October 31st, 2007
A Look @ Sales For Recent Albums
Akon 2.7 million
Kanye West 1.5 million
Robin Thicke 1.4 million
T.I. 1.1 million
50 Cent 1.025 million
Ne-Yo 830k
Timbaland 760k
Rihanna 756k
T-Pain 703k
Fabolous 493k
Keyshia Cole 470k
Common 417k
UGK 354k
Plies 297k
Sean Kingston 265k
Soulja Boy 200k
J. Holiday 170k
Talib Kweli 156k
Young Joc 150k
Chamillionaire 145k
Trey Songz 114k
Gold is the new platinum for rappers. These are albums still moving units on soundscan.
Suggestion Box
October 31st, 2007 at 5:12 am
WHY ARE THERE NON HIP HOP ALBUMS IN THERE?
October 31st, 2007 at 5:13 am
1st!!!!!!!!!! Def Jam Runs This Music Shit!!!!
October 31st, 2007 at 5:13 am
BEING ASSOCIATED TO HIP HOP DOES NOT MAKE YOU HIP HOP.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:14 am
WELL IF YOUR TALKING ABOUT MUSIC, INTERSCOPE AS 3 IN THE TOP 5.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:26 am
put ciara up in there then and beyonce. i think B is 2.7 and C is 1.7
and 50 is not far behind kanye in the US
October 31st, 2007 at 5:33 am
how ne-yo aint platinum yet…he done 250 thousand 1st week….def jam been buying dere own cd’s b
October 31st, 2007 at 5:36 am
THIS IS CRAZY PLEASE MAY THE TRUE HIP HOP FAN GO OUT & BUY CHAMILLIONAIRE (ULTIMATE VICTORY) I MEAN BY ALL STANDARDS THAT’S THE BEST RAP ALBUM THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR 2007 THE MESSAGE THEIR IS REAL & TRUE…….
HANSON 4RM NIGERIA
October 31st, 2007 at 5:38 am
NEYO’S NOT PLAT BECAUSE HIS SINGLE SELECTION HAS BEEN WACK OR NOT UP TO NEYO STANDARDS EXCEPT THAT BECAUSE OF YOU JOINT, THAT WAS CRACK, 50 LACKING KANYE CONSIDERING 500K IS A LOT OF ALBUMS THESE DAYS.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:40 am
niggas getting ready to put out they 5TH single and still not gold.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:47 am
Plies 297k
Sean Kingston 265k
Soulja Boy 200k
J. Holiday 170k
Damn these wack as niggas selling more than Talib
Talib Kweli 156k
That true 9 I think 50 & Kanye West had at least 4 or 5 singles for their albums, @ 6 everybody knows Def Jam buy their artists albums.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:51 am
“BUCK THE WORLD” and “ULTIMATE VICTORY” ARE THE BEST RAP ALBUMS THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR.
1. BUck The World
2. Ultimate Victory
3. From Nothin’ to Somethin’
end of discussion
October 31st, 2007 at 5:54 am
man i feel sorry album now n day… album don’t sell like they use too.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:56 am
Where’s Bone Thugs N Harmony? they’re last album is pushin gold.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:04 am
I thought Game Snoop and Jay came around the same time Akon album dropped laster year. Where are their numbers? Can some one say Ring tones. That’s what they gone need to offset the cost of recording an album.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:23 am
If gold is the new paltinum, that what’s platinum…
the new diamond?
I don’t know about these number tho, couple days ago Kanye was screaming double platinum! I think I’ll go subscribe to soundscan to know for sure.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:25 am
Soulja boy doing good, he proved not to be a ringtone rapper.. and Chamillionaire should of sold more, cause his album was great
October 31st, 2007 at 6:31 am
how the hell did plies sell that much?
October 31st, 2007 at 6:36 am
Fans of Hip Hop, yeah right! Anybody that says they are a fan of Hip Hop & have nothing but Bootlegged cd’s is lying to themselves
October 31st, 2007 at 6:45 am
I swear gamne sold like 2.5 mill in the U.S wer he at???
