album sales.... game still pushin and 50 massacres eevry thing

[notorious^q8I]

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 1,150,658 --
THE MASSACRE
-- 2 JENNIFER LOPEZ EPIC 268,960 --
REBIRTH
-- 3 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIVERSAL 221,642 --
IN BETWEEN DREAMS
-- 4 MARS VOLTA GSL/STRUMMER/UNIVERSAL 121,417 --
FRANCES THE MUTE
4 5 THE GAME AFTERMATH/G-UNIT/INT 98,065 -7%
THE DOCUMENTARY
3 6 GREEN DAY REPRISE 83,380 -24%
AMERICAN IDIOT
2 7 RAY CHARLES CONCORD 78,759 -30%
GENIUS LOVES COMPANY
1 8 OMARION EPIC 72,587 -60%
O
10 9 KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG 62,640 0%
BREAKAWAY
5 10 JOHN LEGEND GETTING OUT OUR/COLUMBIA 60,524 -23%
GET LIFTED
8 11 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 59,074 -12%
ENCORE
-- 12 JUDAS PRIEST EPIC 58,509 --
ANGEL OF RETRIBUTION
9 13 3 DOORS DOWN REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 56,743 -14%
SEVENTEEN DAYS
12 14 KILLERS ISLAND/IDJ 55,667 +4%
HOT FUSS
11 15 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 53,227 -13%
CONFESSIONS
18 16 RAY! ATL/RHI/WSM SOUNDTRACKS 50,874 +9%
SOUNDTRACK
15 17 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 46,595 -8%
LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, BABY
16 18 FANTASIA J RECORDS/RMG 40,615 -18%
FREE YOURSELF
19 19 LUDACRIS DEF JAM/IDJ 39,729 -14%
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT
21 20 T.I. ATLANTIC/ATL G 38,696 -3%
URBAN LEGEND
17 21 MAROON 5 OCTONE/J RECORDS/RMG 37,688 -21%
SONGS ABOUT JANE
13 22 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ TVT 37,027 -29%
CRUNK JUICE
23 23 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 36,445 -5%
FEELS LIKE TODAY
26 24 JESSE MCCARTNEY HOLLYWOOD 36,257 +6%
BEAUTIFUL SOUL
20 25 CIARA LAFACE/ZLG 35,855 -13%
GOODIES
7 26 TORI AMOS EPIC 34,662 -49%
THE BEEKEEPER
42 27 MOTLEY CRUE HIP-O RECORDS 33,192 +18%
RED, WHITE & CRUE
32 28 MARIO J RECORDS/RMG 33,022 +3%
TURNING POINT
24 29 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 32,960 -7%
THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS
14 30 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2005 CAPITOL 32,527 -37%
VARIOUS
22 31 TINA TURNER CAPITOL 31,515 -19%
ALL THE BEST
-- 32 JOSH GROBAN 143/REPRISE 31,512 --
CLOSER
25 33 TOTALLY COUNTRY IV BNA/RLG/SMG 30,598 -11%
VARIOUS
27 34 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 30,503 -10%
BE AS YOU ARE
33 35 SNOOP DOGG GEFFEN 30,469 -5%
R&G (RHYTHM & GANGSTA)
30 36 SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY NASHVILLE 29,972 -11%
GREATEST HITS
34 37 GRETCHEN WILSON EPIC/SONY NASHVILLE 29,315 -6%
HERE FOR THE PARTY
28 38 DESTINY'S CHILD COLUMBIA/CRG 28,624 -16%
DESTINY FULFILLED
37 39 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SONY CLASSICAL 27,817 -8%
SOUNDTRACK
49 40 DADDY YANKEE UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 27,690 +14%
BARRIO FINO
41 41 CROSSFADE COLUMBIA/CRG 27,457 -4%
CROSSFADE
6 42 KIDZ BOP 7 RAZOR & TIE 27,353 -62%
VARIOUS
36 43 NELLY FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL 25,970 -14%
SUIT
-- 44 JAMIE O'NEAL CAPITOL NASHVILLE 25,811 --
BRAVE
40 45 TIM MCGRAW CURB 25,606 -11%
LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING
31 46 NOW THAT WHAT I CALL MUSIC! V.17 CAPITOL 24,825 -24%
VARIOUS
29 47 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/CRG 24,556 -27%
HEAVIER THINGS
-- 48 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE REPRISE 23,192 --
THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE
-- 49 PIMP C RAP-A-LOT 22,013 --
THE SWEET JAMES JONES STORIES
46 50 GARDEN STATE EPIC 21,714 -17%
SOUNDTRACK




