Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 8/31/08

Always surrounded by controversy, The Game made his big debut of LAX at #2 this week. The former G-Unit member sold 238,000 copies of his highly anticipated album, and was beat out by a new release from Slipknot. Lil Wayne takes the #6 spot this week, selling 54,000 more copies of his double platinum album Tha Carter III [click to read]. Looks like stardom runs in the Knowles family as Beyonce's little sister Solange debuts her sophomore effort Sol Angel &The Hadley St. Dreams at #9 this week with 46,200 copies sold. Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad holds down the #12 spot for the second week in a row with 37,300 copies sold. Ice Cube rounds out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B at #14 with 30,300 copies sold of Raw Footage.

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