Drake Goes Platinum; Snoop and Wiz Collaboration Debuts In Top 50

Original Story Well, it’s official, Drake’s second studio album, Take Care (YM/CM/Universal), has officially been certified platinum. This week the Take Care dropped one spot from #7 to the #8 spot after selling 75,774 units in the album’s fifth week. However, due to the holiday season, Drake actually saw a 5% increase in album sales compared to last week. Haters gon’ hate but YMCMB is having one hell of a year!

R&B singer Anthony Hamilton’s returns with his fifth studio album, Back to Love (RCA), which debuted at #11 selling just over 60,000 units. The album, which features production from Salaam Remi, Babyface, and Antonio Dixon is Hamilton’s first major release since 2008’s The Point of It All.

Debuting at #27 is the “stoner-esque” collaboration album Mac & Devin Go to High School (Warner Bros.) from rappers Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg. With the star power that these two have plus the album’s single “Young, Wild, and Free” which features Bruno Mars being a hit, this has to be mildly disappointing for not just the artists but the label at the very least. Expect the album to hang around for the next week or two due to Christmas shopping, but after that it will likely vanish from the Top 50.

Coming in at #38 is the last Hip-Hop representative in the Top 50. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV (YM/CM/Universal), which has already been certified double-platinum, moved just under 30,000 units and saw an impressive 27% increase in sales from last week.