October 31st, 2007 at 6:46 am
thats good my man Akon sold 2.7,
October 31st, 2007 at 6:53 am
well akon released his album twice so the label is going to count them as the same release, but since each release has a different upc code, soundscan actually tracks them seperately, Real talk though all this #’s is lies anyway so why do you care if your favorite/non favorite rapped only sold X amount, you dont work for the label.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:21 am
thats because these rappers are trying to sell gimmicks instead of hot music.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:34 am
“Soulja Boy 200k”
WHAT THE?HOW IS THIS?I CANT BELIEVEYOOOOOOOUUUUU :’(
October 31st, 2007 at 7:48 am
SMH…Sad times… I remember back in the day…anything around 350,000 to 400,000 and UNDER…was a FLOP… now it seems like these days, thats success…
Smh… To be honest with you…Fab shit should at least be at 800,000…he got like 4 singles out. And damn, Rihanna and NE-YO only at those numbers, thats a big disappointement because their R&B singers…and R&B Singers always sell…plus they both did 2 Mill they last album, so thats a BIG DROP.
And damn, Yung Joc flopped HARD…and he on BAD BOY…NOT A good look… and whoever is managin J Holiday needs to be shot…the WOMEN lOVE HIM…and he only at what 170,000!!!!
Same with Keyshia Cole!!! She should be GOLD by now…
Common And Challimillonare should be at 600,000…
Plies and Soljah Boy is wack…
And even though Twalib is only at 156…its still kinda of a good look for him, cause he is on KOCH…
And 50 is trash… 5 Singles out before ya album dropped and you only go Plat 2 Months later…SMH…
October 31st, 2007 at 8:15 am
It sucks that the real Hip Hop artist are not getting the promotion and marketing. i wanted to cop chamillionaire record when it first came out, when to 5 record stores nobody had it
i still dont have it I just cheked itunes and they have it now but I know the didint have even 2 weeks after the record was released, sucks
DETOX Coming soon
October 31st, 2007 at 8:15 am
DAM I’AM FROM BK AND STAY WITH MY LADY IN HARLEM, WHO THE HELL IS PUMPIN AKON ? SHIT 2.4 MILL’ THAT MUST BE WORLD WIDE, CAUSE I DON’T HEAR THE HOOD PLAYIN HIS JOINT/ALBUM LIKE DAT AROUND THE WAY.. HE HAS NICE MARKETIN’ HOOKS BUT HE AIN’T SINGIN’ ??
October 31st, 2007 at 8:16 am
This list is a damn shame! All that consumer money went down the drain. Well i’ll be damn…
October 31st, 2007 at 8:18 am
damn…. times have changed, Akon been out a minute… and FAB cd is sick… he should of moved more than that, and i hear Kanye is at 2 Mil worldwide….
October 31st, 2007 at 8:27 am
LMAO look where 50 is
October 31st, 2007 at 8:32 am
200,000 dumb @ss kids out there bought that soulja boy??? i hope those were being saved for gag gifts!
October 31st, 2007 at 8:59 am
THIS IS BULL THEY SAID FABOLOUS WAS CERTIFIED GOLD….HOW HE ONLY AT 493,000 OH WELL 7,000 MORE HE WILL SELL THAT WHEN HE DROP THE NEXT SINGLE
October 31st, 2007 at 9:00 am
This is wack From Nothin to Somethin is the best rap cd of the year
October 31st, 2007 at 9:03 am
hahahaha damn 50 aint far behind kanye after he got smoked i dont hear niggaz now even kanye got the victory i think we can bring up the point that def jam did buy his shit and still will kill will hopefully bring 50 to 2 mill us
October 31st, 2007 at 9:04 am
i’m a kanye fan so u know i had to check. he at 2 plat. check billboard
October 31st, 2007 at 9:06 am
buy albums.. if you dont buy albums dont be asking dumb questions like how the hell is that possible..becuase u didnt bought it bitch..thats why..(i know i didnt buy shit this year, fuck that they got money i dont.. i get it for free)
nobody is buyin albums nowadays.. 2 much music out.. why the fuck should i go buy something..
Soulja boy?? wtf.. who bought that crap? u must like torturing yourself
The only album im gonna cop is C3..
