Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Chart News: Em's Rules Again



For the second straight week, Eminem's Relapse reigns as the #1 selling album in the U.S. Despite a 65.3% sales drop, Em's sixth album sold 211,000 copies this week pushing the album's two week sales total to 816,208.

In other chart news

Chrisette Michele's sophomore effort Epiphany dropped to number 26 in it's fourth week on the charts. Chrisette's sophomore set has now sold just under 150,000 copies.



Keri Hilson's debut In A Perfect World falls to number 27 in it's twelfth week. In A Perfect World has now sold 311,000 copies in the U.S. Keri is currently on tour with Keyshia Cole and Bobby Valentino.



After 28 weeks, Beyoncè's I AM...Sasha Fierce sits at number 23 this week. The singer/actress third album has sold 2,204,600 copies. Knowles is set to re-release the album on June 26th along with a video anthology. Above & Beyoncè will be available exclusively at Walmart.



Ciara's Fantasy Ride continues to die a slow but deliberate death. In it's fourth week, the album slides to number 48 selling just 10,200 copies. In a month the album has sold just under 133,000 units.



Jadakiss's The Last Kiss drops to number 63. Bringing Jada's total sales to 277,000.



Perhaps in the week's biggest sales disappointments, girl group Electrik Red's debut How To Be A Lady, Vol. 1 hit the charts at number 100. Selling just 5,000 copies. This is definitely not the way, the ladies wanted to begin their careers.

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