The Numbers Game: Rick Ross Debuts At #1

As expected, Rick Ross‘s latest album God Forgives, I Don’t grabs the #1 spot on the Billboard charts this week (The 4th #1 album of his career). And while he didn’t push The Throne or Drake numbers, he did do more than Chris Brown’s last album Fortune and almost as much as Nicki Manaj’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. More importantly, Rozay sold more this his album before God Forgives, I Don’t, Teflon Don. Let’s not forget that his crew Maybach Music Group’s album Self Made Vol. 2 is still in the top 30 on the charts. Congrats to the The Bawse (Insert Ross grunt here). [Check out our track by track review of Rick Ross’ God Forgives, I Don’t here]

#1 Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don’t (Last Week: NA) – 219,100; Total: NA [Debut]
#6 Nas – Life Is Good (Last Week: #2) – 31,900; Total: 226,100 [3 Weeks]
#10 Josh Stone – Soul Sessions V2 (Last Week: NA) – 24,100; Total: NA [Debut]
#14 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Last Week: #8) – 19,700; Total: 237,500 [4 Weeks]
#19 Chris Brown – Fortune (Last Week: #15) – 16,300; Total: 240,700 [5 Weeks]
#23 Usher – Looking 4 Myself (Last Week: #19) – 15,000; Total: 316,500 [8 Weeks]
#29 Maybach Music Group – Self Made Vol. 2 (Last Week: #14) – 11,200; Total: 201,200 [6 Weeks]
#44 R. Kelly – Write Me Back (Last Week: #35) – 8,400; Total: 134,000 [6 Weeks]
#47 Flo Rida – Wild Ones (Last Week: #40) – 7,500; Total: 67,700 [5 Weeks]
#49 Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (Last Week: #33) – 7,300; Total: 605,800 (Gold) [18 Weeks]
#176 La Coka Nostra – Masters Of The Dark Arts (Last Week: NA) – 2,400; Total: NA [Debut]

Hip-Hop + R&B sales for the week of July 31st