Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 4/15/2007

Things are looking up from the lackluster sales of last week as Timbaland keeps the #5 spot with Timbaland Presents: Shock Value hauling it in at 58k this week, bringing its total to 196k overall. Young Buck refuses to lose momentum as Buck The World moves up 2 spots this week to #15, moving 31k this week (227k total).

Paul Wall is certainly getting his money as Get Money, Stay True slips out of the top 10 but lands in the #13 spot, moving 36k this week. MIMS slips 11 spots to #32 as Music is My Savior sells 21k this week, with 144k overall.

R&B and Soul are doing well this week, as Akon, Musiq Soulchild and Corinne Bailey Rae all enjoy boosts. Akon, who rarely (if ever) strays from the top 10 moves to the #3 spot, with Konvicted hauling it in big time this week, with 59k in its 22nd week. To date, Konvicted has sold 2.1 million. After a steep drop last week, Musiq Soulchild is up a little this week at the #35 spot, with Luvanmusiq selling 18k (285k overall). Corinne Bailey Rae's self-titled album moves up 17 spots to #26, selling 23k (1.4 million overall).

Prodigy isn't faring so well, as the NY emcee plummets all the way to #166 from #116. Return of the Mac only moves 5k this week, sitting at a meager 41k. Devin the Dude isn't doing much better as Waitin' To Inhale drops to the #153, selling 5k this week.