Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 8/10/08

Still a slow week for Hip Hop as Lil Wayne remains at the #5 spot this week with 67,100 sold. Tha Carter 3 was beat out by releases from the Mama Mia soundtrack, Miley Cyrus, Sugarland, and Kid Rock, respectively.

R&B crooner Lloyd's latest effort, Lessons in Love, driven by its lead single "Girls Around the World" featuring Lil Wayne, debuted at #7 this week selling 51,000 copies in its first week. Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad continues to climb the charts from #12 to #9 this week, selling 43,800 copies. Nas takes a drop from #10 to #17 with his controversial untitled album selling 24,900, while Usher rounds out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B with 15,500 copies sold. Here I Stand is now inching towards that coveted platinum plaque.

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

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Total
5	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter 3	67,138	2,143,098
7	Lloyd	Lessons in Love	51,049	51,284
9	Rihanna	Good Girl Gone Bad	43,865	1,594,437
17	Nas	untitled	24,970	316,350
31	Usher	Here I Stand	15,538	964,062

Plies' Definition of Real remains in the top 40 at #38, selling 13,200 copies this week. David Banner follows up right behind Plies selling only 51 copies less than him, and earning the #39 spot with Greatest Story Ever Told. Three 6 Mafia's Last 2 Walk landed the #43 spot with 12,400 sold, while Clipse's Re-Up Gang debuts at #55. Their self-titled album sold 9,700 in its first week. Also debuting a new effort this week is Nappy Roots at #73, with Humdinger selling 7,700 copies.

Other Notables

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Total
38	Plies	Definition of Real	13,290	446,882
39	David Banner	Greatest Story Ever Told	13,249	101,632
43	Three 6 Mafia	Last 2 Walk	12,420	196,954
55	Clipse Presents The Re-up Gang	Re-Up Gang	9,774	9,858
73	Nappy Roots	Humdinger	7,708	7,722

Will August heat up on the charts with new albums on the horizon from heavy-hitters like The Game and Ice Cube? Stay tuned as DX brings the play by play.