmusiq pulling in 53k (203k overall).