Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Rick Ross "UP" Fat Joe "DOWN"...

Rick Ross comes out on top his first week, leading the pack of new rap releases that also includes debuts from Snoop Dogg and Fat Joe.

Miami rapper Rick Ross is "Speedin'" past Snoop Dogg to the top of the charts. His sophomore album Trilla sold 198,000 units domestically according to Nielsen SoundScan, putting Ross at #1 on this week's Billboard 200. Trilla features production from J.R. Rotem, Mannie Fresh, The Runners, DJ Toomp and J.U.S.T.I.C.E League.

Snoop Dogg's Ego Trippin moves 137,000 in its first week; a historically low sales debut for a studio album from the West Coast veteran. Despite Snoops unusually low first week numbers, Snoop ranks #3 on the charts with his single "Sensual Seduction" still holding steady in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100.

Landing in the #6 spot this week, Fat Joe's The Elephant in the Room opens with sales of 46,000 copies. Released independently under Terror Squad Entertainment/Imperial records The Elephant in the Room is Joe's 8th studio album, it includes appearances from J.Holiday, Lil' Wayne, Plies and KRS-One. (from sohh.com)

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank Artist Album This Week Total
1
Rick Ross
Trilla
198,375
198,956
3
Snoop Dogg
Ego Trippin'
136,575
136,943
6
Fat Joe
The Elephant In The Room
46,125
46,260
8
Janet Jackson
Discipline
37,560
276,410
9
Erykah Badu
New Amerykah: Part One
34,808
200,399






29
Webbie

Savage Life 2
18,448
119,907
41
Lupe Fiasco

The Cool 15,230 407,718
64
Shawty Lo

Units In The City
10,631
55,573
122
Del The Funkee Homosapien

11th Hour
5,810
5,985
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Tech N9ne

Everready
698
136,788

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