DLR Album Sales Watch (12/10/09)
BaddestMostTalented | Dec 10, 2009 | Comments 0
The Pied Piper of R&B reclaimed the top urban spot. His Untitled album, continuing his lengthy relationship with Jive Records. The record, assisted by Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman, debuted at #4, scanning over six first week units.
Pop star Rihanna slid 10 spots to #14. Rated R has not had the success of RiRi’s last two albums, though many critics are praising the Barbados-born singer’s maturity and album themes. Meanwhile, the King of Pop is a week away from platinum in his Michael Jackson’s This Is It soundtrack collection. The disc is being sold in Starbuck’s, Sam’s Club and other non-traditional retailers.
50 Cent’s potential last album from Interscope went to #35, just inching out Jay-Z. Before I Self Destruct has been met with mixed reviews from the Queens super-star. Late last week, Fif said that he had one final mixtape in his career, seen as an effort to promote the rapper’s fourth official major label release.
Both of Rap’s stars fell short of Hip Hop-turned-Electro-Pop outfit The Black Eyed Peas. Fergie, will.i.am and company tail Eminem’s Relapse by 50,000 units for top-selling Rap album of 2009 with the continued push of The E.N.D.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 4 | R. Kelly | Untitled |
114,000 | 114,000 |
| 8 | Michael Jackson’s | This Is It |
75,000 | 965,000 |
| 14 | Rihanna | Rated R |
59,000 | 240,000 |
| 20 | The Black Eyed Peas | E.N.D. | 50,000 | 1,490,000 |
| 35 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct |
30,000 | 257,000 |
Jay-Z remains Top 40 with Blueprint 3. Many expect the Brooklyn veteran to unleash a new single from his platinum album, which could potentially allow Hov to take the top-seller of ‘09.
The Cash Money Records family of yesterday and today joined arms on the charts. Juvenile’s Cocky & Confident debuted at #43. The release sees Juvy use his major label distribution at Atlantic with marketing done by E1 Entertainment. The effort may be telling of the performance expected by B.G. this week with his same machinery. Birdman, Juvy’s onetime employer, held strong with a strong second week of Pricele$$. The Universal Motown Records-distributed project features numerous Drake appearances, and passed the 50,000 mark.
Dame Dash’s Black Keys/Rap project also surprised the charts. Released on Black Friday, BlakRoc was helped along by its first full week. The album featuring Mos Def, M.O.P. and Pharoahe Monch alike fell short of 20,000, impressive for an independent.
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 38 | Jay-Z | Blueprint 3 |
28,000 | 1,365,000 |
| 43 | Juvenile | Cocky & Confident |
23,000 | 23,000 |
| 54 | Birdman | Pricele$$ |
17,000 | 54,000 |
| 85 | BlakRoc | BlakRoc | 11,000 | 18,000 |
| 112 | Eminem | Relapse | 8,400 | 1,542,000 |
Can Gucci Mane truly make his 2009 comeback proper with a Top 3 debut? Wil The Clipse make the Columbia Records brass happy they picked up Rap’s favorite d-boys? Is Chris Brown forgiven?
Source: Hiphopdx
Susan Boyle Nabs #1 Again, Bocelli in Hot Pursuit, R. Kelly Debuts Top 5
December 8, 2009
Susan Boyle has seized the spotlight and refuses to let go.Simon Cowell’s Syco/Columbia discovery continues at #1, adding another 510k to her total, which now climbs past 1.2m for her stunning debut, I Dreamed a Dream.
Buyers seem anxious to make Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli their Santa Claus this year, as his Decca My Christmas album remains at #2, adding another 437k to its total, putting it in platinum-plus territory. It is up a whopping 103% this week.
Big Machine Grammy contender Taylor Swift’s Fearless logs another 130k to its total, now soaring past 4.6 million, good for #3.
Jive/JLG soul man R. Kelly’s Untitled is the week’s top debut, landing at #4, with 116k, one of four titles in six figures. We hear it’s Tiger Woods’ favorite album.
Provident/Reunion’s Christian artists Casting Crowns (#5), Blue Note’s Norah Jones (#6), Interscope’s Lady Gaga with the Fame deluxe set (#7), Reprise’s Michael Buble (#20-8, +35%), 19/Arista Nashville’s Carrie Underwood (#9) and Sony Music’s Now 32 (#10) round out the leader board.
Among the big gainers are a batch of Christmas albums, including Buble’s Let It Snow (#46-29, +77%), Reprise’s Josh Groban (#26-13, +52%), Deutsche Grammonphon’s Sting (#28-16, +48%), Lava/Atlantic’s Trans-Siberian Orchestra (#38-25, +40%), American Gramphone’s Mannheim Steamroller (#45-36, +36%) and Mercury Nashville’s Sugarland (#34-24, +35%). In addition, J/RMG’s Rod Stewart is also up this week (#48-35, +45%).
This week’s releases include Jive/JLG’s Chris Brown, Priority/EMI’s Snoop Dogg, Mailboat’s Jimmy Buffet, Columbia’s Glee, Vol. 2, Warner Bros.‘ Gucci Mane, Virgin/EMI’s Thirty Seconds to Mars and Blackground/Interscope’s Timbaland.
Source: HitsDailyDouble
Gucci Mane Projected to Sell 85-90k in First Week
Incarcerated rapper Gucci Mane is on track to lead the rap pack on The Billboard 200 charts next week, according to hitsdailydouble.com’s one-day sales projections.
The industry insider estimates that the ATL trap star’s new LP, The State Vs. Radric Davis, will move around 85,000 to 90,000 units in its first week on shelves. The album, which is Gucci’s first major label effort, features cameos from such big names as Usher, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy and Rick Ross, among others. The Warner Bros artist is believed to land one notch below Chris Brown’s new album, Graffiti, which is expected to sell between 120,000 to 130,000.
Other new additions to the charts next week include discs by West Coast legend Snoop Dogg, B.G., Timbaland and Clipse. Snoop is currently on par to scan about 55,000-60,000 of his tenth studio solo album, Malice N Wonderland. B. Gizzle’s Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood is projected to sell around 40-50K, Timbo’s Shock Value II is believed to fall somewhere between 35,000 and 40,000 and the Virgina duo’s Til the Casket Drops is looking to fall at about 30-35K.
Source: XXLmag.com
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