Record Sales Totals...Recently Released Albums...

[AlerG]

Eminem- Encore- 3,517,097
Lil Jon- Crunk Juice- 1,417,700
Ludacris- Red Light District- 921,077
Tupac- Loyal To Da Game- 665,923
Snoop Dogg- R & G- 1,073,136
Nelly- Sweat- 1,190,646
Nelly- Suit- 2,450,103
T.I.- Urban Legend- 507,977
Cam'Ron- Purple Haze- 279,932
Mannie Fresh- Mind Of Mannie Fresh- 108,103
Nas- Streets Disciple- 464,522
Chingy- Powerballin'- 452,174
Xzibit- Weapons Of Mass Destruction- 166,939  (that's sad)
Ja Rule- R.U.L.E.- 507,314
Trick Daddy- Thug Matrimony- 521,046
Black Eyed Peas- Elephunk- 2,381,738
Fabolous- Real Talk- 408,910
Young Buck- Straight Outta Cashville- 913,786
Lil Wayne- The Carter- 699,628
Kanye West- College Dropout- 2,458,400
Lloyd Banks- The Hunger For More- 1,355,617
Ying Yang Twins- My Brother And Me- 210,041   (that's surprising)
Mos Def- The New Danger- 330,492
Akon- Trouble- 457,811
Diplomats- Diplomatic Imunity- 124,147   (almost nothing)
Pitbull- M.I.A.M.I.- 299,493
LL Cool J- DEFinition- 677,066  (might be his only album that doesn't go platinum)
Jay-Z- The Black Album- 2,938,218
Lil Scrappy- Trillville- 619,277
Bone Thugs N Harmony- Greatest Hits- 61,300   (who's gonna buy a double greatest hits when they already have both collection volumes)
Jay-Z- Unfinished Business- 466,399   (didn't that project just fall apart)
Jay-Z- Collision Course- 1,209,845   (wow that's selling well)
Talib Kweli- Beautiful Struggle- 221,461  (that deserves so much more)
Guerilla Black- Guerilla City- 194,079
Jadakiss- Kiss Of Death- 930,785 (only pushing about 9,000 a week even though that mariah joint is gettting good rotation)
Juvenile- Greatest Hits- 123,617 (surprisingly that didn't sell at all)

peace.

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

I feel sorry for Xzibit..

Happy for Jigga..

And Im not too surprised at Kweli's album..I didn't like it at all. Mos Def's wasn't too good either.

[Kill]

barely anything that surprises me, i though mos'd sell a bit more though (not cause i liked it, but cause of the promotion, posters in larger cd stores etc, but maybe it's different in europe)

[Elevz]

props for that list, it's some interesting info

does that mean young buck hasn't gone platinum yet, even though they said he had a long time ago?   

[Smooth]

Nice thanks for the totals. Looks like Buck will reach plat..

[broken_sword]

props for that list, it's some interesting info

[Sikotic™]

Poor, poor X

[Ðøšïå]

damn shitty for x.

[krzieg]

wow unbeliveable...xzibitz aint sellin shit....i thought young buck wuz already plat...lookin at these sale figures i dont think game will go plat that easy...gb aint doin much neither
i thought lil jon woulda sold more...but i guess lil jon, young buck n ti n every1 need 2 get the 2nd single  up n runnin with a video

itz hard 2 sell these dayz....every1z bootleggin

[Juronimo]

Geez, who are all those people buying Encore? That is honestly the worst rap album I've heard in years.

[GangstaBoogy]

Geez, who are all those people buying Encore? That is honestly the worst rap album I've heard in years.

thats what i wanna know

[Ðøšïå]

Geez, who are all those people buying Encore? That is honestly the worst rap album I've heard in years.

thats what i wanna know

no fuckin kidding

[Sikotic™]

Geez, who are all those people buying Encore? That is honestly the worst rap album I've heard in years.

thats what i wanna know

no fuckin kidding

2 terrible singles too. Mosh was aight, but not a single that pushes units.

[Laconic]

Can't believe people are sleeping on that Xzibit.  There should be at least 500,000 copies sold on the Westcoast alone.

[Shallow]

Geez, who are all those people buying Encore? That is honestly the worst rap album I've heard in years.

I said from the beginning that no matter how bad the Em album is he'll get a free pass due to rub off sales. His last two albums hit around 9 million copies each, and they were critical successes. He built a rep on making solid albums. So the current audience will give the new album a shot regardless of first impressions. Of course then there are those that genuinely like the songs. Keep in mind that the audience that buy it and the audience that the songs are targetted to isn't you or other hard core fans. Did you like Vanilla Ice in '91? or Hammer in '90? or Will Smith in '98? As bad as Encore is, it's not any worse than To The Extreme, Please Hammer Don't Hurt Em, or Willenium.