1st & 15th/Atlantic recording artist Lupe Fiasco scores an impressive number 1 debut this week as his album, Food and Liquor, tops the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart.
The Chicago-based MC also ranks number 2, just behind Justin Timberlake, on the Billboard Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums chart and 8th on the Billboard 200, selling more than 80,000 units in his first week.
Because of missing information from "a data supplier in the retail chain strata," this week's Nielsen SoundScan reports were incomplete until today.
Originally, SoundScan, the company that tracks sales, had Lupe Fiasco debuting at 2 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and 12 on the Billboard 200.
The Chicago-based MC also ranks number 2, just behind Justin Timberlake, on the Billboard Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums chart and 8th on the Billboard 200, selling more than 80,000 units in his first week.
Because of missing information from "a data supplier in the retail chain strata," this week's Nielsen SoundScan reports were incomplete until today.
Originally, SoundScan, the company that tracks sales, had Lupe Fiasco debuting at 2 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and 12 on the Billboard 200.
