Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/22/08
Neo-Soul, '90s era songstress India.Arie held strong with her latest Universal Motown release Volume 2: Testimony: Love & Politics, coming in at #7. Kanye West closed out the four consecutive positions with his 808's & Heartbreak [click to read].
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 |
Charlie Wilson |
Uncle Charlie |
58,110 |
58,303 |
| 5 |
Beyonce |
I Am...Sasha Fierce
|
40,540 |
1,882,683 |
| 6 |
Jamie Foxx |
Intuition |
32,550 |
650,651 |
| 7 |
India.Arie |
Volume 2: Testimony: Love & Politics |
32,459 |
108,013 |
| 8 |
Kanye West |
808's & Heartbreak |
32,458 |
1,360,456 |
T.I. [click to read] and his Paper Trail [click to read] approach two million units sold, as his touring and MTV specials continue to support the album going into its third Top 40 single. Lonely Island proved to be more than a one-week-wonder as Incredibad [click to read] made a second showing on the Top 200.
Lil Wayne [click to read] continues to drive Tha Carter III [click to read] past even the wildest expectations. Young Jeezy's Recession [click to read] is fast approaching his first million milestone.
The N.A.S.A. release Spirit of Apollo [click to read] which features rappers including Kanye West, Kool Keith and Scarface, debuted in the Top 200, with just under 4,000 units sold.
Other Notables
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 12 |
T.I. |
Paper Trail |
29,286 |
1,723,807 |
| 24 |
Lonely Island |
Incredibad |
20,719 |
68,257 |
| 33 |
Lil Wayne |
Tha Carter III |
17,660 |
3,029,770 |
| 72 |
Young Jeezy |
The Recession | 8,575 |
784,048 |
| 179 |
N.A.S.A. |
Spirit of Apollo |
3,396 |
3,447 |
Where will Joe Budden and the veteran B-Real stand? Stay tuned to HipHopDX for next week....
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