Drake Attains Platinum Status For ‘Nothing Was The Same’ In This Week’s Album Sales (11/6/2013)

This week for album sales, Drake received another accolade by going platinum for his third studio effort Nothing Was The Same. There are also projections of Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 slated to move 700,000 to 750,000 copies in the first week, marking the second highest selling rap album in 2013.

MellowHigh—which consists of Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain—sells just over 4,000 units for their debut. Elsewhere, DJ Khaled’s Suffering From Success sells over 8,000 copies and drops down to No. 29. Here’s our breakdown of this week’s releases, as well as the rest of the albums that placed on the charts.

Release Dates:

Tech N9ne, Therapy November 5

Eminem, Marshall Mathers LP 2 November 5

Tinie Tempah, Demonstration November 5

Souls Of Mischief & Adraine Younge, There Is Only Now November 5

Alexander Spit, Dillinger November 11

R. Kelly, Black Panties November 11

Bun B, The Epilogue November 12

Freeway & The Jacka, Highway Robbery November 12

Macro Polo, PA2: The Director’s Cut November 12

MellowHigh's self-titled debut broke through the top 100. There are other prominent artists outside of hip-hop that have been holding down the top spots. Specifically, Arcade Fire and Lorde stay at No. 1 and No. 2, while Linkin Park's RECHARGED breaks the top 10 with 34,000 copies this week.

1. Arcade Fire – Reflektor – 139,482
2. Katy Perry – Prism – 94,330
5. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 38,274
8. Linkin Park – Recharged – 34,307
13. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience 2 Of 2 – 20,089
29. DJ Khaled – Suffering From Success/em> – 8,246
33. TLC - 20 - 7,841
40. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name - 7,152

[via HHDX & HitsDailyDouble]