NICKI MINAJ AND KANYE WEST SECOND WEEK SALES!!

KANYE WEST "MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY" ...106,000




NICKI MINAJ "PINK FRIDAY" ...103,000

IMAGES FOR KANYE WEST'S "MONSTER" VIDEO FT. NICKI MINAJ, JAYZ & RICK ROSS!!

NICKI MINAJ SALES 375,000 THE FIRST WEEK!!... CONGRATS!!

(COURTESY OF ALLHIPHOP.COM)
As predicted last week the top two artists are Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.  The two have given a pretty big sales boost for the slumping record industry.

Kanye West and his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy enters the charts this week at number one.  The Chicago MC/Producer moves 496,000 copies almost making the half-a-million mark in a week. 

He is immediately followed by Nicki Minaj, whose debut album, Pink Friday, takes the number two spot.  Minaj sells 375,000 copies.  She also has the second-best sales week for a female hip-hop artists, right behind Lauryn Hill. 

Not bad for two albums that were heavily leaked before their release.

Rihanna drops a few spots but remains in the top ten.  Her latest album, Loud, lands at number 6 and sells 133,662 copies.  That brings the Def Jam artist’s total sales to 339,680.

Fellow Def Jam singer Ne-Yo also enters the charts this week, moving 117,800 copies of his fourth album, Libra Scale, and taking the number eight spot.

Kid Rock comes in at….wait does Kid Rock still rap?  Did he ever rap?  I’m skipping him.

Eminem drops from 18 to 23, selling 49,858 copies of his latest album, Recovery.  To date the Detroit MC has sold 3,055,678.

Lloyd Banks enters the charts two spots behind Em with his third studio album H.F.N. 2 (The Hunger for More).  Banks moves 45,188 copies and claims the 25^th spot.

Lil Wayne takes a slight drop, falling from 28 to 30, with his EP I Am Not A Human Being.  The 38,509 copies moved by the EP this week brings its total sales to 512,415.

Nelly takes a 27 spot plunge and lands at number 37 with his return-to-the-game album 5.0.  This week Nelly moves 28,528 copies bringing his total sales to 90,982.

Kid Cudi also takes a dip, landing at the 38^th spot with his sophomore album Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager.  Cudi moves 27,978 copies bringing his total sales to 229,083.

Finally, Jay-Z hits the charts.  That’s right Jay-Z.  His label released album, the Hits Collection, Vol. 1, enters the charts at number 41, moving 26,044.  Twenty six thousand people didn’t already have these Jay-Z songs?  Ya’ll needed the hits collection?

Dropping This Week

The Black Eye Peas drop this week.  Ya’ll know how I feel about them.  They’ll be on the charts next week so I’ll talk about them then.  Moving on…..

Soulja Boy drops The DeAndre Way this week.  The album features Trey Songz, Lil B,50 Cent, Bei Maejor, and Ester Dean.  This album should probably hit the charts next week as well.

Slim Thug releases Tha Thug Show.  Slim usually puts out some solid music so fans might want to take a listen to this one.  The album features Z-Ro, Rick Ross, Rimidi, Nipsey Hussle, Yo Gotti, Big Chief, Lil Keke, Dallas Blocker, B.o.B, Devin the Dude, J-Dawg, Big K.R.I.T, and Keisa.

That’s it for ChartWatch.  See you next week.

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KANYE WEST TRACK LIST FOR HIS NEW ALBUM!... CLASSIC!

By  Jem Aswad

Oct 27, 2010 3:23 PM EDT

After the "Good Friday" tracks, the cover controversy , and the Runaway mini movie, the tracklist for Kanye West's hotly anticipated fifth studio LP, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has hit iTunes. The album, which goes on sale November 22, is now available for pre-order.

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Kanye's two official singles, "Power" and "Runaway," will be included, along with the "Good Friday" tracks"Monster," (featuring Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver), "So Appalled" and "Devil in a New Dress." Several tracks that appear in his Runaway mini-movie are also featured on the album: "Lost in the World," "Gorgeous" and "All of the Lights."

However, Kanye told MTV News on Saturday that he was still mixing the album and mentioned a couple of songs that aren't on the iTunes tracklist, so it was unclear at press time whether that list is final.

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All of the album's tracks are listed as "explicit," and there's also a "digital booklet" bearing the album's title, which is also listed as explicit. The album's controversial cover is pixilated on the iTunes site.

Kanye West's Visit to Rolling Stone

True to form, Kanye is slated to begin work on his next LP before Fantasy is even released: He said he and Jay-Z will team up next week to collaborate on songs for a joint LP to be called Watch the Throne.

Tracklist for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, according to iTunes:
"Dark Fantasy"
"Gorgeous" (featuring Kid Cudi & Raekwon)
"Power"
"All of the Lights" "Monster" (featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)
"So Apalled" (featuring Jay-Z, Pusha T, Prynce Cy Hi, Swizz Beatz & the RZA)
"Devil in a New Dress"
"Runaway" (featuring Pusha T)
"Hell of a Life"
"Blame Game" (featuring John Legend & Pusha T)
"Lost in the World"
"See Me Now"