Logo

Billboard Breakdown – Aug. 17

Posted on August 17th, 2011
by
Karen


1. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne – 436,078 – As if there was any doubt which album would land at #1. The only question, sales wise, is if they’ll be platinum by the start of the NFL season.

4. Adele – 21 – 72,722 – I guess the real question is if Ye-Z can mimic the success of this young lady. Three times platinum by next week. Take that to the bank.

7. Beyonce – 4 – 26,792 – I saw some upset responses about Mrs. Carter  being omitted from last week’s edition. So here you go. She’s still 350K away from platinum. Will she eventually get there? Probably. But just the thought about a Beyonce album not going platinum doesn’t even sound right.

21. Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka – Ferrari Boyz – 16,709 – Well, I’m going to be honest. I didn’t expect this to sell over 30K the first week for two main reasons. One, there was no real mainstream push behind this project. Two, the crowd they’re selling to probably was never going to buy this album to begin with. That’s no shade, but just look at the numbers. For all the people who love Gucci and Waka’s music, 80% probably burned this CD or took it off someone’s iPod. 

48. DJ Khaled – We The Best – 9,825 – Welp, Khaled pushed a smooth 100K. #BirdmanHandRub

54. Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers He’s gold now, still touring the world and still has a crazy buzz around his name. Is he done shooting videos for this album though?

85. Kirk Franklin – Hello Fear – 5,243 – I really just wanted to include this in here because sometimes it gets tiring to include the same names every week. So, which one of you copped this last week? Don’t all speak at once.

100. Eminem – Curtain Call – 4,537 – Aight, for real. Which one of you really went to Best Buy or iTunes last week and bought this album?

112. Barry White –  The Best Of Barry White – 4,100 – Mothaf*ckin’ Barry White is about 220,000 copies away from being platinum. What many of you reading this don’t know is that your parents probably created you to some Barry White music.

Comments are closed.