2 (The Hunger For More 2) (Last Week: NA) – 44,500 Total: NA #9 Ne-Yo/ Libra Scale (Last Week: NA) – 112,500 Total: NA #2 N icki Minaj/ Pink Friday (Last Week: NA) – 376,000 Total: NA #1 Kanye West/ My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Last Week: NA) – 497,100 Total: NA Update: Forgot to add sales for albums by Curren$y and Big L. 5,000 copies isn’t bad for a newcomer but I’m sure many felt he deserved better. Yelawolf‘s debut album Trunk Muzik 0-60 kinda got lost in the shuffle among bigger releases last week. He still could have thrown a new or unreleased track on there. This is not bad considering that it’s just a companion piece to his Decoded book ( Which right now is sitting at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller list). Jay-Z‘s greatest hits compilation, The Hits Collection, Volume One, does a quiet 27,000 in sales last week. Lil’ Wayne‘s I Am Not A Human Being cross the 500,000 mark this week and gets a Gold Plaque. Banks’ new album does a respectable 44,000. Loyd Banks return to the charts with H.F.M. ĭespite Ne-Yo‘s album leaked a while ago, Libra Scale still pushes over a 100k and lands in the Top 10. All in all, this is win for Nicki, Young Money, (and hopefully) female MC’s everywhere. Actually, she wasn’t really that far behind My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in terms of sales. Yea, she didn’t overtake Kanye West for the #1 spot but I think that was expected. The other big album release this week belongs Nicki Minaj with her debut Pink Friday. Of course My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy will go on to Platinum status and the album is a “marathon seller” meaning that it’s be on these charts for a minute ( I said the same about Rihanna’s Loud last week and look at her this week) But to put things in a Hip-Hop perspective: Drake’s Thank Me Later sold roughly 447,000 earlier this year, Eminem’s Recovery sold 741,000 in late June, and Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 sold around 476,000 late last year. Besides yours truly going out and purchasing the actual album, the reviews he has been receiving have this album mostly listed as a classic. I personally thought Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy would sell a million copies in it’s first week.