October 31st, 2007 at 9:10 am
Dang realtalk, swagga jackin my name ans=d shit!. naw its all love though
October 31st, 2007 at 9:18 am
TO be hones only album that were worth spend your money on this year were Fabolous and chamillionaire….That kanye and 50 was wack they just hyped there sell up with there little sells race to me they were both flops…..seems like Fab and Chamillionaire the only ones that actually put some work into there music
October 31st, 2007 at 9:29 am
where are the numbers from hell rell i couldn´t find them anywhere he sold 15 k or somethin like that first week.let´s see how much jay-z sells
October 31st, 2007 at 9:50 am
Def Jam is running things. LOL
October 31st, 2007 at 9:50 am
FABOLOUS IS A ALWAYS DISSAPOINTMENT AS FAR AS RECORD SALES GO AND CHAMILLIONAIRE FELL OF A MOUNTAIN COMPARED TO WHAT HIS LAST ALBUM DID
AND BY THE WAY YOU DIDNT COUNT 50 CENTS INTERNATIONAL SALES!!!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:58 am
@RIck game did a little over 800,000 stop lying and check soundscan. that nigga is the one that is wack. how can people listen to a dude that is straight up lying. he has never put in the work he rap about. so he is not telling a life story or expirence he is just saying some shit that rhyme that is not the real deal. he one of them dudes that talk and glorify the shit, but has never been out there really doing it. you can tell when he rhyme he fake as a 4 dollar bill. the dude was a stripper named indonesia how gangsta is that homie. 2.5 mil bwoy stop you his only fan playa.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:01 am
Yall need to stop sleeping on the boy fabolous
October 31st, 2007 at 10:16 am
Y niggaz so hard on T.T vs. T.I.P? I actually thought tha album was pretty dope! And he did’nt have to put out 5 or 6 singles! In fact if he would have chose a better third single I think he would have sold more. And I know this is going to light a fire up under ya’ll cookie asses but… THE REAL TESTAMENT BITCHES!!!!!!!
AMERICAN GANGSTER NOV. 6TH
October 31st, 2007 at 10:40 am
hip hop is dying folks(in the spotlight). gold was nothin back in the day. look at this shit now.and some of those are albums that been out. It’s the powers that be that pick who gets the big budget at the end of the day. not neccesarily us. till the day we got as much money as them to supply big budgets like it’s nothin then we could start talkin money, all this bullshit still walkin around…….
October 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am
Akon is killin them all!!
October 31st, 2007 at 11:27 am
90% of those albums were wack anyway, seems logical to me
downloading hurts artists who drop one hot track and can’t make a whole album
come detox i know ppl will cop the album
October 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm
This is wack From Nothin to Somethin is the best rap cd of the year ? Wow !!! that is wack can’t Fabolous do a song by himself ? Talib & Common album are way better than wack ass Fabolous CD featuring loads of guests.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:12 pm
it also seems logical that a wack album goes double platinum. it’s happened in the past. it’s the budget with the politics that get’s the rapper to feel lucky.( he or she has got to want it that much to get there too-right place at the right time)grindin but look at fif and kanye. that’s the first time kanye outsold 50 because it’s the powers that be makin it happen as far as record sales. but true downloading fucked everything up. we gotta go back to classic albums where it doesn’t feel right to just get a copy of it. you gotta have the artwork, picture, and that CD sittin in your deck cause it was a keeper not to resell at another store.people wanna download more cause we got all this one hit wonder, flavor of the month shit and I mean every track is like that for the whole album all 13 to 16 tracks. party this, get drunk to that, go to the club was track number 4, let’s get this party started is track number 5. I love the fun party singles but it gets repetitive and unoriginal after like track number 3. let’s get back to skills, creativity. people that do this feel me on this, as far as fans yall could like whatever yall want cause yall fans. if you don’t do this you won’t get it, not unless your’e willing to grow with the real artists that do that dope shit today.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:22 pm
why aint young buck on that list? he came out this year and the cd was fire
October 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
if u tryna sell albums, you gotta have a universal fan base, meaning that any type of person would enjoy your shit. and if u wana do that make GOOD MUSIC. i dont really hear too much of that these days all the good music was made back in the day.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:35 pm
actually when i think about it, technology has done its part fuckin up this whole shit as well. i mean half the people dont buy cds no more unless they financially stabilized and have money to spend on anything.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:36 pm
it funny how u have rap artist selling more then hiphop artist.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
41 @sousthsidenigga – u a straight up fool, Ur a pasty white kid from Farmington, Connecticut jus like ya gay boyfired 50 Cent. aha
October 31st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
yoooo,lol put hell rell numbers up,only the bronx bought hiz cd,not even 16,000 lol
October 31st, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Akon 2.7 million-full of hits and guest
Kanye West 1.5 million-i knew he would do great..wait till his next album
Robin Thicke 1.4 million-what can u say,middle-aged women LOVE him
T.I. 1.1 million-how tha hell did he?? he’s way too commercial (big thangs poppin)
50 Cent 1.025 million-lol no comment
Ne-Yo 830k-i HATE because of you with a passion,hiz album should’ve went plat by now
Timbaland 760k-haha…scott storch is still betta b*tch
Rihanna 756k-*crying* lmao,folks stay on b’s d*ck so they don’t buy ri’s stuff…f*ck all them hataz RIHANNA IS THA BEST!! (f*ck it im bitin wack azz dj khaled slogan lmao)
T-Pain 703k-how did he?? this m*thaf*cka CAN’T sing shii and he’s gettin annoyin now (where’s akon at mayne?)
