No matter how you feel about 2 Chainz‘s album Based On T.R.U. Story, you have to give the man props for pulling off one of the best comeback tales in Hip-Hop. You can add a #1 album to that story as Based On T.R.U. Story pushes 146,000 units and sits atop the Bilboard charts. It’s not as much as Rick Ross did recently, but it’s is more than Chris Brown did on his last album. Wanna read our review on 2 Chainz’s Based On T.R.U. Story? Click here.
#1 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story (Last Week: NA) – 146,900; Total: NA [Debut]
#3 Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t (Last Week: #2) – 59,600; Total: 322,200 [3 Weeks]
#4 Insane Clown Posse – Mighty Dead Pop (Last Week: NA) – 40,800; Total: NA [Debut]
#23 Nas – Life Is Good (Last Week: #13) – 14,900; Total: 259,700 [5 Weeks]
#27 Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Last Week: #52) – 14,200; Total: 626,500 (Gold) [20 Weeks]
#33 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Last Week: #22) – 11,300; Total: 262,300 [6 Weeks]
#34 Chris Brown – Fortune (Last Week: #27) – 11,000; Total: 263,300 [7 Weeks]
#37 Usher – Looking 4 Myself (Last Week: #29) – 10,100; Total: 337,400 [10 Weeks]
#38 Drake – Take Care (Last Week: #62) – 9,900; Total: 1,850,600 (Platinum) [41 Weeks]
#48 Rihanna – Talk That Talk (Last Week: #93) – 7,900; Total: 981,600 (Gold) [31 Weeks]
Hip-Hop + R&B sales for the week of August 14th