Kanye West Top Billin’ on Billboard

Not quite making the mark of the previous Platinum-in-a-week ‘Graduation’, Kanye’s ‘808’s & Heartbreak’ reached number one with 450,000 sales upon it’s initial week’s end. Recession, internet piracy and a creative effort swaying against the grain can be formed into reasons of weaker sales for kanyeezy, but still impressive for today’s industry.

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Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
01	Kanye West	808’s & Heartbreak	450,145	451,395
04	Beyonce	I Am…Sasha Fierce	257,377	740,554
05	Ludacris	Theater Of The Mind	213,493	214,126
16	T.I.	Paper Trail	74,792	1,303,834
21	T-Pain	Thr33 Ringz	48,769	278,318