Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 6/29/08

There was not much movement at the top of the charts this week. Lil Wayne [click to read] continued to hold the #2 spot, selling six-figures of units. The shocker to some is Three 6 Mafia's [click to read] return to album making. Last 2 Walk [click to read] cracked the top five, as one of Columbia's first rap releases since Rick Rubin's takeover at the historic imprint. Usher and Rihanna held positioning, dropping rank a few units. Rihanna continues to sell strongly in digital singles, with the repackaging of her year-old album.

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

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Total
2	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter 3	209,305	1,527,621
5	Three 6 Mafia	Last 2 Walk	76,722	76,722
7	Usher	Here I Stand	51,586	805,841
10	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	46,545	1,353,991
11	Plies	Definition of Real	42,893	325,472

Whereas last week, Blood Raw made a dent in first week sales chart, the Corporate Thugz rookie subsided to a shift in other chart areas. After the success of "Flashing Lights," Michigan's Dwele made a respectable first showing with his independent Sketches of a Man. Bun B [click to read] and Rick Ross continue to show that strong album-making equates to consistent sales. Meanwhile, Immortal Technique cracked the Top 100 with his critically-championed The 3rd World [click to read], assisted by DJ Green Lantern.

Other Notables

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Total
35	Dwele	Sketches of a Man	13,854	14,007
38	N.E.R.D.	Seeing Sounds	13,258	116,846
43	Bun B	II Trill	10,718	206,576
55	Rick Ross	Trilla	10,456	599,167
99	Immortal Technique	The 3rd World	7,306	7,306