Jay Z wears the crown for a second week as Magna Carta… Holy Grail remains the No. 1 album in the country.
The album tops the Billboard 200 for a second week, selling 129,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The figures represent a 76 percent decline from its opening week (528,000).
According to Billboard, it’s the first rap album in nearly two years to spend two weeks at No. 1 following Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV in September 2011.
Ace Hood scores his best debut yet with Trials & Tribulations, which enters at No. 4 with 34,000. His previous best sales week was 2011′s Blood Sweat + Tears, which debuted at No. 8 with 26,000.
J. Cole’s Born Sinner drops 3-7 (27,000), making the album gold with a total of 506,000 copies sold to date.
Justin Timberlake rounds out the top 10 with The 20/20 Experience, which jumps 13-9 (24,000).
via Rap-Up.com http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/24/jay-z-remains-no-1-j-cole-goes-gold/
