To say that hip-hop in 2014 started out with a bang would be an understatement. Straight out the gate, in the first 3 months of the year, we’ve gotten high profile releases from Rick Ross, Schoolboy Q and Pharrell Williams; West Coast rappers Kid Ink and YG breaking it big into the mainstream as well as independent releases from Isaiah Rashad and Freddie Gibbs bubbling to the surface.
Here are the 10 biggest first week album sales of the first quarter in 2014.
10. Cilvia Demo
Released: January 28, 2014
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment
First Week Album Sales: 8,500
9. Piñata
Released: March 18, 2014
Label: Madlib Invazion
First Week Album Sales: 9,500
8. Never Land
Released: January 28, 2014
Label: Reach Records
First Week Album Sales: 26,000
7. Young Money: Rise of an Empire
Released: March 11, 2014
Label: Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
First Week Album Sales: 32,000
6. My Own Lane
Released: January 7, 2014
Label: Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic, RCA
First Week Album Sales: 50,000
5. My Krazy Life
Released: March 18, 2014
Label: Pu$haz Ink, CTE World, Def Jam Recordings
First Week Album Sales: 61,000
4. Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
Released: February 25, 2014
Label: Wicked Awesome, Republic
First Week Album Sales: 87,000
3. G I R L
Released: March 3, 2014
Label: i Am Other, Columbia
First Week Album Sales: 113,000
2. Oxymoron
Released: February 25, 2014
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope
First Week Album Sales: 139,000
1. Mastermind
Released: March 3, 2014
Label: Maybach, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam
First Week Album Sales: 179,000
