Friday, June 1, 2012

This Week Hip-Hop & R&B Album Sales

Uploaded from the Photobucket Android App Debuting atop all of the competition is John Mayer's Born & Raised at No. 1. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the rocker's new LP has sold 219,300 copies after seven days in stores. Young Money star Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded dropped five slots to No. 20 with 17,900. With eight weeks in the books, the rapper's sophomore LP has sold 492,700 copies. Grand Hustle rapper B.o.B.'s Strange Clouds fell 12 spots to No. 32 with 12,900. With a full month under his belt, the Atlanta emcee's sophomore album has pushed out 130,500 copies. Grammy-winning singer Rihanna's Talk That Talk moved down seven slots to No. 35 with 11,300. Headed into her 28th week, RiRi's newest solo effort has sold 889,500 units. Young Money rapper Drake's Take Care moved down five positions to No. 41 with 9,400. With 28 weeks knocked out, Drizzy's sophomore effort stands at 1,753,500 sold copies. New York rapper El-P's Cancer for Cure debuted on the chart this week at No. 69. With seven days knocked out, his new LP has shelled out 6,600 records.