Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/4/2009

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The diva is back in the building. Mariah Carey's latest, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel[click to read] led the urban charts, selling just under a 170,000. This effort gained street support with help from Gucci Mane [click to read] on "Obsessed (Remix)." Mariah came right behind Paramore and perhaps the quintessential diva herself, Barbra Streisand, known in Hip Hop circles for creating the popular sample "Woman In Love," used most famously on Royce Da 5'9"s "Life."



After Breaking Benjamin and Alice In Chains debut releases at #4 and #5 respectively, Jay-Z [click to read] held strong with Blueprint 3 [click to read]. The record will see platinum in just under a month, although it fell a mere 3,000 units short last week. Whitney Houston slid nine spots, though I Look To You remains one of the biggest comeback albums of 2009.

Drake continues to reinvent EP success with So Far Gone [click to listen]. Best Buy has the effort priced at $6.99, and included the Canadian star's hits, "Successful" and "Best I Ever Had" as well as "Fear" [click to listen] which acknowledges one-time peers Little Brother and Slum Village.

The Black Eyed Peas [click to read] slipped to #22. With continued radio success, the Hip-Pop veterans may use The E.N.D. [click to read] to become the beginning of a rumored re-negotiation period with longtime label A&M Records, part of the Interscope family.

* please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandeth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 3
Mariah Carey
Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel 168,000
169,000
6 Jay-Z Blueprint 3
 89,000
997,000
13
Whitney Houston
I Look To You
 51,000
672,000
20
Drake
So Far Gone
 31,000
141,000
22
Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D.
29,000
1,169,00
Ghostface Killah [click to read] experienced a shockingly low debut sales week with the experimental Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry In The Emerald City [click to read]. The Def Jam effort did not crack the Top 25, as it sold less than 20,000. Ghost's longtime rhyme partner Raekwon [click to read] tries to climb towards the 200,000 mark with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 [click to read]. Released through Chef's own Ice Water imprint, he was backed and distributed by the '09-secret success story, EMI Records. The album is Rae's most elaborate to date, with Dr. Dre, RZA, Erick Sermon, Alchemist, J Dilla, Pete Rock and Marley Marl all contributing production. The duo is supposed to join Method Man on a trio LP in 2010.
Another Def Jam debut came in a bit low. Disturbing Tha Peace's Playaz Circle [click to read] struggled with their sophomore LP, Flight 360: The Takeoff [click to read], debuting at #74. Without the popularity of a single like "Duffle Bag Boy," the duo of Tity Boi and Dolla saw a considerable drop-off from their 2007 debut.
Skyzoo [click to read] had an impressive independent debut of his The Salvation [click to read] first full-length. The Duck Down/Jamla release was executive produced by 9th Wonder [click to read], and boasts production from Just Blaze and Nottz [click to read].
Lastly Mack 10 [click to read] made his returning, reviving the Hoo Bangin' imprint on Soft White [click to read]. The Fontana-released effort features a lot of Mack's Cash Money Records cohorts, as well as his own artists, Glasses Malone [click to read] and Red Cafe.



Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total 28
Ghostface Killah
Ghostdini: The Wizard Of Poetry In The Emerald City 19,000
19,000
61
Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 10,000
111,000
74
Playaz Circle
Flight 360: The Takeoff 7,900
8,000
126
Skyzoo
The Salvation
4,500
4,600
141
Mack 10
Soft White
 3,800
3,900
Will Fat Joe make jealous ones envy? Will Saigon get on the charts again in '09? Stay tuned to HipHopDX to find out.
 
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because hip hop is no longer commercial. if it is then the "gangstas" dont want nothing to do with them. i mean, you probably wont catch a raekwon fan bumping the e.n.d. in their car.
 
Burnem. said:
because hip hop is no longer commercial. if it is then the "gangstas" dont want nothing to do with them. i mean, you probably wont catch a raekwon fan bumping the e.n.d. in their car.
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The E.N.D. was a great record might I add.
 
Well all genres have experienced significant drops in album sales (no thanks to a global recession I may add). IMO you cant just look at album sales as the main gauge of an artist/genre's success anymore. You have to look at the complete revenue streams (touring, merchandising, licensing) for these artist's projects, which we cant do unless you are their management or cutting their checks.
 
anyone selling 4000 cds should stop.
just stop. figure out whats wrong in the meanwhile.
 
Deeyou said:
how bout the Record Industry is dead?
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The record industry is not dead, its just that the dinosaurs running it havent yet realized that they and their methods are way past extinct.

Unfortunately anything that is NOT tangible (such as music) does not have any sort of value. A click of a button on ******** is allowing consumers to change the way they spend their money on music so they can now afford to buy a lot more electronic media in store and on the internet. The only way for the record industry as we know it to stay relevant and tangible is to merge with electronic media and the internet, offering wayyy more than what consumers previously received in deluxe edition cd packages 10 years ago.

