Jim Jones Scores Top Rap Album In Opening Week, Followed By Slim Thug
Written by HipHopRX Denise on April 2nd, 2009 in CD Releases, Jim Jones, Hip Hop, Music News, News.
Jim Jones’ latest release “Pray IV Reign” grabbed the ninth spot on the Billboard 200 Chart and the number 1 spot for Top Rap albums by pushing over 42,000 copies its first week out since releasing March 24th. Keri Hilson, on the other hand, took spot number 4 on the Billboard 200 Chart for her debut album “In A Perfect World….”
Other artists on the Billboard Top Rap albums chart include:
2. Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses
3. Gorilla Zoe - Don’t Feed Da Animals
4. T.I. - Paper Trail
5. Plies - Da REAList
6. Soulja Boy Tell’em - iSouljaBoyTellem
7. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
8. Gucci Mane - Gucci Mane Presents: Bird Money (Mixtape)
9. Doom - Born Like This.
10. Young Jeezy - The Recession
Artists on the Billboard 200 chart include:
14. The-Dream
15. Slim Thug
21. Beyonce
22. Jamie Foxx
24. T.I.
33. Gorilla Zoe
37. Kanye West
38. Pink
47. Ne-Yo
49. Akon
For the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Flo Rida fell from the number 1 spot to number 2 for his single “Right Round” giving Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” the number 1 spot. Behind Flo Rida is Soulja Boy who is holding on tightly to the number 3 spot for his single “Kiss Me Thru The Phone.” Others on the Hot 100 chart include T.I’s song “Dead and Gone” featuring Justin Timberlake at number 4, Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” featuring T-Pain at number 5 and Ciara and Justin Timberlake’s “Love Sex Magic” at number 10.
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April 9th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
[…] free only after paying an outstanding $120 cash fine, Jim Jones, who’s latest No. 1 rap album on Billboard Pray IV Reign which was released last month on March 24, didn’t seem too taken back by the […]