Hip Hop Single Sales: Big Sean, ILOVEMAKONNEN, Iggy Azalea

by JAY BALFOUR

A few tracks trade places in the Top 10 and a J. Cole song reaches #9.

This week's Hip Hop & R&B single sales chart looks almost exactly as it did last week with a slight rearrangement after the Top 3. Big Sean and E-40again have the #1 song while ILOVEMAKONNEN andIggy Azalea follow closely behind at #2 and #3 respectively. Lower down the list, O.T. Genasis'"CoCo" continues its climb, knocking Usher's recent single down to #7 in the process.

Finally, J. Cole's album, which was promoted as a body of work without any singles, saw its first track chart at #9 as "Wet Dreamz" sold more than 23,000 in a single week.

Big Sean & E-40 Hold On To #1

In its 13th week on the charts, Big Sean and E-40's collaborative single remains at #1 yet again selling almost exactly the same number of singles as last week at 63,742. The shared track recently broke the half-million sold mark and now sits at 631,745 total sold.

ILOVEMAKONNEN Drops 8%

Despite a 8% drop in sales from last week's numbers, ILOVEMAKONNEN and Drake's "Tuesday" single held on to its #2 spot with 50,611 singles sold. The track's total sold record just outranks the #1 single at 637,048.

J. Cole's "Wet Dreamz" Debuts At #9

With his album breaking records earlier this week—first as the best first-week performer in Hip Hop this year and then smashing a Spotify streaming record—J. Cole's "Wet Dreamz" broke into the Top 10 with 23,264 singles sold earning the track a spot at #9.

Top 10 R&B/Hip Hop Single Sales For Week Ending 12/14/2014

#1. Big Sean feat. E-40 - “”I Don’t F**k With You” - 63,742 (631,745)

#2. ILOVEMAKONNEN feat. Drake - “Tuesday” - 50,611 (637,048)

#3. Iggy Azalea feat. M0 - “Beg For It” - 48,813 (353,182)

#4. Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - “Only” - 43,536 (345,703)

#5. Beyonce - “7/11” - 37,832 (167,222)

#6. O.T. Genasis - “Coco” - 34,445 (122,469)

#7. Usher feat. Juicy J - “I Don’t Mind” - 32,699 (128,318)

#8. Rae Sremmurd - “No Type” - 31,246 (348,430)

#9.  J. Cole - “Wet Dreamz” - 23,264 (23,264)

#10. Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora - “Black Widow” - 22,238 (2,012,161)