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