Lil Wayne drops two albums in one year; Drake and Nicki Minaj make their Young Money debuts; Eminem makes his proper comeback and Kanye drops the greatest album of his career.
Here are the biggest hip hop album first week sales of 2010.
10. Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being
Released: September 27, 2010
Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown
First week album sales: 125,000
Singles: “I’m Single”, “Right Above It”
9. Ludacris – Battle of the Sexes
Released: March 9, 2010
Label: Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam
First week album sales: 137,000
Singles: “How Low”, “My Chick Bad”, “Sex Room”, “Everybody Drunk”
8. T.I. – No Mercy
Released: December 7, 2010
Label: Grand Hustle, Atlantic
First week album sales: 159,000
Singles: “I’m Back”, “Yeah Ya Know (Takers)”, “Got Your Back”, “Ya Hear Me”, “Get Back Up”, “I Can’t Help It”, “No Mercy”, “That’s All She Wrote”
7. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
Released: November 9, 2010
Label: Dream On, GOOD, Universal Motown
First week album sales: 169,000
Singles: “Erase Me”, “Mr. Rager”
6. Rick Ross – Teflon Don
Released: July 20, 2010
Label: Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam
First week album sales: 176,000
Singles: “Super High”, “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)”, “Aston Martin Music”
5. Lil Wayne – Rebirth
Released: February 2, 2010
Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown
First week album sales: 176,000
Singles: “Prom Queen”, “On Fire”, “Da Da Da”, “Knockout”, “Drop the World”
4. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Released: November 22, 2010
Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown
First week album sales: 375,000
Singles: “Your Love”, “Check It Out”, “Right Thru Me”, “Moment 4 Life”, “Super Bass”, “Did It On’em”, “Girls Fall Like Dominoes”, “Fly”
3. Drake – Thank Me Later
Released: June 15, 2010
Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown
First week album sales: 447,000
Singles: “Over”, “Find Your Love”, “Miss Me”, “Fancy”
2. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Released: November 22, 2010
Label: Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella
First week album sales: 496,000
Singles: “Power”, “Runaway”, “Monster”, “All of the Lights”
1. Eminem – Recovery
Released: June 18, 2010
Label: Shady, Aftermath, Interscope
First week album sales: 741,000
Singles: “Not Afraid”, “Love the Way You Lie”, “No Love”, “Space Bound”
