The Great Gatsby Soundtrack Opens At #2 On Billboard In Its First Week Of Release

The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, that was Executive-produced by Jay-Z, sold 137,000 units in its first week of release on the Billboard. Not bad for a movie soundtrack nowadays. For the record Talib Kweli only sold 10,000 units in his first week.

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 5/12/2013
#2. The Great Gatsby Soundtrack - 137,000 (137,000)
#12. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 30,000 (703,000)
#22. Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being II - 18,000 (423,000)
#48. Talib Kweli - Prisoner Of Conscious - 9,900 (10,000)
#52. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - 9,000 (887,000)
#83. LL Cool J - Authentic - 5,500 (20,000)
#93. The Uncluded (Aesop Rock & Kimya Dawson) - Hokey Fright - 5,000 (5,000)
#98. Snoop Lion - Reincarnated - 4,700 (35,000)
#157. Rittz - The Life & Times Of Jonny Valiant - 3,200 (17,000)

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