BILLBOARD SAYS

TOP 10 ALBUMS
1 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 509,853 --DEATH MAGNETIC
2 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJMG 83,819 RECESSION
3 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 75,433 ROCK N ROLL JESUS
4 JESSICA SIMPSON EPIC/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE 65,872 --DO YOU KNOW
5 SLIPKNOT ROADRUNNER 55,037 ALL HOPE IS GONE
6 THE GAME GEFFEN 47,904 -43% LAX
7 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 47,633 THA CARTER III
8 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 47,350 A LITTLE BIT LONGER
9 LL COOL J ISLAND/IDJMG 43,926 EXIT 13
10 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 39,578 SOUNDTRACK

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34 35 SOLANGE GEFFEN 12,958 (with appearances on view, good morning america tyra show jimmy kimmel and more...the are going hard for solo)

TOTAL SALES FOR 2008 RELEASES
Rap:
1. Lil Wayne - 2.5 mil (for doing a millie first week...this is low)
2. Rick Ross - 678k
3. Plies - 496k (totally surpassed my expectations)
4. Nas - 380k
5. The Game - 377k
6. Young Jeezy - 350k
7. T.O.S. - 217k
8. David Banner - 147k
9. Ice Cube - 130k
10. LL Cool J 44k
11. Kardinall Offishal - 11k

R&B
1. Alicia Keys 3.5 mil (but offcourse)

2. Rihanna 1.7 mil (this includes 8 singles, i think all top 10 singles and atleast 3 that hit #1 at some point, the longest run being Umbrella; and a rerelease of the album, plus another single coming soon)

3 Chris Brown 1.7 mil (includes his what 5 singles, 1 #1 and another in top 5 and a rerelease of the album.)

4. Keyshia Cole 1.5k (this competitive with the hypness of chris and rihanna with only 3 singles and NO RERELEASE. get em keish)

5. Usher 1 mil

6. Danity Kane 538k

7. Day 26 348k

8. Ashanti 230k

9. Lloyd 114k

10. Solange 32k

11. Donnie Klang 28k

TOP 10 SINGLE
1 PINK SO WHAT (this is her first #1 wow. hopefully jive figured out how to pay Yola like def jam. )
2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE (his first #1 but got knocked out by Pink this week)
3 RIHANNA DISTURBIA (she's the singles queen)
4 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT i love this song
5 JAY-Z & T.I. FEATUR SWAGGA LIKE USI CANNOT BELIEVE THIS SH*T...WOW how the heck did this do that...debut at #5. i'm impressed
6 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER
7 NE-YO CLOSER
8 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT (future #1 ready to happen)
9 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY (it has new life. big jump from #53)
10 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY