Fabolous goes down, The Black Eyed Peas go up, and Dorrough debu
Fabolous goes down, The Black Eyed Peas go up, and Dorrough debuts in the Top 40
Fabolous went from #1 to #9 this week, in what was a third of the Brooklyn rapper's first week scans of Loso's Way. As Fab descended, the Black Eyed Peas and The E.N.D. rose to #4, falling behind Gloriana, Sugarland and Now 31. Maxwell's Black Summer's Night remained fell four places to #7, still making its motions towards platinum.
Universal Records newcomer K'Jon debuted just outside the Top with his I Get Around. Another Michigan native album, Eminem's Relapse fell to #19. The Aftermath effort is still promised to be the first, as 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct and Dr. Dre's Detox are on deck respectively.
* please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandeth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
4
Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D.
44,000
872,000
7
Maxwell
Black Summer's Night
43,000
593,000
9
Fabolous
Loso's Way
37,000
136,000
12
K'Jon
I Get Around
33,000
34,000
19
Eminem
Relapse
22,000
1,341,000
The lone Hip Hop addition the charts this week came courtesy of Dallas sensation Dorrough. Dorrough Music, released on E1 Entertainment comes with help from Tum Tum, Lil Flip and other respected Texas rappers.
Twista. Category F5 remained in the Top 50. The effort's digital release on iTunes, includes a Kanye West-produced and featuring bonus song ["Alright"], in addition to a large reunion with longtime production partner The Legendary Traxster.
T.I. needs just one more week to reach double-platinum status of his acclaimed 2008 album Paper Trail.
Jadakiss heads towards 320,000 units sold of his The Last Kiss, while Flo Rida and R.O.O.T.S. hope to eclipse 220,000 by next week as well.
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
36
Dorrough
Dorrough Music
13,000
13,000
44
Twista
Category F5
10,000
88,000
127
T.I.
Paper Trail
3,500
1,997,000
165
Flo Rida
R.O.O.T.S.
2,700
217,000
167
Jadakiss
The Last Kiss 2,700
318,000




