Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/26/2009

The Black Eyed Peas [click to read] slipped out of Top 5 for the first time with The E.N.D. [click to read]. After a month on charts, the smash album appears as though it's on its way to platinum before school's in. Maxwell's Black Summer's Night fell to #3 in its third week, still scanning over six figures. The effort is the Neo-Soul singer's first in over eight years. The release, promised to hit gold next week, was only eclipsed by the latest from chart-favorite Daughtry and Demi Lovato.

Eminem's Relapse [click to read] nearly returned to Top 10 this week. The Aftermath effort is still promised to be the first, as 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct and Dr. Dre's Detox are on deck respectively.

Joe's latest, Signature, fell 20 places in its second week on the charts, with nearly identical overall numbers to Chicago veteran Twista [click to read]. Category F5 [click to read] remained Top 20. The effort's digital release on iTunes, includes a Kanye West-produced and featuring bonus song ["Alright" [click to listen]], in addition to a large reunion with longtime production partner The Legendary Traxster.

* 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
3	Maxwell	Black Summer's Night	72,000	494,000
6	Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	52,000	779,000
11	Eminem	Relapse	25,000	1,295,000
19	Twista	Category F5	19,000	64,000
27	Joe	Signature	15,000	64,000

Maino [click to read] maintained a Top 60 spot with his Atlantic Records debut, If Tomorrow Comes [click to read] past the 35,000 mark. The album continues to work singles with a great deal of radio support. Just under Maino, a newer Def Jam artist, Ace Hood [click to read] has performed similarly on the charts with his sophomore release Ruthless.

Christian Rap made an apperance on the charts, with Philadelphia emcee Da T.R.U.T.H.'s fifth album, The Big Picture nearly breaking the Top 100. Signed to Cross Movement Records, T.R.U.T.H. has previously worked with the likes of Kirk Franklin and Lecrae.

Both Jeremih and Flo Rida continue to perform strongly on the charts. Both major label artists have a wealth of radio support, and campaigns that have passed the 100,000 and 200,000 marks respectively.

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
29	Jeremih	Jeremih	14,000	123,000
110	Da T.R.U.T.H.	The Big Picture	4,100	2,600#
145	Maino	If Tomorrow Comes	3,300	37,000
149	Ace Hood	Ruthless	3,300	35,000
157	Flo Rida	R.O.O.T.S.	3,100	212,000