I’ve been doing this column for a few years now and at the beginning of every year, it’s always slow in terms of new album releases. I’m still kinda confused why more artists don’t drop early in the 1st quarter since it’s basically no competition. Whatever.
#4 Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint (Last Week: #3) – 51,000; Total: 354,800 [3 Weeks]
#6 J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive (Last Week: #4) – 47,600; Total: 624,300 (Gold) [4 Weeks]
#12 Fabolous – The Young OG Project (Last Week: #12) – 25,300; Total: 90,000 [2 Weeks]
#26 Pitbull – Globalization (Last Week: #42) – 20,900; Total: 90,720 [5 Weeks]
#30 Beyonce – Beyonce (Last Week: #35) – 18,600; Total: 2,187,200 (2x Platinum) [56 Weeks]
#32 D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Black Messiah (Last Week: #25) – 17,700; Total: 165,200 [3 Weeks]
#46 Chris Brown – X (Last Week: #54) – 13,500; Total: 335,000 [16 Weeks]
Hip-Hop + R&B album sales for the week of December 30th (Top 50 & New Releases)