Whohooo! LeToya’s “Lady Love” just passed the 100,000 mark with Lady Love! (103,003 to be exact) You might say it’s not that good  but it’s not bad at all if you take in consideration the slow start at 33,000.  Usually if you sell that low, your album just disappear and you get stuck with that low number. LeToya managed to sell steadily for the past few months thanks to the hit “Regret” (which if it had been first single, the story would be so much different). Still a lot of people don’t even know the album is already out. I’m sure a few national television shows would’ve helped to boost that number. Can we get a 106 & Park performance of “Regret” BET?!!

Below is the official numbers from soundscan for the Hip-hop and R&B albums sales of 2009 (so far, the year is not over) and it’s not looking good at all for ANYONE. If it continues this way, the music industry will be dead sooner then what we all think. I suggest all these artists to look for a plan B for their income and keep music as a hobby. I can see Mc Donalds being overstaffed next year around this time. Seriously it’s time people PAY for their music.

By the way it’s funny how for Billboard, if you’re black then you are “Hip-Hop-R&B”. Rihanna, Seal and Akon shouldn’t be on that list. Also a lot of these albums have been released in 2008 but are listed here since they have been selling during this year.

I also think Billboard should change their requirements when it comes to their certifications. Platinum and Gold from 5 years ago ain’t the same today. In term of percentage of people who’s getting recognition, if we want to keep it decent, it should be 500,000 for Platinum and 100,000 for Gold. (and maybe 4 million for Diamond). They should also introduce plastic and aluminum.

HIP-HOP R&B US SALES

ARTIST – THIS WEEK’S SALES … TOTAL SALES

LIL’ WAYNE 5375 … 3,307,623
BEYONCE 22733 … 2,556,075
T.I. 2201 … 2,039,619
WEST*KANYE 1189 … 1,613,508
EMINEM 8370 … 1,541,554
BLACK EY 49575 … 1,490,470
JAY-Z 27869 … 1,365,061
NE-YO 1557 … 1,118,190
FOXX*JAMIE 1232 … 1,058,633
JACKSON*M 75093 … 965,474

Full list after the break

COLE*KEYS 1511 … 960,508
YOUNG JEE 1389 … 905,087
MAXWELL 10668 … 895,217
HOUSTON*W 12033 … 830,669
HUDSON*JEN 1000 … 779,980
GAME 560 … 728,978
AKON 1793 … 718,243
LUDACRIS 860 … 660,617
LEGEND*JOHN 947 … 656,023
SAPP*MARV 893 … 621,422
T-PAIN 492 … 561,570
SEAL 1379 … 500,630
SULLIVAN*J 1017 … 489,874
HILSON*KERI 2776 … 483,885
HAMILTON*ANT 2502 … 474,502
THE-DREAM 1193 … 471,642
ROSS*RICK 1012 … 402,115
PRINCE 776 … 397,706
PLIES 663 … 372,778
SONGZ*TREY 14194 … 356,595
MUSIQ SOUL 721 … 353,753
MICHELE*CHRI 7284 … 346,138
MARY MARY 2716 … 345,193
CAREY*MA 10279 … 343,767
JADAKISS 920 … 343,052
SOULJA BOY 1070 … 338,821
FRANKLIN*K 459 … 334,998
INDIA.ARIE 870 … 288,854
WILSON*CH 3192 … 281,152
FABOLOUS 2040 … 278,459
DRAKE 9905 … 267,484
50 CENT 29507 … 256,534
JEREMIH 2624 … 249,560
SAADIQ*R 1101 … 244,887
FLO RIDA 958 … 241,988
RIHANNA 58959 … 240,401
DAY26 461 … 233,398
KID CUDI 5451 … 221,218
UGK 462 … 188,419
CIARA 588 … 182,080
METHOD MAN/RED 769 … 161,144
CADILLAC R 1055 … 155,337
TWISTA 1310 … 148,530
WINANS*B 7860 … 141,929
RAEKWON 1927 … 141,015
J. HOLIDAY 570 … 132,609
PITBULL 2952 … 129,922
CAREY*M 711 … 126,596
PLEASURE P 1263 … 123,450
GINUWINE 768 … 122,146
SLIM THUG 634 … 121,431
LIL BOOSIE 2793 … 115,711
TURNER*TINA 978 … 115,654
KELLY*R. 114172 … 114,347
LESLIE*RYAN 478 … 113,763
MOS DEF 1037 … 113,611
CAM’RON 480 … 103,817
LETOYA 3622 … 103,003
BEYONCE VEGAS 2090 … 97,472
LEDISI 2063 … 89,236
CHARLES*RAY 996 … 79,609
WOW GOSPEL 773 … 79,034
IZIBOR*LAURA 982 … 77,576
MARIO 3124 … 75,606
PAUL*SEAN 1030 … 75,384
JACKSON*MIC 2311 … 70,982
GUCCI MANE 817 … 70,031
JAMES*BONEY 728 … 66,842
DOWNING*W 799 … 65,577
JACKSON*J 10175 … 64,985
TECH N9NE 3229 … 58,105
FIONA*MEL 12844 … 57,611
MAINO 380 … 57,185
NORFUL*SMO 825 … 55,288
STONE*JOSS 2925 … 54,425
DORROUGH 1071 … 54,004
BIRDMAN 17359 … 53,542
ACE HOOD 329 … 51,559
NEW BOYZ 3036 … 50,465
WALE 4297 … 46,974
OJ DA JUICE 490 … 46,835
JACKSON*MI 749 … 46,496
MCKNIGHT*B 2790 … 46,121
GHOSTFACE 884 … 44,502
JACKSON 5 10895 … 42,068
ADAMS*YOL 796 … 36,820
SILKY SOUL 2032 … 32,935
J MOSS 959 … 29,675
AMERIE 2036 … 26,957
TRIPLE C’S 1568 … 26,225
ROBINSON*SM 835 … 28,509
LESLIE*RYAN 2028 … 25,429
JUVENILE 23015 … 23,068
EDMONDS* 1461 … 21,176
RAKIM 3472 … 21,148
HOUSTON*M 744 … 20,460
DEBARGE*C 341 … 20,039
BLAKROC 10800 … 18,237
BOYZ II MEN 6232 … 18,017
FAT JOE 306 … 16,655
STONE*ANGIE 6142 … 16,102
PRETTY RIC 2586 … 15,302
WHISPERS 1750 … 12,464
ROYCE DA 5′9 538 … 11,255
Z-RO 991 … 10,984
FELT 1538 … 10,895
TURNER*TINA 771 … 8,133
WIZ KHALIFA 1590 … 7,499
DJ KHALED 414 … 7,394
DJ DRAMA W 954 … 7,147
JACKSON 5 975 … 6,014
JOE 1408 … 5,986
WU-TANG 422 … 3,314
DAPTONE G 803 … 2,874
TRIN-I-T 1143 … 2,786
LIL WAYNE 802 … 2,625
YING YANG 628 … 2,568
SOULS OF MI 912 … 916

TOTAL SALES 758,096 … 44,259,727