The Numbers Game: Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Dirty Money, Tank, Ciara, & Sheek Louch

I’m running a little late with the numbers today so I’ll be brief.

Michael Jackson can still sell records even though a lotta people are saying that’s not his voice on his new album (Even Michael Jackson’s kids). Michael debuts at #3 and sell 228,200 units

People still love Robert Kelly. Love Letter lands at #6

Diddy & Dirty Money’s Last Train To Paris is not a bad album. 100,000 fans thought so last week (Even though the early numbers were projected around 65,000).

Pink Friday continues to sell better than My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

I thought Basic Instinct would sell a little better with all the promo Ciara is doing. She apparently doesn’t care about the sales though. Tank‘s new album Now Or Never sold a little better.

Sheek Louch‘s Donnie G: Don Gorilla barely makes the Top 200. [Check out my review of the album with this year’s worst album cover]

#3 Michael Jackson/Michael (Last Week: NA) – 228,200; Total: NA [Debut]
#6 R. Kelly/Love Letter (Last Week: NA) – 154,300; Total: NA [Debut]
#7 Diddy & Dirty Money/Last Train To Paris (Last Week: NA) – 100,900; Total: NA [Debut]
#8 Nicki Minaj/Pink Friday (Last Week: #6) – 97,400; Total: 658,400 (Gold) [4 Weeks]
#11 Rihanna/Loud (Last Week: #9) – 83,700; Total: 579,300 (Gold) [5 Weeks]
#14 The Black Eyed Peas/The Beginning (Last Week: #16) – 76,600; Total: 257,900 [3 Weeks]
#17 Mariah Carey/Merry Christmas II (Last Week: #17) – 73,800; Total: 363,400 [7 Weeks]
#21 T.I./No Mercy (Last Week: #4) – 69,400; Total: 229,100 [2 Weeks]
#22 Eminem/Recovery (Last Week: #25) – 68,500; Total: 3,214,300 (3X Platinum) [26 Weeks]
#23 Kanye West/My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Last Week: #14) – 66,100; Total: 738,100 (Gold) [4 Weeks]
#29 Bruno Mars/Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Last Week: #29) – 54,900; Total: 328,900 [11 Weeks]
#35 Tank/Now Or Never (Last Week: NA) – 43,700; Total: NA [Debut]
#44 Ciara/Basic Instinct (Last Week: NA) – 36,700; Total: NA [Debut]
#49 Lil’ Wayne/I Am Not A Human Being (Last Week: #48) – 31,500; Total: 595,600 (Gold) [12 Weeks]
#91 Kandi/Kandi Koated (Last Week: NA) – 18,000; Total: NA [Debut]
#198 Sheek Louch/Donnie G: Don Gorilla (Last Week: NA) – 5,400; Total: NA [Debut]