The Numbers Game: Beyoncé Is #1

Did anybody think Beyoncé wasn’t gonna get the #1 spot this week? I mean, this is her third straight #1 album. But don’t ask me about how I Am…Sasha Fierce sounds; I only heard the songs played on the radio (I asked my girl and she mumbled something about bullshit and walked off). Well, I do think Mrs. Hova will do better than Usher. Ace Hood debuts on the charts this week and does exactly what I thought he would: he sold around 25,000 copies of Gutta. That’s not horrendous but does this mean we won’t see another Ace Hood album? Think about it, he got some push before his album with appearances on BET cyphers as well as a XXL magazine cover. In other R&B news, Slim of the group 112 dropped last week and his numbers were serviceable (is it me or is dude too chubby now to be called Slim?). The other Hip-Hop debut this week is from Houston’s Lil’ Keke. First of all, shot out to P-Body; he actually asked us to review that album. As you may know now, we didn’t review Loved By Few, Hated By Many. Why? Nobody didn’t want too. It got lost in the shuffle. Also this week, Rhianna finally goes 2x Platinum after re-releasing Good Girl Gone Bad a hundred times (At least that what it feels like it). I guess I can’t hate on her milking the same album for over a year. I see Lil’ Wayne still pushing around 20,000 copies of Tha Carter III weekly. Who the hell is still buying this album? Now, let me get off this computer and go relax.

#1 Beyonce/I Am…Sasha Fierce (Last Week: NA) – 483,177; Total: NA (Gold) [Debut]
#12 T-Pain/Thr33 Ringz (Last Week: #4) – 61,896; Total: 229,639 [2 Weeks]
#14 T.I./Paper Trail (Last Week: #10) – 50,587; Total: 1,229,042 (Platinum) [8 Weeks]
#18 John Legend/Evolver (Last Week: #12) – 41,957; Total: 297,021 [4 Weeks]
#32 Slim/Love’s Crazy (Last Week: NA) – 26,854; Total: NA [Debut]
#36 Ace Hood/Gutta (Last Week: NA) – 24,701; Total: NA [Debut]
#38 Rhianna/Good Girl Gone Bad (Last Week: #31) – 24,200; Total: 2,022,300 (2X Platinum) [77 Weeks]
#41 Lil’ Wayne/Tha Carter III (Last Week: #26) – 22,853; Total: 2,694,669 (2X Platinum) [24 Weeks]
#44 Ne-Yo/Year Of The Gentleman (Last Week: #23) – 21,800; Total: 622,100 (Gold) [10 Weeks]
#47 Jennifer Hudson/Jennifer Hudson (Last Week: #33) – 21,000; Total: 455,600 [10 Weeks]
#119 Lil’ Keke/Loved By Few, Hated By Many (Last Week: NA) – 5,853; Total: NA [Debut]