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After seeing releases from R. Kelly, Jeremih, August Alsina, Rick Ross, among other huge releases over the last few months perform so poorly, I wanted to compile a list of what black artists are actually selling. 

Who's hot and who's not?

The following albums were all released between December 2013 - December 2015

These 21 albums had triple digit 1st week sales by black artists making Rap or R&B

TRIPLE DIGIT CLUB
Beyonc? - 617k - BEYONC? - #1 (2013)
Drake - IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE - 495k - #1 (2014)
J. Cole - 2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE - 371k - #1 (2013)
Future & Drake - WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE - 334k - #1 (2015)
The Weeknd - BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS - 326k - #1 (2015)
Kendrick Lamar -  TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY - 324k - #1 (2015)
Dr. Dre - COMPTON - 276k - #2 (2015)
Meek Mill - DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY - 215k - #1 (2015)
Nicki Minaj - THE PINKPRINT - 198k - #2 (2014)
Rick Ross - MASTERMIND - 179k - #1 (2014)
Chris Brown - X - 146k - #2 (2014)
Big Sean - DARK SKY PARADISE - 139k - #1 (2015)
Schoolboy Q - OXYMORON - 139k - #1 (2014)
Future - DS2 - 126k - #1 (2015)
Jeezy - SEEN IT ALL: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY - 121k - #2 (2014)
A$AP Rocky - AT. LONG. LAST. ASAP - 117k - #1 (2015)
Pharrell - GIRL - 112k - #2 (2014)
D'Angelo - BLACK MESSIAH - 111k - #5 (2014)
EMPIRE SOUNDTRACK VOLUME 1 - 110k - #1 (2015)
Janet Jackson - UNBREAKABLE - 109k - #1 (2015)
Trey Songz - TRIGGA - 105k - #1 (2014)

These 55 albums all debuted under 100k.

RAP
Jeezy - CHURCH IN THESE STREETS - 98k - #1 (2015)
Wiz Khalifa - BLACC HOLLYWOOD - 90k - #1 (2014)
Wale - ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING - 88k - #1 (2015)
Lecrae - ANOMALY - 88k - #1 (2014)
Kid Cudi - SATELLITE FLIGHT: THE JOURNEY TO MOTHER MOON - 87k (2014)
The Game - THE DOCUMENTARY 2 - 83k (2015)
TI - PAPERWORK - 80k (2014)
Fetty Wap - FETTY WAP - 75k - #1 (2015)
Rick Ross - HOOD BILLIONAIRE - 74k (2nd 2014 album)
Travi$ Scott - RODEO - 70k (2015)
Ludacris - LUDAVERSAL - 62k (2015)
YG - MY KRAZY LIFE - 61k (2014)
Rick Ross - BLACK MARKET - 58k (2015)
Tyga & Chris Brown - FAN OF A FAN - 51k (2015)
Tyler The Creator - CHERRY BOMB - 51k (2015)
50 Cent - ANIMAL AMBITION - 47k (2014)
Big KRIT - CADILLACTICA- 44k (2014)
Kid Ink - MY OWN LANE - 40k (2014)
Kid Ink - FULL SPEED - 29k (2015)
Snoop Dogg - BUSH - 27k (2015)
Lil Durk - REMEMBER MY NAME - 24k (2015)
Common - NOBODY'S SMILING - 24k (2014)
Ty Dolla $ign - FREE TC - 22k (2015)
The Roots - ...AND THEN YOU SHOOT YOUR COUSIN - 19k (2014)
DJ Khaled - I CHANGED A LOT - 19k (2015)
Kid Cudi - SPEEDIN' BULLET 2 HEAVEN - 19k (2015)
Young Thug - BARTER 6 - 17k (2015)
Migos - YUNG RICH NATION - 14k (2015)
Vince Staples - SUMMERTIME '06 - 13k
Azealia Banks - BROKE WITH EXPENSIVE TASTE - 11k (2014)
Mobb Deep - THE INFAMOUS MOBB DEEP - 7k (2014)
Tyga - THE GOLD ALBUM: 18TH DYNASTY - 2k (2015)