damn man after math is runnin this rap shit
i can only imagine how much money dre made
3 chart topping albums in 5 months
eminem 4 x plat
game almost 2 x
50 already platinum
7 mills in 5 months

[Ozir]

^ damn! is right   

[Darksider]

thanks

[makaveli11]

damn 7 mil in 5 months ... that has to be at least 100 million dollars

['EclipZe]

yeah jlo on 2nd place

[Kassem]

game should release dreams westside story higher and put u in tha game,if that happens game album may sell like 500

[BIGMOZ]

Not to take anything away from Dre, or Aftermath, but Im still shittin that Usher is almost Diamond!!!  10 mill of one album!

[Ozir]

^ "yeah man"... Usher did it big with that one 

[Shallow]

damn 7 mil in 5 months ... that has to be at least 100 million dollars

It's nowhere near 100 million dollars. It's more like 14 million. You have to take into account how much it costs to make, distribute, and advertise the album. It's over half of the profit. People seem to think record companies get so much more than they really do. If an artist gets $1 per album than the record company gets like $2 per album. Which is most likey the case here.

[7even]

Encore flopped hard. That's so good. Hope he does music he cares about now. Anybody who says 4x aint bad for a hiphop album can also shut the fuck up, his other LPs sold much more. Hell even his first major LP didnt sell less. Hell 50s first major LP sold like trice as much. 4mil Em cd = flop.

[notorious^q8I]

^^ by the late 2005 if eminem didnt reach 7 x platinum that means he flopped
i agree with u that its sort of a flop but u never know
em knows how to get the media on his dick in a second
he might release a crazy single or somn
all the singles he been releasing rnt uptempo
toy soldiers, mockingbirf and mosh

[Shallow]

Encore flopped hard. That's so good. Hope he does music he cares about now. Anybody who says 4x aint bad for a hiphop album can also shut the fuck up, his other LPs sold much more. Hell even his first major LP didnt sell less. Hell 50s first major LP sold like trice as much. 4mil Em cd = flop.

It's harly a flop. A flop is when you lose money. Em is currently over 4 million copies. It will hit at least 5 million by the end of this year. SSLP was 3 and then slowly went to 4, was that a flop? No one expected Encore to sell as mush as MMLP or Em Show. The album ceratinly sucked but it was hardly a flop. If it were between 2 and 3 platinum I'd agree, but between 4 and 5? No way is it a flop.

[doubletrouble™]

1 Loose Change - The Massacre (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 1,150,658

4 5 The Game - The Documentary (Aftermath/Gay-Unit/Interscope) 98,065 -7% 

8 11 Feminem - Encore (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) 59,074 -12% 

13 22 Lil' John & The Eastside Boyz - Crunk Juice (TVT) 37,027 -29%
 
24 29 Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (J Records/RMG) 32,960 -7% 

33 35 Snoop Dogg - R&G: Rhythm & Gangsta (Geffen) 30,469 -5% 
 
36 43 Nelly - Suit  (Fo' Reel/Universal) 25,970 -14%

[doubletrouble™]

Encore flopped hard......
Anybody who says 4x aint bad for a Hip Hop album can also shut the fuck up.....

4 Million ain't bad for a Hip Hop album........ *Keeps on talking*

[B-Blaze]

Is that the highest first week for a rap artist?