Drake’s first week sales are in and they do impress. The Young Money artist’s debut album Thank Me Later officially moved 462,989 copies in just a week. Not to mention, his album already has gone platinum in Canada.
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–Purple and gold confetti raining down upon him, Kobe Bryant hopped up on the scorer’s table, shook his fists and extended five fingers.
When he hopped down, Boston’s legendary Hall of Fame center Bill Russell was waiting to shake his hand.
A Game 7 classic — and this time, it finally went the Lakers’ way.Bryant, the Finals MVP, scored 23 points despite 6-of-24 shooting, and the Lakers won their 16th NBA championship Thursday night, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Bryant earned his fifth title with the Lakers, who repeated as NBA champions for the first time since winning three straight from 2000-02. Coach Phil Jackson added his 11th, matching Russell’s total and possibly putting a cap on his remarkable career if he decides to leave the Lakers.
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* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 5 | Plies | Goon Affiliated |
56,000 | 56,000 |
| 12 | Usher | Raymond v. Raymond |
30,000 | 821,000 |
| 15 | Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 21,000 | 2,590,000 |
| 21 | B.o.B. Presents | The Adventures of Bobby Ray | 17,000 | 228,000 |
| 27 | Travie McCoy | Lazarus | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 32 | Nas & Damian Marley |
Distant Relatives |
13,000 | 113,000 |
| 41 | Ludacris |
Battle of the Sexes |
11,000 | 452,000 |
| 48 | Lil Jon |
Crunk Rock |
8,900 | 8,900 |
| 66 | Ratatat | LP4 |
6,600 | 6,700 |
| 145 | Kutt Calhoun | Raw and Un-Kut |
3,500 | 3,500 |
Celebrate Pac’s Life at the 2nd Annual 2Pac Birthday Celebration (in Atlanta, GA) w/ live performances from Rick Ross, Too Short, Mike Epps and more….
Today, 2pac would have turned 39 years old. What would the state of the rap game be like if Pac was still alive?
Microsoft has unveiled the next XBox at the world’s biggest gaming expo, E3.
The XBox Kinect looks like an entirely new system on the outside, sporting a new black glossy finish, a reduced size, and new angles and cuts. However, on the inside the XBox is largely the same in processing power, with the major difference being the addition of Kinect, Microsoft’s response to the Nintendo Wii’s motion controls. Additionally now the Xbox supports wifi internet.
The major difference between the old Xbox and the Kinect is that with the Kinect no controllers are necessary, just you. This works through the Kinect’s new motion capture camera that captures every move you make and translates it to your in game character.
The XBox Kinect will retail at $299.99. Video after the jump.
Weekend Box Office
1. “The Karate Kid,” $56 million.
2. “The A-Team,” $26 million.
3. “Shrek Forever After,” $15.8 million.
4. “Get Him to the Greek,” $10.1 million.
5. “Killers,” $8.2 million.
6. “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” $6.6 million.
7. “Marmaduke,” $6 million.
8. “Sex and the City 2,” $5.5 million.
9. “Iron Man 2,” $4.6 million.
10. “Splice,” $2.9 million.
via AP/LOS ANGELES — “The Karate Kid” has won a 1980s showdown at the box office against “The A-Team.”
Sony’s remake of 1984’s “The Karate Kid” debuted at No. 1 for the weekend with a whopping $56 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The big-screen adaptation of the 1980s TV series “The A-Team” came in at less than half that, the 20th Century Fox release opening in second place with $26 million.
Officer Ricky goes in on new mixtape Albert Anastasia.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday introduced the newest version of the company’s popular smartphone: iPhone 4.
“We think it’s the biggest leap we’ve taken since the original iPhone,” Jobs told an enthusiastic audience at the company’s annual developers conference. “We’re really proud of it.”
The phone will come in two colors — black and white — and will go on sale June 24 in the United States and four other countries. It will cost $199 for 16GB of storage and $299 for 32GB. Watch video after the jump. More on iPhone 4 Click Here
