Album Sales Charts – Week Ending May 8th
The Beastie Boys are this weeks top selling hip hop acts as their new "Hot Sauce Comittee Part 2" album managed to sell over a 125 thousand copies in its first weeek while Chris Brown's "F.A.M.E." dropped from 6th all the way down to 21st. Wiz Khalifa's "Rolling Papers" debut album sold 13% less than last week (moving him from 11th to 24th) and Nicki Minaj lost spots despite selling 22% more than last week.
Rihanna's new "Loud" album dropped twenty-three spots while her collaboration partner Eminem had his "Recovery" album drop nine spots despite selling 2% more than last week.
| Number | Last Week | Artist | Album (US Total Sales) | This Week |
| 2 | - | Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 | 125,223 |
| 21 | 6 | Chris Brown | F.A.M.E. | 20,425 (-27%) |
| 24 | 11 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers | 19,883 (-13%) |
| 34 | 26 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 14,674 (+22%) |
| 37 | 14 | Rihanna | Loud | 13,710 (-38%) |
| 45 | 34 | Eminem | Recovery | 11,594 (+2%) |
| 49 | 37 | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers | 11,019 (0%) |
Chris Brown – Spend It All
Wiz Khalifa ft Chevy Woods – Taylor Gang
Nicki Minaj ft Drake – Moment 4 Life
Rihanna – S & M
Eminem ft Lil Wayne – No Love
Lupe Fiasco ft Mike Shinoda, Kenna – Resurrection
