Beyonce made a surge for the top of the charts, re-entering the Top 25 in her 29th week on the charts with I Am... Sasha Fierce [click to read]. Keri Hilson gaine two spots, with her In A Perfect World... [click to read] debut heading towards 350,000 units sold.
Falling 12 places, Redman & Method Man's [click to view] sequel, Blackout 2 [click to read], sold approximately 14,000 third week units. The Def Jam release, featuring production from veterans such as Havoc, Pete Rock and Erick Sermon, fell over 10 places. Def Jam label-mate Rick Ross [click to read] fell 12 spots with his Deeper Than Rap [click to read] third album.
* please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandeth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 |
Eminem |
Relapse |
141,000 |
962,000 |
| 23 |
Beyonce |
I Am... Sasha Fierce |
16,000 |
2,021,000 |
| 25 |
Keri Hilson |
In A Perfect World... |
16,000 |
327,000 |
| 30 |
Redman & Method Man |
Blackout 2 |
14,000 |
92,000 |
| 40 |
Rick Ross |
Deeper Than Rap |
12,000 |
316,000 |
Jadakiss' [click to read] The Last Kiss [click to read] heads towards 300,000 overall units. With a D-Block album coming next week, 'Kiss' numbers could do some interesting movement in weeks to come. Cam'ron's [click to read] Crime Pays [click to read] approaches 75,000 overall units sold.
DJ Drama [click to read] cracked 30,000 overall in his third week of his Gangsta Grillz sequel. J Dilla debuted in the Top 100, with his posthumous Nature Sounds release Jay Stay Paid [click to read]. The officially-endorsed album by the Yancey family [click to read] sold approximately 5,000 units.
Gorilla Zoe [click to read] finally eclipsed 100,000 overall units with his Don't Feed Da Animals [click to read].
Other Notables| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 73 |
Jadakiss |
The Last Kiss |
7,100 |
284,000 |
| 90 |
Cam'ron |
Crime Pays |
5,800 |
72,000 |
| 65 |
DJ Drama | Gangsta Grillz: The Album, Part 2 |
7,400 |
30,600 |
| 96 |
J Dilla |
Jay Stay Paid |
5,400 |
5,800 |
| 150 |
Gorilla Zoe |
Don't Feed Da Animals |
3,400 |
102,000 |
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