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Album Sales Week Ending 12/21

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The numbers are in for last week’s album sales. Michael Jackson debuted in the top 3 with his first posthumous album, while Taylor Swift and Susan Boyle held down the 1 and 2 spots, respectively. Nicki Minaj is going strong with Pink Friday sales, landing in the number 8 spot with 97k! Diddy Dirty Money also had a strong debut with 101k. The Glee Cast, R Kelly, Kid Rock and Jackie Evancho rounded out the Top 10. Also charting were Sheek Louch, Kanye, TI and more. Hit the jump for more info.

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Please note the Top 10 were calculated estimates done Monday, so the numbers are not exact, but close. Below are exact numbers for select artists and their sales to date.

Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
3 Michael Jackson Michael
228,000 228,000
6 R. Kelly Love Letter 154,000 154,000
7 Diddy-Dirty Money Last Train To Paris
101,000 101,000
8 Nicki Minaj Pink Friday 97,000 658,000
11 Rihanna Loud 84,000 579,000
Rank Artist Album This Week Est. Total
20 T.I. No Mercy 69,000 229,000
21 Eminem Recovery 69,000 3,214,000
22 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 66,000 738,000
182 Lloyd Banks H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger For More 2) 5,800 69,000
198 Sheek Louch Donnie G: Don Gorilla
5,400 5,500

Exact courtesy of HDX, Top 10 via HDD

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2 Comments

  • On 12.22.10 Jerz said:

    HOW THE FUCK TAYLOR SWIFT CD OUT OF NOWHERE SELLS LIKE 300000 THE CD BEEN OUT N NOT BEIN ON THE CHARTS IN HOW LONG? SOMETHIN GOIN ON BEHIND THE SCENES SMH

  • On 12.23.10 TaylorSwift said:

    TAYLOR KILLING EM!!!

speak up

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