R&B
K. Michelle - ANYBODY WANNA BUY A HEART? - 84k (2014)
Jhene - SOULED OUT - 70k (2014)
Toni Braxton & Babyface - LOVE MARRIAGE & DIVORCE - 67k (2014)
Tyrese - BLACK ROSE - 65k - #1 (2015)
Jill Scott - WOMAN - 58k - #1 (2015)
Mariah Carey - ME. I AM MARIAH... THE ELUSIVE CHANTEUSE - 58k (2014)
Mary J. Blige - THE LONDON SESSIONS - 55k (2014)
Ne-Yo - NON-FICTION - 48k (2015)
August Alsina - THIS THING CALLED LIFE - 41k (2015)
Miguel - WILDHEART - 40k (2015)
R. Kelly - THE BUFFET - 39k (2015)
Tamar - CALLING ALL LOVERS - 38k (2015)
Jamie Foxx  - HOLLYWOOD: A STORY OF A DOZEN ROSES - 31k (2015)
Jazmine Sullivan - REALITY SHOW - 30k (2015)
EMPIRE SOUNDTRACK VOLUME 2 - 29k (2015)
Ashanti - BRAVEHEART - 28k (2014)
Keyshia Cole - POINT OF NO RETURN - 26k (2014)
Jennifer Hudson - JHUD - 24k (2014)
Bryson Tiller - TRAPSOUL - 22k (2015)
Alessia Cara - KNOW-IT-ALL - 22k (2015)
Ciara - JACKIE - 19k (2015)
Candice Glover - MUSIC SPEAKS - 19k (2014)
Tinashe - AQUARIUS - 18k (2014)
Babyface - RETURN OF THE TENDER LOVER - 17k (2015)
Omarion - SEX PLAYLIST - 16k (2014)
Tamia - LOVE LIFE - 16k (2015)
Jeremih - LATE NIGHTS - 10k (2015)


UP NEXT?

Chris Brown - ROYALTY  - 125-135k (HITS prediction)
Pusha T - KING PUSH - DARKEST BEFORE DAWN: THE PRELUDE - 38-43k (HITS prediction)
Monica - CODE RED - 30-35k (HITS prediction)

Thoughts?

[BAPHOMET.]

Beyonc? - 617k - BEYONC? - #1 (2013)

R&B Kween at the TOP.

[MelMel]

Perch up top then QWEENS

[United Nations Barbie 🇺🇳]

Beyonc? - 617k - BEYONC? - #1 (2013)

R&B Kween at the TOP.

[Marilyn]

Ashanti - BRAVEHEART - 28k (2014)
Keyshia Cole - POINT OF NO RETURN - 26k (2014)
Jennifer Hudson - JHUD - 24k (2014)
Ciara - JACKIE - 19k (2015)
Monica - CODE RED - 30-35k (HITS prediction)

This is really sad. All these platinum selling artists. Wow.

[tigernathan]

Did Tyga really sell 2k????? omg

[Nine]

Beyonc? - 617k - BEYONC? - #1 (2013)

R&B Kween at the TOP.

The fact that is from 3 days of sales only

Truly the kweens

[tigernathan]

why did they include 2013 and 2014 releases? 

[Zankou.]

Did Tyga really sell 2k????? omg

I Just sharted

[BAPHOMET.]

Beyonc? - 617k - BEYONC? - #1 (2013)

R&B Kween at the TOP.

The fact that is from 3 days of sales only

Truly the kweens

Because her full week sales were basically 800k +

[Herb.]

MOre people need to do smoke and mirrors, etc.
and referee ghetto fights in elevators. it seems to work

[Nine]

When did Jamie Foxx release an album

[BAPHOMET.]

MOre people need to do smoke and mirrors, etc.
and referee ghetto fights in elevators. it seems to work

If a reality TV show doesn't do the job enough.
I dont see how anything else could help. 

[BAPHOMET.]

TBH if one would add the Pop too.
They're not all doing triple or big digits themselves. 

[Nine]

Also saying that ur retiring, this is your last album etc.

I mean if the gorls don't turn out and buy when you say that then