Mac Miller drops the biggest independently-distributed album since 1995; The Throne make their debut; Wale becomes a certified MMG rapper; Young Money runs the world.

Here are the biggest hip hop album first week sales of 2011.

10. Blue Slide Park by Mac Miller

Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales Of 2011 Mac Miller

Released: November 8, 2011

Label: Rostrum

First week album sales: 144,000

Singles: “Frick Park Market”, “Party on Fifth Ave.”, “Up All Night”

9. Ambition by Wale

Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales Of 2011 Wale

Released: November 1, 2011

Label: MG, Allido, Warner Bros.

First week album sales: 164,000

Singles: “Chain Music”, “Bait”, “Lotus Flower Bomb”, “Focused”, “Sabotage”

8. Hell: The Sequel by Bad Meets Evil

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Released: June 14, 2011

Label: Shady Records, Interscope

First week album sales: 171,000

Singles: “Fast Lane”, “Lighters”

7. Rolling Papers by Wiz Khalifa

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Released: March 29, 2011

Label: Rostrum, Atlantic

First week album sales: 197,000

Singles: “Black and Yellow”, “Roll Up”, “On My Level”, “The Race”, “No Sleep”

6. Lasers by Lupe Fiasco

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Released: March 7, 2011

Label: 1st & 15th, Atlantic

First week album sales: 204,000

Singles: “The Show Goes On”, “Words I Never Said”, “Out of My Head”, “I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now”

5. Cole World: The Sideline Story by J. Cole

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Released: September 27, 2011

Label: Roc Nation, Columbia, Sony

First week album sales: 217,000

Singles: “Work Out”, “Can’t Get Enough”, “Mr. Nice Watch”, “Nobody’s Perfect”

4. Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition by Young Jeezy

Biggest Hip Hop Album First Week Sales Of 2011 Jeezy

Released: December 20, 2011

Label: CTE, Def Jam

First week album sales: 233,000

Singles: “Lose My Mind”, “Ballin'”, “F.A.M.E.”, “I Do”, “Leave You Alone”

3. Watch the Throne by Jay-Z & Kanye West

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Released: August 8, 2011

Label: Def Jam, Roc Nation, Roc-A-Fella

First week album sales: 436,000

Singles: “H•A•M”, “Otis”, “Lift Off”, “Niggas in Paris”, “Why I Love You”, “Gotta Have It”, “No Church in the Wild”

2. Take Care by Drake

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Released: November 15, 2011

Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic

First week album sales: 631,000

Singles: “Marvins Room”, “Headlines”, “Make Me Proud”, “The Motto”, “Take Care”, “HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)”, “Crew Love”

1. Tha Carter IV by Lil Wayne

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Released: August 29, 2011

Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Republic

First week album sales: 964,000

Singles: “6 Foot 7 Foot”, “John”, “How to Love”, “She Will”, “It’s Good”, “Mirror”

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