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Kanye West leads all Hip-Hop and R&B artists this week landing at number 3 with another 50 thousand copies sold while T.I. drops spots to take the 14th slot as his "Paper Trail" pushes just over 22 thousand more copies to put his 15-week total at 1.576 million copies. Lil Wayne continues to sell as "Tha Carter III" pushed another 18 thousand copies putting Weezy just short of 3x platinum (2,918,180). Ludacris is just 10 thousand units away from reaching Gold as "Theater Of The Mind" sells another 17+ thousand copies.
On the R&B tip, Beyonce drops one spot as she takes the 4th position as her new album "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" sells just under 49 thousand more copies while Keyshia Cole's "A Different Me" debuts at number seven with just over 36 thousand copies sold.
Number Artist Album Sales
3 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak 50,424
4 Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce 48,696
7 Keyshia Cole A Different Me 36,418
8 Jamie Foxx A Different Me 32,621
10 Akon Freedom 27,451
14 T.I. Paper Trail 22,200
18 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 19,615
22 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 18,021
25 Ludacris Theater Of The Mind 17,577
27 Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman 16,598
38 Plies Da REAList 12,528
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On the R&B tip, Beyonce drops one spot as she takes the 4th position as her new album "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" sells just under 49 thousand more copies while Keyshia Cole's "A Different Me" debuts at number seven with just over 36 thousand copies sold.
Number Artist Album Sales
3 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak 50,424
4 Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce 48,696
7 Keyshia Cole A Different Me 36,418
8 Jamie Foxx A Different Me 32,621
10 Akon Freedom 27,451
14 T.I. Paper Trail 22,200
18 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 19,615
22 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 18,021
25 Ludacris Theater Of The Mind 17,577
27 Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman 16,598
38 Plies Da REAList 12,528
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