In this week's Sales Wrap, Jay-Z is forced to fall back a notch, Drake is still seeing success at No. 9 and Sean Kingston makes a decent debut on the charts.
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In this week's Sales Wrap, Jay-Z is forced to fall back a notch, Drake is still seeing success at No. 9 and Sean Kingston makes a decent debut on the charts.
The self-proclaimed greatest rapper alive's The Blueprint 3 took a slight dip this week falling one step to No. 2 with 134,100 sold copies losing out to Pearl Jam's Backspacer which moved 189,300 units to go No. 1. According to Nielsen Soundscan, Hovi's latest No. 1 debuting album has sold 908,100 copies in just three weeks.
Award-winning singer Whitney Houston's I Look To You dropped two slots to No. 4 with 65,800. Houston's comeback album has been able to rack up 620,300 scanned discs after a month on shelves.
Young Money artist Drake's So Far Gone retail re-release slid three spots to No. 9 with 36,100. Going into his third week in stores, the rap newcomer's latest offering rests at 109,700 moved units.
Pop group The Black Eyed Peas' E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) fell to No. 16 moving down six slots with 29,000. With a solid four months under their belts, the group has been able to secure 1,140,300 scanned discs.