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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Young Jeezy and T.I. Have The No. 1 Album and Single in the Country
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
<This week’s Billboard magazine numbers are in and Atlanta rappers have the biggest album and single in the country.
Young Jeezy’s third disc “The Recession” (CD cover above) sold 260,000 copies its first week in stores, according to Nielsen SoundScan — and debuts atop the Billboard 200 pop chart. And for the third week in a row, T.I.’s single “Whatever You Like” is No. 1 on the publication’s Hot 100 pop chart. (As well as the Hot Digital Song chart, again).
As far as other locals on other listings go, last week’s No. 2 debut on the Gospel Album chart — Darwin Hobbs’ “Free” — remains in the Top 10 this week, at No. 9.
The Lost Trailers — which includes Atlanta resident Ryder Lee — hold a Top 10 position on the Hot Country Songs chart another week (No. 10) with “Holler Back”; and while their CD of the same name dropped out of the first 10 on the Top Country Albums chart, superstar country duo Sugarland climbed back to No. 1 there, from 2 last week. (Though they lost their Top 10 position on The Top 200 — last week, No. 8 — with its new album “Love On The Inside”.)
Atlantans moved from making up half of the Top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, to six of the 10 — T.I.’s still at No. 2 with “Whatever You Like”; T-Pain moved up three places to No. 4 with “Can’t Believe It” (featuring Lil Wayne); Young Jeezy dropped two places to No. 5 with “Put On” (featuring Kanye West); Bobby Valentino is on the No. 6 single by Lil Wayne, “Mrs. Officer”; Ne-Yo jumped seven places to No. 9 with Miss Independent”; and Keyshia Cole fell from No. 5 to No. 10 with “Heaven Sent”.
And for another week, Atlantans hold tight to 7 of the Top 10 Hot Rap Tracks: Young Jeezy’s “Put On” is at No. 1 again; T-Pain (on Lil Wayne’s “Got Money”) at No. 3; T.I.’s “Whatever You Like” at No. 5; Yung Berg’s “The Business” at No. 6; Akon’s single with Kardinal Offishall, “Dangerous”, is at No. 8; Bobby Valentino and Lil Wayne’s “Mrs. Officer” are at No. 9 and Ne-Yo (on Plies’ “Bust It Baby Part 2”) are at No. 10.
No changes in those positions.
Young Jeezy’s “The Recession” also tops the Top 10 of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart — which Atlantans Nas (“Untitled”), last week at No. 6 and Lloyd (“Lessons In Love”), last week at No. 8, dropped out of; and Young Jeezy, again, (at No. 1) and Nas (No. 7) make up the hometown presence on the Top 10 Rap Albums chart.
Third Day’s “Revelation” fell from No. 1 to No. 3 of the Top Christian Albums (as well as from No. 1 to No. 3 of the Top Christian & Gospel Albums); but McDonough’s Casting Crowns have the No. 8 and No. 9 CDs there with “The Altar and the Door: Live” and “The Altar and the Door”.
And back to the Hot 100, still in the Top 10 with T.I. are Atlanta rapper-singer Akon (“Dangerous” with Kardinal Offishall, holding at No. 6) and Mableton’s own R&B singer-songwriter, Ne-Yo (with “Closer”, also in the same position as last week, No. 8).
Did you buy “The Recession” or any of the other best-sellers mentioned? And if so, give us your grade.
