The Numbers Game: Nas Debuts At #1

If you been with us for the past few days, it probably feels like “Life Is Good Week” around nappyafro.com. Let’s continue that theme by talking about how NasLife Is Good also grabbed the #1 spot on the sales chart. With 149,200 units pushed, this marks Nas’ sixth #1 album (Life Is Good is his 10th solo album). Congrats to God’s Son.

You can read our track by track review of Nas’ Life Is Good here and then check out some more opinions from other crew members here.

#1 Nas – Life Is Good (Last Week: NA) – 149,200; Total: NA [Debut]
#4 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Last Week: #2) – 54,000; Total: 185,300 [2 Weeks]
#11 Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Last Week: #135) – 27,400; Total: 1,706,100 (Platinum) [94 Weeks]
#13 Chris Brown – Fortune (Last Week: #4) – 26,600; Total: 206,500 [3 Weeks]
#17 Usher – Looking 4 Myself (Last Week: #14) – 22,900; Total: 285,700 [6 Weeks]
#20 Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2 (Last Week: #13) – 17,700; Total: 171,900 [4 Weeks]
#22 Matisyahu – Spark Seeker (Last Week: NA) – 16,500; Total: NA [Debut]
#31 R. Kelly – Write Me Back (Last Week: #23) – 10,900; Total: 117,000 [4 Weeks]
#32 Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Last Week: #41) – 10,500; Total: 588,600 (Gold) [16 Weeks]
#44 Flo Rida – Wild Ones (Last Week: #24) – 8,400; Total: 52,600 [3 Weeks]

Hip-Hop + R&B sales for the week of July 17th