Fabolous 493k-diamonds is the only good song for males on that cd lmao
Keyshia Cole 470k-the only song folks now on there is let it go…she doesn’t move mountains for me either
Common 417k-how?? findin forever is a classic and it only sold x2 of soulja boy?? hell naw
UGK 354k-only song i liked was int.playaz anthem cuz of outkast..bun b needa go solo now
Plies 297k-haha…wack thts the only word to explain it
Sean Kingston 265k-HOW!!! j holiday can outsing him ANY day…trey songs would stomp his fat azz 2!!
Soulja Boy 200k-our generation is retarded and this proves it
J. Holiday 170k-i agree with this a lil..still shoulda sold more than sean k.
Talib Kweli 156k-i copped this and listen is the hottest rap track of the year in my opinion
Young Joc 150k-LMAO!! wack mayne…”at tha coffee shop” krs needa start talkin bout this n*gga now
Chamillionaire 145k-hiz production is too similar but i liked it…not coppin worthy in my opinion tho
Trey Songz 114k-*screamin hell naw* dude is one of the best singaz of our tyme on tha real…all his songs are potential hits and he can outsing j holiday,sean k.,t-pain and mario any day.
just my opinon/critique of the sells…to tell tha truth very few of these artist deserve gold. most are plat status and deserve it COP ALBUMS NOW!!
Graduation-best rap album
Good Girl Gone Bad-best pop album
Trey Day-best r&b album
October 31st, 2007 at 2:10 pm
WHAT YALL THINK CHRIS BROWN GONNA SELL??CAUSE APART FROM DA KISS KISS JOINT..HIS NEW SHIT AINT JAMMIN B
October 31st, 2007 at 2:34 pm
DJGX correction no one buys Rihanna’s shit b/c everybody knows that bitch can’t sing. Her and Cassie both they are the most untalented chicks out there and that’s why they don’t sell. Beyonce ain’t got shit to do with it, Beyonce sells b/c she can sing her ass off and people love her so they always buy her shit. Ain’t no sane person gonna waste they money on a Rihanna album or Cassie album. Let’s be real about it.
As for everybody else no surprises there either. Don’t nobody really buy albums anymore anyway. Why when u can get that shit for free easily?
October 31st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Haha Gradition best rap album ? WTF it isn’t even best Hiphop album
October 31st, 2007 at 3:20 pm
thank DJGX’ for the autobiography on the songs list…god damn nigga
October 31st, 2007 at 3:35 pm
hmm… i c interscope is numba 1 on dis list..
October 31st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
cosign 57…imma get off here but so u kno,tht didn’t change my mind i still think ri’s betta than beyonce’s wanna be mariah carrey ass
rihanna can sing, cassie can’t. so if u put them in the same class it proves ur insane…and btw n*gga i bought that album so u gonna start wit me if i did.
im pretty sure jay did 2……. ; ) roflmao
October 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm
i meant at 57…..lmao i would neva cosign tht shii
October 31st, 2007 at 3:47 pm
yo djgx must be on some serious ish, scott storch better than timba? if he put out a cd, he would do hell rell numbers, timba puts out a cd and sells better than 90% of any other rappers
October 31st, 2007 at 3:53 pm
fab actually was reported gold a month after he came out…check out top 200
October 31st, 2007 at 4:46 pm
u forgot ciara! she is internationally known YA KNOOW!
