Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
#1 This Week

Prince

Planet Earth


NPG/Columbia | 12970 | Sony Music

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Issue Date: 2007-08-11 Top 1-10 Top 11-50
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1 Prince
Planet Earth Peak
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1
NPG/Columbia | 12970 | Sony Music


2 1 T.I.
T.I. Vs T.I.P. Peak
1 Wks On
5
Grand Hustle/Atlantic | 202172* | AG


3 2 Various Artists
NOW 25 Peak
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Universal/EMI/Sony BMG/Zomba | 009055 | UMRG


4 3 T-Pain
Epiphany Peak
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8
Konvict/Nappy Boy/Jive | 08719 | Zomba


5 NEW Yung Berg
Almost Famous: The Sexy Lady EP Peak
5 Wks On
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Yung Boss/Koch/Epic | 10583 | Sony Music


6 6 Ne-Yo
Because Of You Peak
1 Wks On
13
Def Jam | 008697* | IDJMG


7 4 Fabolous
From Nothin' To Somethin' Peak
1 Wks On
7
Desert Storm/Def Jam | 008162* | IDJMG
RIAA

8 5 R. Kelly
Double Up Peak
1 Wks On
10
Jive | 08537 | Zomba
RIAA

9 7 Rihanna
Good Girl Gone Bad Peak
3 Wks On
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SRP/Def Jam | 008968* | IDJMG


10 8 Amy Winehouse
Back To Black Peak
5 Wks On
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Universal Republic | 008428* | UMRG
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good job!
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Great newz!!

niiiice


take that ya D.I.P.

Cool!!

YES!!!! woohooo!

WHAT??!!

HAhaHAhaHAhaHA...

This is hilarious, since most of 'Planet Earth' isn't R&B or Hip-Hop.

Giovanni777 said:

Yeah, but like with the single "Uptown" for example that peaked at R&B #5, or the fact that "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad," was all over R&B radio, it just goes to show--the demographic for this chart will buy good music (or what they think is good music for those who don't like PE) no matter what musical genre it is!

And that makes me very happy.
[Edited 8/3/07 12:55pm]

And let me be the first to say that its all because of Mr.Goodnight...

adorable2 said:

I missed u, and u r right again.. The Future Mrs. Nelson

This does not suprise me, PE is a great album full of fun and something 4 everyone 2 enjoy, and Mr. Goodnight is the Jam

adorable2 said:

I hope he releases this song as a single!!

That song would definately have Rhythmless Bullshit and Shit Hop appeal. He should have put a hard uptempo funk jam in the place of that shit.

This is actually VERY VERY Shocking that Prince was #1.

Nice

Giovanni777 said:

I'll be a son of bitch.

At least they're not calling them "race records" anymore.

Mind you, they're still often using race to fill their charts, but at least they've changed the name.

Great news!

vainandy said:

so u say...but i beg 2 disagree...and so do many others...

rainbowchild said:

not me and it goes 2 show how despearte the charts r in fact if this album is #1 since it's mostly a pop/rock album

PAYOLA!!!

"Future Baby Mama" has been getting a lot of play on N.Y. R&B stations before he dropped the album. I am not surprise to see this.

Good to hear. Most likely because of these 4 jams on the cd...just my opinion:

Somewhere Here on Earth
Mr. Goodnight
Future Baby Mama
Chelsea Rodgers
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pennylover said:

Hey u.

L4OATheOriginal said:

i am so happy about this...why is it ur post's always TRY to ruin that for me...I said try...ur so frickin negative about this album !!!!!WTF

maybe the charts are finally recognizing a good thing when they hear it, huh?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

have a nice day

babooshleeky said:

imo the album is pure garbage ..where as 3121 was a album of fun instead of depression and tired beats. this album is more rock than soul music oriented. it suprises me that it's reached this high on the r and bullshit charts. but then again i did just say bullshit so yeah ..i changed my mind..this album does deserve 2 b #1

R&B/Hip Hop charts mean Black Charts. In fact untill recently that's what they where called but they changed it, i dont know i guess they where trying to be more politcaily correct? Which in turn they just put every black artist in the catergorey or R&B and Hip Hop. *cough* Rascim *cough*

P2daP said:

It hasn't been called the Black Charts since the late 1980s (and yes they probably changed it because they were trying to be more politically correct, we all know how segregated the music industry was in the 1980s). It was just the R&B charts until they updated it to include hip hop. But I also don't really see the point of what you're trying to say. Is it a bad thing that Prince's album topped the so-called "black" charts. A lot of people in this thread (not just you) seem to hating on this fact. Just because it's not #1 on the pop charts does not mean it's not important. It's not a secret that R&B/Hip Hop is a psuedonym for "black music" in the industry.

Just because an artist is black doesn't mean their album automatically shoots straight to the top of the R&B/Hip Hop Chart. You still have to put out a good album (or in some cases an album that a lot of people like that might not be so great).
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L4OATheOriginal said:

u know U really like tha album....stop your denial!!!

Lovesexy82 said:

i have never seen lenny kravitz's albums ever top the "r and bullshit" charts even with a funky album that 5 was. same can b said about living color and all the other bands like fishbone etc. on a album that only has perhaps 3 songs that may fit under this labeled chart,wouldn't it seem that prince is just lumped in2 this genre instead of what the actual album is?

babooshleeky said:

on the contrary, i haven't felt this way about prince's new album since rave came out and even with that album i listened 2 it everyday and grew 2 like a good majority of the album, with PE it's been over a week since i've listened 2 it and still only like somewhere here on earth and guitar. My cousin who is just as impassioned with prince's music only like ONE track ...

so i'll contend myself with saying this is just a bump in the road...NEXT!

L4OATheOriginal said:

I don't think that Prince was lumped in. Just because Prince only has "four out of 10" R&B songs on Planet Earth does not mean that Prince and the people at Columbia did not somewhat (and I cannot say to what degree) target this album at an R&B audience.

Since Prince first hit the music scene nearly 30 years ago, a large part of his audience has been that people on the soul,black, R&B, R&B/Hip Hop chart. Even when was trying his hardest to crossover, his music always had a strong hold on that chart.

We all know that R&B in the past (maybe not so much now) is such a mix of different kinds of music, it's was never just one thing. Funk, Soul and R&B all have so many different elements that make them whole. Like the Planet Earth album.

I think that Planet Earth can even be described as a genre-defying album. It's hard to just describe it one way. So,it makes sense that it would top both the R&B and pop charts.
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That's pretty good for his age.

The only time I ever at debut at #1 at anything was when I first got my cherry popped.
Since then,
I always start out strong,
but then quickly plummet.