Some numbers in 2012!

[Trimss]

2012 Top 10 Opening Weeks - Hip-Hop Albums

1.NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - 253,057 (April 2)
2.KENDRICK LAMAR - Good Kid, M.a.a.d City - 241,139 (October 22)
3.RICK ROSS - God Forgives, I Don't - 218,492 (July 30)
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Good Music Presents Cruel Summer - 205,434 (September 14)
5. MEEK MILL - Dreams & Nightmares - 164,590 (October 30)
6. NAS - Life Is Good - 148,716 (July 13)
7. 2 CHAINZ - Based On a T.R.U. Story - 146,626 (August 14)
8. WIZ KHALIFA - O.N.I.F.C. - 141,238 (December 4)
9. VARIOUS ARTISTS - MMG Presents Self Made Vol. 2 - 97,636 (June 26)
10. LUPE FIASCO - Food & Liquor II: Pt. 1 - 89,778 (September 25)

2012 Top 10 Best Selling Albums

NICKI MINAJ - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded : 772,300
KENDRICK LAMAR - Good Kid, m.A.A.d City : 539,800
RICK ROSS - God Forgives, I Don't : 486,000
2 CHAINZ - Based On A T.R.U. Story : 456,000
G.O.O.D. MUSIC - Cruel Summer : 396,000
NAS - Life Is Good: 344,000
TYGA - Careless World : Rise of the Last King : 323,000
MEEK MILL - Dreams And Nightmares : 282,900
MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP - Self Made Vol. 2 : 255,018
B.O.B. - Strange Clouds : 248,150

Albums selling over 2,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 1,000,000: 0
Albums selling over 500,000: 2
Albums selling over 250,000: 9 (possibly 10)
Albums selling over 100,000: 21 (possibly 22)
Albums selling over 50,000: 37 (possibly 38)

More here:
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... cba6216327

Admins&mods: That link has some accurates informations about sales and stuff so please don't censor it.

[King Lance]

2009: 632,373 for take care (november 2009)... damn kendrick can do better than drake's first album (we'll see the final numbers in February =D )


I'm proud of you kdot

[Trimss]

2009: 632,373 for take care (november 2009)... damn kendrick can do better than drake's first album (we'll see the final numbers in February =D )


I'm proud of you kdot

No Drake album was released in 2009 and Take Care sold 632 373 on its first week.

[King Lance]

yep my mistake, the source from ktt was wrong, it was for "so far so gone - drake (2009)"

btw, here are the final numbers for 2012 ya bish =p
T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head - 74,000 (253,000)

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - 44,000 (584,000)

Wiz Khalifa - O.N.F.I.C. - 37,000 (252,000)

Chief Keef - Finally Rich - 28,000 (79,000)

Game - Jesus Piece - 24,000 (146,000)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 22,000 (214,000)

2 Chainz - Based on a T.R.U. Story - 21,000 (478,000)

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up - 13,000 (785,000) (April)

Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares - 12,000 (295,000)

Big Boi - Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors - 7,000 (49,000)

[Trimss]

There always were mainstream rappers even before. Just take a look at Mc Hammer lol

[King Lance]

2009: 632,373 for take care (november 2009)... damn kendrick can do better than drake's first album (we'll see the final numbers in February =D )


I'm proud of you kdot

No Drake album was released in 2009 and Take Care sold 632 373 on its first week.

drake outselling kdot just shows how gay & pathetic music has become

drake isn't just an hip hop artist =p

[Trimss]

TOP 25 HIP-HOP ALBUMS OF THE SOUNDSCAN ERA
(As of Dec 9, 2012)

Artist - Album - Year of release - Total sales - Position in the SoundScan Top 200

1. EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP - 2000 - 10,655,392 - #13
2. EMINEM - The Eminem Show - 2002 - 10,129,994 - #17
3. NELLY - Country Grammar - 2000 - 8,530,067 - #35
4. 50 CENT - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 2003 - 8,160,323 - #41
5. DR. DRE - 2001 - 1999 - 7,613,029 - #54
6. LAURYN HILL - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill - 1998 - 7,150,518 - #63
7. NELLY - Nellyville - 2002 - 6,497,690 - #78
8. FUGEES - The Score - 1996 - 6,080,259 - #91
9. WILL SMITH - Big Willie Style - 1997 - 6,040,976 - #96
10. OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx\The Love Below (2CD) - 2003 - 5,710,532 - #110
11. BEASTIE BOYS - Licensed To Ill - 1986 - 5,677,901 - #112
12. SNOOP DOGG - Doggystyle - 1993 - 5,483,392 - #126
13. EMINEM - The Slim Shady LP - 1999 - 5,376,682 - #133
14. JAY-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life - 1998 - 5,370,752 - #135
15. EMINEM - Encore - 2004 - 5,308,241 - #136
16. 50 CENT - The Massacre - 2005 - 5,301,466 - #137
17. PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY - No Way Out - 1997 - 5,262,018 - 140
18. BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY - E. 1999 Eternal - 1995 - 5,130,855 - #148
19. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Life After Death (2CD) - 1997 - 5,127,361 - #150
20. DMX - ...And Then There Was X - 1999 - 4,979,561 - #157
21. 2PAC - Greatest Hits (2CD) - 1998 - 4,975,524 - #158
22. JUVENILE - 400 Degreez - 1998 - 4,888,156 - #165
23. VARIOUS ARTISTS - 8 Mile OST - 2002 - 4,884,219 - #166
24. DMX - It's Dark & Hell Is Hot - 1998 - 4,742,545 - #187
25. DR. DRE - The Chronic - 1992 - 4,600,842 - #198

There was a time when Shady Aftermath was all you heard.. Recovery is close to The Chronic and depending on how Em's next album sales are it could eventually top it one day. MAYBE. But I don't think so lol

[Trimss]

You sure that is right Trimss? I always thought Outkast was number 1 and where is Tupac's All Eyes on me?

That list is not accurate dude.

Of course the list is accurate. One double disc sold = 2 normal albums sold. So Outkast actually sold 5,700 000 albums but since it's a double disk they count it as more than 10m.

[Trimss]

And I guess MC Hammer isn't on the list because his album was not released during the "Soundscan era"

[NextEpisode]

You guys are comparing Certifications (based on net-shipment) = RIAA and Over-the-counter sales = SoundScan

[NextEpisode]

I posted this a couple of months ago. It may help.

Details are important.

RIAA certifes albums based on their net-shipment multiplied by the amount of discs (that the album in question is containing). Note that we're talking about shipments here, not over-the-counter sales.

SoundScan, on the other hand (which is the source for Billboard, the official US charts) counts 1 album with 2CD's, 10CD's, or even a 100CD's as just 1 sold album. This is actually the industry-standard around the world.

So, there is no "correct" way of counting sales. My personal preference though, is to just count the amount of copies the album sold, not discs.

[Trimss]

Thanks a lot NextEpisode.

bigray, if a double disc sells 100 albums, SoundScan counts it as 50

[NextEpisode]

Thanks a lot NextEpisode.

bigray, if a double disc sells 100 albums, SoundScan counts it as 50

Np. I'd probably phrase it like this, though (to avoid confusion):

If a double disc (2CDs) album, sells 50 copies/albums (=100 discs)...
- RIAA counts it as 100.
- SoundScan counts it as 50.