The Numbers Game: Frank Ocean Debuts At #2

Frank Ocean continues to have an eventful month as his debut album channel ORANGE moves 131,200 units and lands at #2. This is great for a few reasons: The first being that the #1 album in America, Zac Brown Band’s Uncaged, was on sale at Amazon for $3.99 (Which is kinda cheating when you think about it). The second reason Frank should feel good is because most of his sales were from iTunes; the physical retailers were instructed to start selling the CD versions of the album as soon as it arrives at the store (Which put it in some store this past weekend).

And be sure to check out our review Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE (Go here). Saule says it’s pretty good.

#2 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Last Week: NA) – 131,200; Total: NA [Debut]
#4 Chris Brown – Fortune (Last Week: #1) – 45,000; Total: 179,900 [2 Weeks]
#13 Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2 (Last Week: #12) – 21,400; Total: 154,200 [3 Weeks]
#14 Usher – Looking 4 Myself (Last Week: #15) – 19,900; Total: 262,800 [5 Weeks]
#21 Aesop Rock – Skelethon (Last Week: NA) – 13,700; Total: NA [Debut]
#23 R. Kelly – Write Me Back (Last Week: #19) – 13,500; Total: 106,100 [3 Weeks]
#24 Flo Rida – Wild Ones (Last Week: 14) – 13,400; Total: 44,100 [2 Weeks]
#41 Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Last Week: #46) – 9,600; Total: 578,200 (Gold) [15 Weeks]

Hip-Hop + R&B sales for the week of July 10th