Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/7/2009

Eminem's Relapse [click to read] gained over 140,000 third-week sales. The artist, expected to go gold within a month on shelves, was only topped by Dave Matthews Band's latest album, whose frontman publicly endorsed Em's release to HOT97's Peter Rosenberg.

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