Alicia Keys took back the #1 spot this week, in her off-again, on-again reign, weathering each week's new additions. Ms. Keys was joined by Rock outfits The Mars Volta and Bullet For My Valentine, who held #3 and #4 respectively, after The Juno Soundtrack. Keyshia Cole gained over 17% in sales since last week, bumping Chris Brown and getting a strong surge of Interscope energy. Lupe Fiasco fell from the Top 5 overall urban artists for the first week since his release. G.O.O.D. Music crooner John Legend joins the charts with his live album, closing out the caption with a #27 spot.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Total
1
Alicia Keys
As I Am
61,259
2,907,459
6
Mary J Blige
Growing Pains
47,219
1,132,462
8
Keyshia Cole
Just Like You
36,412
1,095,743
11
Chris Brown
Exclusive
33,311
1,059,331
27
John Legend
Live From Philadelphia
20,117
70,158
As predicted, a new single pushed Soulja Boy back into the mix, as the prodigy pushes for a platinum plaque by spring. The 17-year-old bumped ahead of Lupe in doing so. Birdman also climbed ahead of mainstays Jay-Z and Kanye West despite lacking the initial sales of his super-star peers.
Other Notables… Rank Artist Album This Week Total
31
Soulja Boy Souljaboytellem.com 18,899
745,968
44
Lupe Fiasco
The Cool
15,841
302,052
57
Birdman 5*Stunna 12,807 246,196
61
Jay-Z
American Gangster
12,092
965,368
63
Kanye West
Graduation
12,011
1,970,212
Next month, legend Pete Rock drops his highly anticipated New York's Finest, along with new albums by Erykah Badu, Rick Ross, Akrobatik, and many more. It's getting warmer this February, but will the charts reflect it?
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