Lana Del Rey could be in no way categorized as Hip-Hop or R&B. But since the new releases are kinda slow right now and there has been a lotta talk about her, I thought it was only right to at least acknowledge that her album dropped last Tuesday. And even with all the negative reactions to her bad performance on SNL as well as her kiddie pop past, I kinda like Lana. Born To Die is okay, I don’t think it matches the level of “Video Games”, but it’s not terrible. All that aside, her album debuts at #2 & sells around 77,100 copies. It be could worse. Right Lizzy?
#2 Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (Last Week: NA) – 77,100; Total: NA [Debut]
#6 Drake – Take Care (Last Week: #9) – 29,800 Total: 1,400,100 (Platinum) [12 Weeks]
#10 Rihanna – Talk That Talk (Last Week: #16) – 22,100; Total: 624,300 (Gold) [11 Weeks]
#11 Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act 1) (Last Week: #25) – 22,000; Total: 475,700 [11 Weeks]
#12 Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition (Last Week: #17) – 22,000; Total: 419,700 [7 Weeks]
#31 Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter IV (Last Week: #38) – 13,600; Total: 1,981,100 (Platinum) [23 Weeks]
#33 Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Last Week: #30) – 12,800; Total: 1,298,300 (Platinum) [26 Weeks]
#37 Beyonce – 4 (Last Week: #49) – 12,100; Total: 1,109,600 (Platinum) [32 Weeks]
#48 Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Last Week: #53) – 9,100; Total: 1,479,000 (Platinum) [70 Weeks]
Hip-Hop/R&B album sales for the week of 1/31/11