Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 9/30/2013

#1. Drake - Nothing Was The Same - 659,000 (659,000)
#15. 2 Chainz - B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime - 17,000 (115,000)
#19. MMG - MMG Presents: Self Made Vol. 3 - 16,000 (66,000)
#21. The Weeknd - Kiss Land - 15,000 (137,000)
#27. Jay Z - Magna Carta...Holy Grail - 14,000 (1,004,000)
#47. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady - 9,000 (72,000)
#49. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 9,000 (1,089,000)
#62. Juicy J - Stay Trippy - 7,000 (114,000)
#67. Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghosts And Other Songs - 6,000 (25,000)
#66. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 6,000 (1,046,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousand for units above 10,000, nearest hundred for units below 10,000.

Drake’s third album, Nothing Was The Same has sold over 650,000 copies this past week. NWTS has the second-highest first week albums sales this year. (CONGRATS). The album debuted at #1 overall  on the Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart. NWTS is the only Rap/R&B in the Top 10 this week, which features artists from Jay Z, Jhene Aiko, and Sampha.

Drake was not the only artist that hit a milestone recently. Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail has passed the double platinum point this week. Jay Z sold a million copies to Samsung pre-released and now he has sold another million copies. (DAMN)