October 31st, 2007 at 6:27 pm
fab’s mixtape game > his album game
October 31st, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Yall some real dumb ass people i aint no real soulja boy fan but damn wut do u aspect when a 17 year old kid makes a dance song for KIDS HIS AGE u people gotta realize most of these fuking cd’s are being bought by fukin kids and for all yall new york bitches that think Talib Kweli and Jay is actully good lol get cha muthafukin brain checked u A-D-D havin sluts
November 1st, 2007 at 1:03 am
with akon being the 1st fine ….. but wat the hell is soulja boy… plies… etc doin in that list …. damm hip hop is dead…. n e ways dats wats up….
November 1st, 2007 at 2:09 am
AKON IS A NEW KING OF THIS SHIT !!!!!! GET EM AK
November 1st, 2007 at 7:44 am
AKON HAD HIS PEOPLE OVER IN AFRICA AND EUROPE BUY HIS SHIT” NO DOUT HE CAN WRITE A HOOK BUT HIS 4 WIFE THINK HE’S THUGGIN”FAKE ASS T.J. SWAN (2 FAR BACK 4 U YOUNGIN’S) HAVIN ASS CAN’T SING !! POINT BLANK, IT’S CALLED PERFECT TIMING.. HE DON’T EVEN SOUND BETTER THAN NATE DOGG, NOW HIS VOICE WAS HOOD… HE JUST COULDN’T WRITE A HIT OR ALWAYS TO HIGH 2. WHO’S AKON’S COMP ANYWAY ? WHO T- PAIN ??
November 1st, 2007 at 8:38 am
wow ugk talk madd shit and they aint even gold. no wonder why they mad. and i feel sorry for chamillionaire no ultimate victory this year. danm, dirty south niggas aint making no noise!
November 1st, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Don’t pay DJGX no damn attention. He is obviously insane b/c actually put that no talent Riyawna in the same sentence as Queen Beyonce. LMAO And u right though Def Jam (including jay-z) probably did buy half of her pathetic 700,000 copies. LMFAO Beyonce sold almost that much in one week. Riyawna’s album came out months ago she should at least be platinum. That bitch can’t sing and that’s why no one bought her album and she flopped. End of story.
Now everyone else on that list at least has a little bit of talent. But sales are down.
November 1st, 2007 at 4:05 pm
^^^ur obviously ignorant so i won’t rebuttle that because you said that: t-pain,young joc,SOULJA BOY?!?!?!,and plies had talent so u obviously don’t know music.
in the 90’s yrs rihanna could’ve still gotta pop contract…..those n*gg*z wouldn’t have even SEEN 1.
i like ri cuz unlike most of these artist she don’t front on who she is…*cough*soulja boy,beyonce,young joc,plies,sean k.*cough* and everybody else who puts out these boring images with these predictable songs
point:ri is more talented then alot (not sayin bey..yet)cuz she takes risk (she put shut up and drive,htily and don’t stop the music on the same album)…bey’s album was so damn predictable,young joc’s was juss as retarded as soulja boy’s shii and plies only rap’s about sex (mayne,wth do u think we have kellz for),ri’s accent is understandable atleast…..sean k.’s sounds like a broken tape…
i kno im postin on this but i admit imma huge fan and i can’t stand to see people tear down a good artist….tht and there’s not many intrestin posts on here………..
November 4th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
^^^^ a fan? Yeah right your ass is a straight up STAN b/c do u not see that that bitch’s album flopped. 700,000 after months is terrible. You are very messed up in the head b/c Beyonce is very very talented and she can sell albums unlike some artists *cough* Rihanna. If Rihanna was so great then people would have bought her album but they didn’t. She sucks and everybody knows it and those 700,000 copies prove that she’s another Cassie. End of story.
November 17th, 2007 at 10:10 am
WHEREZ THE GAME AT YA??
June 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
What the hell! Wheres the game at? In my opinion Chamillionaire’s album should have been the album of the year. One more thing who the hell bought Soulja Shit?