Something like showing a 10 minute clip of a song being made

(i.e. Mr. Hudson - Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1If4jqh1mI4[/URL)

but giving complete behind the scenes access to how EVERY song was made when subscribing to their twitter account or website; think of bonus features in DVDs and TV DVDs.

To expand, subscribing to their website for FREE to view the shortened versions of ALL these bonus features and for more they can purchase an electronic version or hard copy of the bonus features along with their cd as hard copy or through itunes. And they could use twitter to give promotional discounts off of these sorts of media. There are a lot of ways they could still make money, they are simply just being lazy and are moreso unwilling to change.
 
Deeyou said:
how bout the Record Industry is dead?
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The record industry is not dead, its just that the dinosaurs running it havent yet realized that they and their methods are way past extinct.

Unfortunately anything that is NOT tangible (such as music) does not have any sort of value. A click of a button on lime wire is allowing consumers to change the way they spend their money on music so they can now afford to buy a lot more electronic media in store and on the internet. The only way for the record industry as we know it to stay relevant and tangible is to merge with electronic media and the internet, offering wayyy more than what consumers previously received in deluxe edition cd packages 10 years ago.

Something like showing a 10 minute clip of a song being made

(i.e. Mr. Hudson - Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1If4jqh1mI4[/URL)

but giving complete behind the scenes access to how EVERY song was made when subscribing to their twitter account or website; think of bonus features in DVDs and TV DVDs.

To expand, subscribing to their website for FREE to view the shortened versions of ALL these bonus features and for more they can purchase an electronic version or hard copy of the bonus features along with their cd as hard copy or through itunes. And they could use twitter to give promotional discounts off of these sorts of media. There are a lot of ways they could still make money, they are simply just being lazy and are moreso unwilling to change.

Using twitter they could also give promotions with discounts off concert tickets and package deals to attract a wider variety of consumers.
 
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Burnem. said:
The record industry is not dead, its just that the dinosaurs running it havent yet realized that they and their methods are way past extinct.

Unfortunately anything that is NOT tangible (such as music) does not have any sort of value. A click of a button on lime wire is allowing consumers to change the way they spend their money on music so they can now afford to buy a lot more electronic media in store and on the internet. The only way for the record industry as we know it to stay relevant and tangible is to merge with electronic media and the internet, offering wayyy more than what consumers previously received in deluxe edition cd packages 10 years ago.

Something like showing a 10 minute clip of a song being made

(i.e. Mr. Hudson - Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1If4jqh1mI4[/URL)

but giving complete behind the scenes access to how EVERY song was made when subscribing to their twitter account or website; think of bonus features in DVDs and TV DVDs.

To expand, subscribing to their website for FREE to view the shortened versions of ALL these bonus features and for more they can purchase an electronic version or hard copy of the bonus features along with their cd as hard copy or through itunes. And they could use twitter to give promotional discounts off of these sorts of media. There are a lot of ways they could still make money, they are simply just being lazy and are moreso unwilling to change.

Using twitter they could also give promotions with discounts off concert tickets and package deals to attract a wider variety of consumers.
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And merging in a way is the RIAA conceding that they lost...

The internet has also given a much broader range for direct consumer/artist relationships. And let's be real, the majors want to still push your CD for $15 USD (or download) and turn around and give you $3 per unit.

Sure, labels offer top flight production/engineering, distro and management but this at some point can be dealt with on a self sufficient level too.


Here is a short but sweet article that counters your take on it..

http://blog.jeremybell.com/2007/09/04/yes-the-record-industry-is-dead-move-on-already/


They can't come back... They missed out. The game is over dude
 
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Thats record sells, How many itune sells and ringtone were downloaded for these artist...that's where all the money is at nowadays
 
how can be Mariah Carey on a Hip Hop list??

where are these idiots came from, who mixes rnb with hiphop?

Ghostface Killah is competing with Whitney Houston???????
 
Illegal downloads **** the game up

PS: That 'life' record was a Barbra Streisand sample? hahaha...i didn't know this. That guitar work seems way too cool for barbra.
 
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there is more money in music than ever...so am guessing that illegal downloads only helped the game
 
stokeI said:
there is more money in music than ever...so am guessing that illegal downloads only helped the game
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How does it help the artist when you can download his work for free?
 
touring,merchandise. :cheers:
even in the golden era of industry when everyone was going platinum, artists still had problems with getting payed from cd sales.
 
The recording business is on its way out the door, with declining numbers 9 out of the last 10 years as proof. The music business however is bigger than EVER. The middle class of the business has been obliterated leaving only a few players with most of the money and a ocean of slaves with crumbs. A new class of independent entrepreneurs will eventually rise and build new online platforms that will allow musicians a chance to make a living instead of the current all or nothing environment.
 
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