Eminem’s “MMLP2” falls to #2, Hopsin’s “Knock Madness” cracks the Top 100 and the AMAs appear to impact the charts.
This week on Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 lands at #2, this time losing the #1 spot to One Direction. Additionally, Hopsin’s Knock Madness breaks into the Top 100 and the American Music Awards appear to impact the charts.
Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Lands At #2
Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold approximately 199,000 units this week. That wasn’t enough to top Midnight Memories, One Direction’s new album, which sold approximately 547,000 units in its first week. To date, Eminem has sold about 1,323,000 copies of his most recent project. Mathers helped promote The Marshall Mathers 2 last week by unveiling a music video for “Rap God.” He is reportedly also prepping a music video for “The Monster,” a single of his that features Rihanna. For the first time in several weeks, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was the only Eminem album in the Top 200. In the first week of MMLP2’s release, Eminem had eight albums make the list. “Rap God” can be viewed below.
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 12/1/2013
#1. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – 199,000 (1,323,000)
#10. Various – Now 48 – 63,000 (254,520)
#11. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience Complete – 77,000 (633,000)
#12. Drake – Nothing Was The Same – 74,000 (1,203,000)
#30. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 26,000 (1,172,000)
#36. Justin Timberlake – 20/20 Experience – 23,000 (2,373,000)
#45. Yo Gotti – I Am – 19,000 (67,000)
#66. 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II #MeTime – 14,000 (186,000)
#76. Hopsin – Knock Madness – 12,000 (16,000)
#93. Pitbull – Global Warming – 10,400 (355,000)
#95. Pitbull – Meltdown 10,000 (10,000)
#124. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city – 7,800 (1,099,000)
#158. Jay Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 6,400 (1,071,000)
