The Numbers Game: Alicia Keys Debuts At #1

Alicia Keys returns to the charts with her 5th album Girl On Fire. I skimmed the album a week or so ago but I don’t think I kept any songs on my iTunes because the album is full of “Girl Power Music”. I also think Alicia Keys isn’t used to her albums doing a little more than 158,000 units in the first week. To compare, she did over 400,000 in ’09 with The Element Of Freedom (And now that I think about it, she didn’t even sell more than Rhi-Rhi did last week). Either way, props to Mrs. Beatz for having the #1 album in the country.

#1 Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire (Last Week: NA) – 158,600; Total: NA [Debut]
#6 Rihanna – Unapologetic (Last Week: #1) – 71,600; Total: 309,600 [2 Weeks]
#15 Keyshia Cole – Woman To Woman (Last Week: #10) – 37,100; Total: 133,000 [2 Weeks]
#18 Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city (Last Week: #22) – 28,900; Total: 456,900 [6 Weeks]
#32 Cee-Lo Green – Cee Lo’s Magic Moment (Last Week: #120) – 27,800; Total: 47,200 [5 Weeks]
#38 Pitbull – Global Warming (Last Week: #14) – 18,600; Total: 82,400 [2 Weeks]
#42 The Weeknd – Trilogy (Last Week: #34) – 16,400; Total: 130,400 [3 Weeks]
#90 Wu Block – Wu Block 2012 (Last Week: NA) – 8,800; Total: NA [Debut]
#161 Krizz Kaliko – Neh’Mind (Last Week: NA) – 3,800; Total: NA [Debut]

Hip-Hop + R&B sales for the week of November 27th