After years of setbacks, K. Michelle finally drops her debut album Rebellious Soul. And she would have gotten to the #1 spot if it wasn’t for country singer Luke Bryan crushing shit and going Gold in one week. But #2 for K. Michelle is good. The positive is that she is probably the first reality star to parlay that into a viable solo music career (If we’re counting groups from reality shows, you gotta include Danity Kane, Day26, and even O-Town). The negative is that K. Michelle’s success will bring of lot of musically untalented reality stars out of the woodwork while I prefer reality stars to be on reality shows and occasionally appear in the Certified Banger section. Speaking of reality stars, Aubrey O’Day also released an album today (It debuted at #131).
In other news, Kendrick Lamar‘s good kid, m.A.A.d. city jumps back into the Top 50 and passing the 1,000,000/Platinum mark.
#2 K. Michelle – Rebellious Soul (Last Week: N/A) – 72,000; Total: N/A [Debut]
#4 Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (Last Week: #3) – 48,000; Total: 291,000 [3 Weeks]
#6 Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail (Last Week: #4) – 37,000; Total: 882,000 (Gold) [6 Weeks]
#14 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist (Last Week: #17) – 16,000; Total: 998,000 (Gold) [45 Weeks]
#16 Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience (Last Week: #19) – 15,000; Total: 2,165,000 (2x Platinum) [21 Weeks]
#24 J. Cole – Born Sinner (Last Week: #22) – 12,000; Total: 569,000 (Gold) [9 Weeks]
#28 Hoodie Allen – Americoustic EP (Last Week: N/A) – 11,000; Total: N/A [Debut]
#33 Tech N9ne – Something Else (Last Week: #14) – 10,000; Total: 85,000 [3 Weeks]
#36 Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Last Week: #52) – 9,000; Total: 1,000,000 (Gold) [42 Weeks]
#43 Wale – The Gifted (Last Week: #36) – 7,500; Total: 294,500 [8 Weeks]
#76 Stevie Stone – 2 Birds, 1 Stone (Last Week: N/A) – 4,700; Total: N/A [Debut]
#131 Aubrey O’Day – Between Two Evils (Last Week: N/A) – 3,000; Total: N/A [Debut]
Hip-Hop + R&B album sales for the week of August 13th (Top 50 & New Releases)