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Chart Listings: HITS & SoundScan Top Albums (February 14-21, 2011)
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BEP gold in less than 3 months, it will be platinum in 6 months.... they just need a new smash
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THE FAME
932k for Loud, over 1m soon
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Lady Gaga
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Pink increasing and increasing even more each week while coming up with new food recipes at her home kitchen counter. True legends can sell without promo and hype
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Originally posted by pabloanxiety
BEP gold in less than 3 months, it will be platinum in 6 months.... they just need a new smash
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Considering "The E.N.D." was triple platinum, this is not good.
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Nice to see Loud sell well.
As long as it stays inside the Top10.... I got no problem.
P!nk increased that much, coz of the iTunes discount.... (it was #1 there for most of the week.)
I think that's what Def Jam should do with Loud.
A frontpage banner and 7,99 $ discount.
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Considering "The E.N.D." was triple platinum, this is not good.
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Of course when you compare. Otherwise, they are selling decently considering where they started and how "The Time" was deemed a flop [though it isn't] by everyone here. I think the album will turn around for the better after a few more singles.
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41 45 keri hilson interscope 12,569 +12%
no boys allowed
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9 5 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 42,575 +74%
GREATEST HITS SO FAR
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Considering "The E.N.D." was triple platinum, this is not good.
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The E.N.D era was epic... you can't compare.... it's like saying Lil Wayne is not doing good because his latest albums didn't sell as good as Tha Carter III.....
But they're doing good considering they released a new album one year later.... and this is a successful album worldwide...
i know is difficult not to think that US is the whole universe.... but it isn't!
and BEP is smashing worldwide!
Plus the album will be platinum for sure it's just 2 months old.... nothing bad for today sales!
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Originally posted by pabloanxiety
The E.N.D era was epic... you can't compare.... it's like saying Lil Wayne is not doing good because his latest albums didn't sell as good as Tha Carter III.....
But they're doing good considering they released a new album one year later.... and this is a successful album worldwide...
i know is difficult not to think that US is the whole universe.... but it isn't!
and BEP is smashing worldwide!
Plus the album will be platinum for sure it's just 2 months old.... nothing bad for today sales!
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+1 people dong understand that once you put out an epic album it's hard to get back to back epic albums ... Especially if you release 1 year later
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Now | News | Audio | Features | Reviews
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/13/2011
February 16, 2011 | Allen Jacobs
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Nicki Minaj lost her monumental #1 accomplishment earned last week with Pink Friday. Still, the Young Money heiress topped all urban acts, coming in at #4, behind Now 37, Mumford & Sons and Justin Bieber.
Atlantic’s Bruno Mars fell two spots to #6 with his Doo Wops & Hooligans. Alongside label-mates B.o.B. and Janelle Monae, Mars had a top performance on this past Sunday's 53rd annual Grammy Awards. Expect a surge in sales next week, as the vocalist and drummer demonstrated his abilities in front of millions of viewers. The annual Grammy compilation album, which includes Mars, B.o.B. and Goodie Mob member Cee Lo Green, sat at #11, selling a few thousand below the six-figure mark.
Eminem's Recovery climbed three more spots to #7. The big winner at the Grammy Awards, Eminem's Recovery took Rap Album of the Year, as "Not Afraid" took Rap Song of the year. The controversial Detroit, Michigan native proved to be back to his old antics, saying "****" on national television. Eminem also performed "I Need A Doctor," alongside mentor Dr. Dre, Dre's first such televised performance in close to a decade.
Down three spots from last week, Rihanna's Loud album continues to climb towards platinum, with features from Eminem, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Rihanna also hit the Grammy stage, alongside Em for her album's version of "Love The Way You Lie."
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* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)*
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 4
Nicki Minaj
Pink Friday
47,000
1,081,000
6
Bruno Mars
Doo Wops & Hooligans
39,000
666,000
7
Eminem Recovery 38,000
3,573,000
8
Rihanna Loud 37,000
931,000
11
Various Artists
2011 Grammy Nominees
33,000
93,000
Down three spots was Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The platinum album remains a constant Top 10 and Top 20 performer week-to-week. The album crossed the domestic million-mark, as has been done by all previous Kanye West solo albums.
Lil Wayne's digital-turned-physical 2010 release I Am Not A Human Being returned to its #33 spot from two weeks ago.
T.I.'s No Mercy slid seven spots to #35. The emcee and label owner's latest album was released while he was incarcerated for probation violations earlier this year, involving drugs. The latest album from Tip features Kid Cudi, Scarface and Rocko, with production by DJ Toomp, Kanye West and Jake One.
Diddy, who sported gold fronts at the Grammy Awards, sits at #70 with his Last Train To Paris, Dirty Money album. The work features Rick Ross and Drake, and recently crossed the 200,000 mark. Last week, Diddy was under fire from former Bad Boy artist Black Rob, who claimed Diddy and the label "left him for dead."
Eminem's newly signed veteran lyricist quartet Slaughterhouse debuted at #132 on the charts with their second release, an EP. The group of Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9", Crooked I and Joell Ortiz are expected to leave E1 Entertainment, where they released their 2009 self-titled debut and head to Shady Records, through Interscope distribution. The six-song EP features two new remixes, as well as appearances from The L.O.X. and Black Sheep's Dres. The throwback-minded album also has a song, "Son Doobie," that takes its name from Funkdoobiest's lead emcee.
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Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 22
Kanye West
My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy
16,000
1,015,000
33
Lil Wayne I Am Not A Human Being
15,000
748,000
35
T.I.
No Mercy
15,000
425,000
70 Diddy-Dirty Money
Last Train To Paris
7,600
209,000
132
Slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse - The EP
5,000
5,100
Can Saigon get a Top 10 debut with his The Greatest Story Never Told? Will icons KRS-One and Showbiz get the love they deserve for Godsville? Stay tuned to HipHopDX to find out.
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Wow at Wayne's IANAHB selling 750K with just 1 single and no promo !!!!
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S&M impacting
first it was 25K, then 29K and now 37K i wonder how much will be next
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Loud going platinum
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Good loud sales.
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Considering "The E.N.D." was triple platinum, this is not good.
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Considering this album's lead single got abyssmal radio support, this is good.
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I hope to see Pink at #1 soon
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Considering this album's lead single got abyssmal radio support, this is good.
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I think the album is doing fine but "abyssmal"? Didnt it reach 60 million AI?
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Loud should sell over 1 Million in 2 weeks. Great job Riri
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