Even in death (and in hologram form) Michael Jackson is still the “King of Pop”. Even if he’s not at the #1 position on the charts. MJ’s posthumous album Xscape lost the #1 spot to the Black Keys by less than 7,000 albums. Still, Michael Jackson has another album in the Top 50 with Number Ones so there’s that. Xscape sells 157,000 units in it’s first week and grabs the #2 spot.
#2 Michael Jackson – Xscape (Last Week: N/A) – 157,000; Total: N/A [Debut]
#13 Pharrell Williams – G I R L (Last Week: #6) – 25,000; Total: 387,000 [11 Weeks]
#14 Iggy Azalea – The New Classic (Last Week: #15) – 15,000; Total: 105,000 [4 Weeks]
#21 John Legend – Love In The Future (Last Week: #21) – 10,000; Total: 500,000 (Gold) [37 Weeks]
#28 Michael Jackson – Number Ones (Last Week: #106) – 9,000; Total: 5,041,033 (5x Platinum) [176 Weeks]
#31 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Last Week: #30) – 8,600; Total: 2,108,000 (2x Platinum) [26 Weeks]
#32 Future – Honest (Last Week: #23) – 8,000; Total: 93,000 [4 Weeks]
#33 Tech N9ne – Collabos: Strangeulation (Last Week: #5) – 8,000; Total: 81,000 [2 Weeks]
#35 Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (Last Week: #37) – 8,000; Total: 81,000 [5 Weeks]
#43 Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience, 2 of 2 (Last Week: #38) – 7,000; Total: 976,000 [33 Weeks]
Hip-Hop + R&B album sales for the week of May 13th (Top 50 & New Releases)
