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# Kanye West Debuts At #1 As Weekly Sales Rebound
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/kayne-west-debuts-at-1-as-weekly-sales-rebound/
- Published: 2013-06-26T14:29:20.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-26T14:29:20.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) Kanye West should be smiling. This week he led a trio of rappers to the top of the Nielsen SoundScan sales chart published by Billboard. His new album, Yeezus,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/06/kayne-west-debuts-at-1-as-weekly-sales-rebound.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, Born Sinner, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mac Miller, Magna Carta, Watching Movies With The Sound Off, Yeezus, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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(UPDATED) Kanye West should be smiling. This week he led a trio of rappers to the top of the Nielsen SoundScan sales chart published by Billboard. His new album, *Yeezus*, hitting #1 with 327,000 sold in the first week of release. That’s the most for a rap album since November 2011, according to figures released by [NARM](http://www.narm.com/?ref=hypebot.com). Rappers [J. Cole](http://www.jcolemusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and [Mac Miller](http://www.macmillerofficial.com/?ref=hypebot.com) debuted at #2  
and #3, respectively.

With sales of 297,000, J. Cole’s *[Born Sinner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born%5FSinner?ref=hypebot.com)*  
becomes the largest #2 debut since December 2011\. Miller’s *[Watching](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching%5FMovies%5FWith%5FThe%5FSound%5FOff?ref=hypebot.com)*  
*[Movies with the Sound Off](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watching%5FMovies%5FWith%5FThe%5FSound%5FOff?ref=hypebot.com)* debuted with 102,000 sold, making it the first time three  
rappers have sold more than 100,000 units in the same week since November  
2006.

“While overall sales volume remains down from 2012, digital track sales  
volume was up 5% compared to the same week last year,” said [NARM](http://www.narm.com/?ref=hypebot.com) President Jim Donio. “We’re looking  
forward to tracking this week’s strong new releases in the weeks ahead, and  
seeing the impact of [Jay-Z](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jayz?ref=hypebot.com)’s *[Magna Carta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna%5FCarta?ref=hypebot.com) [Holy Grail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%5FGrail?ref=hypebot.com)*.”

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