While the top spot belonged to rockers Metallica who moved nearly 350,000 as a part of their 25th year in the music business, Nelly still managed to be close to the top spot with his 5th studio album, Brass Knuckles.
He was just behind the new release from Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman] which sold 250,000 units in its first week.
Completing the Top 3, Nelly restored a top position on the charts, as his long-delayed Brass Knuckles was behind Ne-Yo at #3 with over 83,000 units sold.
Young Jeezy and his Recession took the #6 spot, scanning just under 60,000 units after having a stronghold in the Top 5. Jeezy may return there next week. Koch Records gets their first Hip Hop act back into the Top 10 in some time with Miami deejay and calling-card to the stars DJ Khaled. The Terror Squad member’s third album may climb higher, after an impressive start, just under 50,000 sold in We Global’s first week.
Information from HipHopDx.com contributed to this report.
