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 Philly 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
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