Hip Hop Album Sales Week ending 8/14/11
Jay Z & Kanye West created a high-end foreign rap album with Watch The Throne becoming the highest selling iTunes album in history beating out Coldplay with about 290,000 digital album sales it’s first week out.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Jay-Z & Kanye West | Watch The Throne | 436,000 | 436,000 |
| 7 | Beyonce | 4 | 27,000 | 654,000 |
| 8 | Ace Hood | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 26,000 | 26,000 |
| 11 | Royce Da 5’9 & Eminem (Bad Meets Evil) | Hell: The Sequel | 23,000 | 444,000 |
| 21 | Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame | Ferrari Boyz |
17,000 | 17,000 |
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 25 | Royce Da 5’9 | Success Is Certain | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 38 | Big Sean | Finally Famous: The Album |
11,000 | 182,000 |
| 111 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 3,900 | 1,191,000 |
| 178 | Wu-Tang | Legendary Weapons | 2,500 | 16,000 |
| 180 | Tyler, The Creator | Goblin | 2,400 | 102,000 |
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