Nas Top BIllin’ Bumps Young Mr. Carter

The 9th studio drop, Untitled from Nas is top billin on the Billboard charts this week. According to Nielsen’s Soundscan the first week sales of Untitled pushed 187,078 units bumping Lil Wayne off the number one spot.

Weezy’s new released album at six weeks old has now come within reach of double platinum. According to Nielsen, Tha Carter III scanned 105,590 units this week, collectively making grand total sales of the album to 1,912,052.

BILLBOARD HIP HOP ALBUM SALES WEEK ENDING 7/20/08

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Total
01	Nas	Untitled	186,640	187,078
02	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter 3	105,490	1,912,052
08	David Banner	Greatest Story Ever Told	51,805	51,902
24	G-Unit	T.O.S.	21,219	159,369
26	Plies	Definition of Real	20,522	400,789
29	Three 6 Mafia	Last 2 Walk	18,431	156,835
58	Rick Ross	Trilla	9,702	629,610
74	Tech N9ne	Killer	8,076	57,771