: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay-Z is on course to achieve his 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, based on early sales estimates issued Wednesday.
"American Gangster" -- a disc inspired by the current No. 1 film at the North American box office -- sold about 179,000 copies Tuesday, according to preliminary Nielsen SoundScan data.
It was followed by R&B singer Chris Brown's second album "Exclusive" (107,000), and reigning champ the Eagles' "Long Road Out Of Eden" (89,000). Garth Brooks' new "Ultimate Hits" claimed the fourth slot, with 61,000.
Final data will be released next Wednesday.
If Jay-Z locks his 10th No. 1, that will tie him with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most chart-toppers. Only the Beatles have more, with 19.
Jay-Z's last album, 2006's "Kingdom Come," opened atop the Billboard 200 last fall with 680,000 copies.
Well he probably bought half of em the man is worth like almost 500 million so I wouldnt put it past him. I aint buying the album I'll download it off limewire cuz he dont need any more money and its not like he is donating the proceeds to charity. Come on you super rich do something good with the money.
Well I can speak for myself, me and a couple people from my job went and got the cd yesterday and it is hot, and Chris Brown still had a whole lot of Cd's on the shelf and Cassidy also had all his on the shelf but Jay-Z had a whole rack and like three cds in each column, so somebody has been copin American Gangster like crazy, and as far as Britney Spears selling more than him, he already sold half of what she did in 2 days, So we shall see.
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that is not true Jay won't be #1 because i was listening to shade 45 and they said the eagle's were going to be #1 on the billboard chart beating out britney spears. they said the eagles already sold like 700,000 copies and that was only from Walmart. Jay needs to go somewhere and sit his camel looking self down somewhere and drink some water. LOL