Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 12/21/08

Taylor Swift's Fearless reigned supreme yet again. R&B took the top of the charts, as Keyshia Cole's A Different Me bumped B at #2. Jamie Foxx followed right after, with his Intuition album taking #3, an impressive debut for the multi-talented superstar. Beyonce sank just slightly to #5 with her I Am...Sasha Fierce.

Kanye West followed closely with 808's & Heartbreak out of the Top 10 for the first time yet. Anthony Hamilton's The Point Of It All came right after 'Ye's #11 position at #12.

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

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
2	Keyshia Cole	A Different Me	321,758	322,085
3	Jamie Foxx	Intuition	265,196	265,362
5	Beyonce	I Am...Sasha Fierce	195,392	1,247,935
11	Kanye West	808s & Heartbreak	138,910	858,810
12	Anthony Hamilton	The Point Of It All	133,233	133,556

Plies entered the charts at #14 with his third major label full length in two years. Da REAList followed by fellow southern rap recent sensation Soulja Boy, who came nearly 30 spots lower with his iSouljaBoy.

Lil Wayne back in the Top 50. Tha Carter trudges towards three million sold in the States.

Meanwhile, holding rank with Emeritus, his reported last album from the onetime platinum rapper. Lil Wayne entered the charts twice this week, as DJ Drama and Aphilliates Music Group released a retail version of Dedication 3, that sold just under 10,000 units last week.

Other Notables

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
14	Plies	Da REAList	114,438	114,674
43	Soulja Boy Tell Em	iSouljaBoy	45,507	45,565
49	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	37,822	2,816,607
142	Scarface	Emeritus	11,425	68,860
185	DJ Drama & Lil Wayne	Dedication 3	8,198	8,284

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AJ Says: Good first weeks for Jamie Foxx and Keyshia Cole but still not enough to topple Taylor Swift on top. But we know that no one sells like country artists right? Well atleast plies managed sales that actually equalled Akon's opening week. But yeah i still predict a huge drop next week for Da REAList. Lol @ Soulja Boy, but hey, he still sold more than the 20K that charles Hamilton said he wouldnt even sell. But Plat in a week? nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh