sales recap

While Sia's 1000 Forms Of Fear tops the Billboard 200 this week, Trey Songz still maintains a high position after releasing his fifth studio LP. Trigga sold 34,000 copies, which moved him down four spots from his No. 1 debut last week. Fueled by big songs like "Na Na" and "Cake," Trey will likely stay in this sweet spot for weeks to come...

Trey Songz does it again. On the Billboard 200, the R&B crooner holds the No. 1 spot as Trigga debuts with 105,000 copies. Songz last album, 2012's Chapter V, opened at No. 1 with 135,000 copies sold in its first week. Elsewhere, Robin Thicke's Paula debuted at No...

You can't knock G-Eazy's hip-hop hustle. Last month, G released his independent album These Things Happen, which features his hit singles "I Mean It" and "Lotta That." This week, the Oakland rapper's LP sold 46,000 copies, which is considered his best week yet...

In the world outside of hip-hop, Lana Del Rey has scored big. The singer-songwriter landed her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Ultraviolence. Released on June 17, it sold 182,000 copies in her best sales week thus far. Elsewhere, Jennifer Lopez’s return to music was welcomed with open arms, as she debuted at No. 6 wi...

After a strong week from 50 Cent’s Animal Ambition, this week the rapper’s fifth studio album didn’t fare so well. While it remains the top rap album on the charts, 50’s LP has fallen to No. 21, selling 13, 862 copies. Iggy Azalea’s The New ...

50 Cent’s recent activities have got hip-hop paying attention to him again. During the album promotion of Animal Ambition, Fiddy dropped a song every week to build anticipation for his fifth studio LP. He took it a step further when him and his reunited G-Unit crew shut down Webster Hall with a slew of hits. Tick...

Mariah Carey's Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse is the top album in hip-hop/R&B this week. Carey's fourteen studio album landed at No. 3 and sold 56,000 copies in its first week. This marks her 17th top 10 album of her career. ...

Michael Jackson's second posthumous album Xscape drops in sales significantly on its second week. According to HitsDailyDouble, the King Of Pop's LP sold only 68,000 copies, which is a large dip compared to the 161,000 copies moved last week...

Michael Jackson was all the talk this weekend. During the Billboard Music Awards, there was a special segment dedicated to the King Of Pop, where he “returned” in a form of a hologram. He performed his new/old song “Slave To The Rhythm,” which was complete with all his classic dance moves and even a few that were done on the fly. Despite the mixed r...

For 13 non-sequential weeks, Disney’s Frozen soundtrack has been at No. 1. This week, Now That”s What I Call Music! 50 debuts with 153,000 copies that knocks out Frozen and puts the compilation at the top. In the world of hip-hop, Tech N9ne’s Strangeulation (which was billed as Tech N9ne Collabos), lands at No. 5 on the Billboa...

Disney’s soundtrack to Frozen holds the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 again. With its 13th nonconsecutive week at No. 1, Frozen is one of only 39 albums in the history to have spent at least 13 weeks at No. 1. Last week, Future and Iggy Azalea released their highly anticipated albums, Honest and The New Classic, respectively. Whil...

Disney’s Frozen soundtrack does it again. According to Billboard, the album sits at No. 1 for the 11th week with 259,000 copies sold. Fueled by Easter weekend, Frozen jumped in sales from his previous week, where it only sold 133,000 copies. I...