Independent artist Kid Ink outperformed most major label freshman artists with his debut album Up & Away selling 20,000 units first week. Waka Flocka & Tech N9ne also premiered their albums Triple F Life and Rollin Stone respectively.

#10. Waka Flocka Flame – Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family – 33,000 (33,000)

#20. Kid Ink – Up & Away – 20,000 (20,000)

#29. Big K.R.I.T. – Live From The Underground – 12,000 (53,000)

#31. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - 12,000 (534,000)

#51. Drake – Take Care – 8,900 (1,779,000)

#56. Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate – 8,200 (44,000)

#66. B.o.B. – Strange Clouds – 7,300 (156,000)

#73. Tech N9ne Presents… Stevie Stone – Rollin’ Stone – 6,600 (6,600)

#96. Tyga – Careless World: Rise Of The Last King – 5,000 (249,000)

#156. Travis Porter – From Day 1 – 3,100 (23,000)

_{* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.}

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