Hip Hop Album Sales – Snoop LION Debuts In Top 20

Snoop Dogg scored a Top 20 finish with his latest album under his new moniker, Snoop Lion. Snoop’s Reincarnated is part of his re-imaging as a reggae artist.

Even without the support of Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music, Kid Cudi proved he still has the star power to produce hit records. In the second week of its release, Indicud remains as the best selling hip hop album for the week.

In other album news, Macklemore’s project, The Heist, has now sold around 638,000 copies since its release while Lil Wayne’s I Am Not A Human Being II had another strong finish with 383,000 total sales.

Here’s how hip hop records ranked on the charts this past week:

8. Kid Cudi – Indicud – 36,000 – 167,000 total

9. will.i.am - #willpower – 29,000 (debut)

11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 28,000 – 638,000 total

12. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II – 25,000 – 383,000 total

16. Snoop Lion – Reincarnated – 21,000 (debut)

30. Tyga – Hotel California – 12,000 – 84,000 total

33. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 10,000 – 868,000 total

100. Ghostface Killah – Twelve Reasons To Die – 4,600 – 20,000 total

110. Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y – Live In Concert – 4,200 – 18,000 total