2013 in Review: Highest First Week Sales

[RajWatts]

looks like this is list wont be changing with the last major release (Underground Luxury) projected to do 40K

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_hip_hop_music#Highest_first-week_sales

a few surprises, didnt think IANAH & Cudi would still be on here at the end of the year

 

[MiC]

For comparison (and interest), here are the sales to date

1) 1,490,000 - THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - Eminem
2) 1,259,000 - NOTHING WAS THE SAME - Drake
3) 1,083,000 - MAGNA CARTA...HOLY GRAIL - Jay-Z
4) 607,000 - YEEZUS - Kanye West
5) 646,000 - BORN SINNER - J Cole
6) 580,000 - I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING II - Lil Wayne
7) 339,000 - THE GIFTED - Wale
8) 436,000 - LONG.LIVE.A$AP - A$AP Rocky
9) 261,000 - INDICUD - Kid Cudi
10) 202,000 - WATCHING MOVIES WITH THE SOUND OFF - Mac Miller

 

[JMD]

I know it ain't Tha Carter but how JCole outsold Wayne?

 

[MiC]

Unless you are em or jay the old school is being replaced

 

[Sad Bunny]

I know it ain't Tha Carter but how JCole outsold Wayne?

you just answered your own question

he also outsold Yeezy

but weezy had more hits than all of them this year

 

[mortuus est]

pop rap

:angrykrs:

 

[KillSpray]

Which one of these albums had the most good songs on it tho???

 

[MiC]

Which one of these albums had the most good songs on it tho???

A "good song" is subjective, so any of the 10 could be the "right" answer

 

[KillSpray]

A "good song" is subjective, so any of the 10 could be the "right" answer

 

[jaguar paw]

Cudi & Mac did it without the radio or any real promotion.

They have 2 of the strongest fan bases out there for any genre in their era.

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

...

 

[prophecypro]

Still a weird top heavy year in Hip Hop and sales are still down

 

[ManBearPig]

I know it ain't Tha Carter but how JCole outsold Wayne?

Wayne making that album garbage surely didn't help.

 

[MiC]

Cudi & Mac did it without the radio or any real promotion.

They have 2 of the strongest fan bases out there for any genre in their era.

Selling 200k total when your last album a year earlier did 400k total doesn't show a strong fan base in my opinion

 

[jaguar paw]

Selling 200k total when your last album a year earlier did 400k total doesn't show a strong fan base in my opinion

Record sales in general are diminishing across the board.

Both Mac and Cudi headlined national tours of their own across the country this year.

Not many "hip hop" acts can say that.