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- Wednesday, December 03, 2008
- Photographer Sues Chris Brown, Rihanna For $1 Million
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/30/08
- Suge Knight's Mansion Sold In Bankruptcy Court
- Houston Radio KPFT Pays Star Studded Tribute To Pimp C
- Beanie Sigel and Gillie Da Kid Settle Differences, Host Event
- Kanye West Denouces Wet Seal Carries Clothing Line
- Tuesday, December 02, 2008
- William Balfour To Be Charged In Hudson Murders
- Imeem Launches Keys To The City: L.A. With U-N-I
- Freeway Makes December His "Month Of Madness"
- Kanye West Speaks Candidly About Mother, Religion, Rap
- Ashley Dupre News Bits (Violator Refutes Management, Nas Allegations)
- Young Jeezy, T.I., Ludacris Unite To Support Jim Martin
- Biographer Provides Excerpts From Controversial ODB Biography
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Reunite for "UNI 5" Concert
- Monday, December 01, 2008
- Yung Berg Plans Equal Opportunity Love Reality TV Series
- Webbie Concerts Marred By Violence
- Alchemist And Oh No Plan Gang Green Album
- Gorilla Zoe Begins Weight Loss Challenge
- Jermaine Dupri To Be Honored By ACLU
- Puma Hosts 60th Birthday Concert With The Knux
- 50 Cent Admits to Losing Money Because of Failing Economy
- 50 Cent Stole A Dr. Dre Beat From Eminem?
- La The Darkman/CTE Fight At Dirty Awards
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/17/08
- Kanye West Not Concerned with Heartbreak Sales
- Damon Dash Jaz-O Continue Jay-Z Feud
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/9/08
- Breaking: Kanye West Talks Album Leaks, Auto-Tune & More
- Bishop Lamont: 'The Game Is A Sweethart.'
- Young Buck Dismisses G-Unit Beefs
- Kanye Explains 'Blueprint 3' Delays, Next Album
- Obama Wins!
- 50 Cent Stole A Dr. Dre Beat From Eminem?
- La The Darkman/CTE Fight At Dirty Awards
- 50 Cent Album Bushed Pack To '09
- Plies Declared The Future Of Rap In Latest VIBE Issue
- T.I. Expected To Testify In Murder Trial
- Bishop Lamont: 'The Game Is A Sweethart.'
- Lil Wayne Performs With Kid Rock At CMA's
- Kanye West Not Concerned with Heartbreak Sales
- Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/30/08
Hip Hop News
Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 7/13/08
Lil Wayne continues his stronghold on the charts selling 124,600 copies of Tha Carter III this week putting him about 200,000 units away from double platinum. Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad climbs up yet another spot to #8 selling 47,100 copies. Following up right behind Rihanna is G-Unit at #9. Terminate On Sight sold 36,300 copies this week. Usher's Here I Stand comes in at #11 with 33,200 sold, while Three Six Mafia's Last To Walk rounds out the Top 5 Hip Hop/ R&B artists at #16 with just under 24,400 sold.
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Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 1 |
Lil Wayne |
Tha Carter 3 |
124,676 | 1,806,562 |
| 8 |
Rihanna |
Good Girl Gone Bad |
47,117 | 1,441,305 |
| 9 |
G-Unit |
Terminate On Sight |
36,348 | 138,150 |
| 11 |
Usher |
Here I Stand |
33,253 | 880,570 |
| 16 |
Three Six Mafia |
Last 2 Walk |
24,391 | 138,404 |
Sales slow down as Plies drops to #17 this week. Definition of Real sold 24,000 copies. Tech N9ne takes a large drop from #12 to #34 with Killer selling 13,400 units. Rick Ross' Trilla holds the #52 spot with 10,000 sold. Jim Jones & The Bryd Gang take a staggering fall on the charts from #29 last week to #110 this week. Their M.O.B album sold 6,200 units. Killer Mike's newest effort, dubbed a "classic" by Mike himself, entered the charts at #178 this week with 3,500 copies sold.
Other Notables
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Total |
| 17 |
Plies |
Definition of Real |
24,063 | 380,267 |
| 34 |
Tech N9ne |
Killer |
13,421 | 49,665 |
| 52 |
Rick Ross |
Trilla |
10,077 | 619,908 |
| 110 | Jim Jones & The Byrd Gang | M.O.B | 6,287 | 23,545 |
| 178 |
Killer Mike |
I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind Pt 2 |
3,566 | 3,571 |
Will David Banner see success on the charts? Will Nas' controversial new album live up to its hype? Stay tuned as DX brings the play by play.
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