Album Sales Charts – Week Ending 1/3
Lil Wayne had his Young Money team's "We Are Young Money" album sell another fourty -three thousand copies while Eminem's "Relapse" was right behind the group with 41,000 sold. The Black Eyed Peas are close to 1.8 million albums sold while Jigga passed the 1.5 million mark. Gucci Mane's "The State Vs Radric Davis" album moved up six spots to 33rd after 18 thousand sold, 50 Cent moved 15,000 and Snoop Dogg's "Malice In Wonderland" landed at 49th with 14k more copies scanned. Finishing up this week is freshman rapper Wale who stayed in the tiop 200 with 3,700 albums sold putting his total to 64,000 so far.
On the R&B tip, Alicia Keys had her new "Element Of Freedom" continue to sell landing at number three this week with just over seventy-thousand copies sold while Mary J Blige's "Stronger With Each Year" project slipped to 4th on the charts after close to sixty-two-thousand units were scanned.
| Number | Artist | Album | Sales |
| 3 | Alicia Keys | Element Of Freedom | 80,000 |
| 4 | Mary J Blige | Stronger (With Every Tear) | 62,000 |
| 8 | Black Eyed Peas | E.N.D. | 47,000 |
| 12 | Young Money | We Are Young Money | 43,000 |
| 13 | Eminem | Relapse & Refill | 41,000 |
| 23 | Jay-Z | Blueprint 3 | 25,000 |
| 33 | Gucci Mane | State vs Radric Davis | 18,000 |
| 40 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct | 15,000 |
| 49 | Snoop Dogg | Malice N Wonderland | 14,000 |
| 185 | Wale | Attention: Decicit | 3,700 |
Alicia Keys – Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart
Mary J Blige – I Am
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Young Money ft Lloyd – Bedrock
Eminem, Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne – Forever
Jay-Z ft Swizz Beatz – On To The Next One
Gucci Mane – Heavy
50 Cent ft Governor – Do You Think About Me
Snoop Dogg ft Soulja Boy – Pronto
Wale – Family Affair
