Top 200 Urban Soundscan Album Sales 6/14/06

[bknot1]

POSITION/ARTIST/ALBUM/THIS WEEK/CHG %/LAST WEEK/TOTAL

#3 YUNG JOC NEW JOC CITY 148,217 999 312 148,532
#4 ICE CUBE LAUGH NOW CRY LATER 144,490 999 342 144,832
#9 RIHANNA GIRL LIKE ME 51,489 2 50,306 417,556
#11 GNARLS BARKLEY ST. ELSEWHERE 47,803 32 36,160 216,466
#12 DJ KHALED LISTENNN... THE ALBUM! 44,074 999 633 44,710
#18 CHAMILLIONAIRE SOUND OF REVENGE 35,499 4 34,112 939,316
#22 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 33,601 7 31,370 1,617,909
#26 T.I. KING 31,011 -15 36,323 1,247,498
#32 NE-YO IN MY OWN WORDS 24,898 -8 26,974 945,225
#41 BLIGE*MARY J. BREAKTHROUGH 20,755 -16 24,690 2,362,122
#45 OMAR*DON KING OF KINGS 19,554 -33 29,329 121,280
#47 ISLEY BROTHERS BABY MAKIN' MUSIC 18,962 -22 24,182 222,922
#61 CAM'RON KILLA SEASON 16,234 -30 23,305 192,975
#64 PAUL*SEAN TRINITY 15,850 -17 19,165 1,041,892
#70 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 14,055 -1 14,250 3,819,203
#78 AVANT DIRECTOR 12,999 -20 16,183 278,564
#82 EMINEM CURTAIN CALL 12,599 -8 13,686 2,418,920
#84 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 12,442 -11 13,912 1,390,321
#87 DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ ON TOP OF OUR GAME 11,654 -19 14,310 507,066 they be gold
#90 MILIAN*CHRISTINA SO AMAZIN' 11,366 -23 14,771 96,054
#95 JAGGED EDGE JAGGED EDGE 10,717 -27 14,726 194,692
#96 MOBB DEEP BLOOD MONEY 10,694 -10 11,913 203,772
#97 E-40 MY GHETTO REPORT CARD 10,651 3 10,363 286,050
#99 L.L. COOL J TODD SMITH 10,545 -9 11,595 270,037
#107 SPARXXX*BUBBA CHARM 9,553 -9 10,446 191,507
#109 MATISYAHU YOUTH 9,482 -12 10,724 420,025
#110 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 9,363 -8 10,189 5,630,471
#113 COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 8,873 -18 10,832 1,268,816
#117 LIL' WAYNE CARTER II 8,096 -6 8,627 964,653
#126 FOXX*JAMIE UNPREDICTABLE 7,626 -18 9,325 1,805,232
#128 PRINCE 3121 7,560 -34 11,384 443,382
#130 HEADLEY*HEATHER IN MY MIND 7,509 -24 9,830 448,191
#133 GHOSTFACE KILLAH FISHSCALE 7,153 3 6,967 257,058
#135 MARIE*TEENA SAPPHIRE 6,991 -25 9,275 88,371
#149 DADDY YANKEE BARRIO FINO ENDIRECTO 6,238 -12 7,109 585,759
#155 YO GOTTI BACK 2 DA BASICS 6,089 -33 9,036 28,503
#158 FRANKLIN*KIRK HERO 5,986 -8 6,522 566,380
#167 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 5,627 -38 9,136 1,722,107
#171 JUVENILE REALITY CHECK 5,407 -19 6,683 442,879
#175 WALL*PAUL PEOPLE'S CHAMP 5,239 -16 6,216 769,599
#183 THREE 6 MAFIA MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN 5,016 -24 6,576 845,792
#188 YOUNG JEEZY LET'S GET IT 4,891 -14 5,702 1,606,857
#191 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY GREATEST HITS 4,862 -9 5,321 541,582

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[50cal]

On another site these hyphy kids who always saying hyphy is different then crunk...and all that mess.....Im getting off course

There was numerous posts talkin about E-40 ghetto report card,and some making accusations that its gonna flop,and those saying..wait until the next video.Ive been an E-40 fan since 92...however his new shit to me is horrible.I will be the first to admit I dont take thizzle pills and I dont get dumb,or hyphy.I do understand from a business perspective why e-40 did what he did.I also think that even though the album isnt a total loss,i think it flopped and,they shouldnt spend anymore money on promotions,videos and just cut your losses.
Its easy to look and say...damn 280,000 aint bad,also remember labels arent in the business to do O.K. anything less then gold isnt considered a sucess,unless its a totally independent album like cube who his 1st week sales
are almost at 145,000.Thats going to be a high profit margin for his team.
E-40 pounds of belly on the other hand...he has had the airwaves playing that tell me when to go nearly non stop for the last few months.It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for that kind of airplay for a hit single (I have a more exact figure laying around..but take my word) He is involved in the hyphy movement wich is big in northern cal(even though he was never a hyphy rapper,or in the scene previousley)He has had mtv my block come to the bay= more exposure.he has had videos on mtv,Bet,wich Im sure wasnt cheap to make,or get aired.So if you look at all the dollars spent on videos,promotions for singles and a movement wich your song is at the top of...I would consider 280,000 a loss for a record company who had a vision of bigger sales.
One last bit of trivia....Look at ghostface....If it wasnt for the net i wouldnt know he had an album out,and he has a respectable 257,000...wow not too far from e-40....Im gonna definatley get that ghostface...Im sure he didnt compromise his integrity as an artist and still is reaping benefits of a good profit margin on his sales vs. money spent on promotions...

 

[bknot1]

i feel you but if you look at e-40 album sales in the past..you will notice it pretty much the same for all his releases..i thin he will go gold..it will take another video or something..but it depends on what the record label was expecting to sell..who knows..he signed with BME and they are still called a indie label..so who knows

 

[Fieva]

I feel you too...I mean I STILL bump some of the old school stuff with The Click and almost all of the albums up to Charlie Hustle. I'll still get "My Ghetto Report Card", but I'm not expecting to like it near as much as the classic shit.