It looks like Nicki Minaj’s chances of matching the success of her ‘Pink Friday’ debut album with ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ have dropped drastically. Indeed, along with the probability of the latter record being having such a major impact, the sales of LP have also took a tumble.

Experiencing a 68% drop sales dip, ‘Roman Reloaded’ sold only 81K copies while falling to #3 on the Billboard 200 this week. The record debuted at #1 in the last frame with 253K copies sold and made Minaj the first female rapper to score multiple #1 albums on the chart.

However, while Minaj suffered a popularity decline this week, Adele’s ’21′ maintained impressive momentum. The LP sold another 92K copies at #2 for a new sales total of 8.73 million copies. This was the only the second week that the album sold less than 100K units since being released in February 2011.

Finally, Monica’s ‘New Life’ slightly exceeded expectations by entering the Billboard 200 at #4. The album sold just over 69K copies and surpassed the 65K cap that was predicted last week. However, these figures still represent a drop from the 184K copies in opening sales by Monica’s previous album, ‘Still Standing’, in 2010.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Lionel Richie - ‘Tuskegee’ – 129K (total: 423K)

2. Adele – ’21′ – 92K (total: 8.73 M)

3. Nicki Minaj – ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ – 81K (total: 334K)

4. Monica – ‘New Life’ – 69K (debut)

5. One Direction – ‘Up All Night’ – 66K (total: 435K)

6. Bonnie Raitt - ‘Slipstream’ – 64K (debut)

7. Goyte – ‘Making Mirrors’ – 54K (total: 298K)

8. Alabama Shakes – ‘Boys & Girls’ – 43K (total: 68K)

9. Rascal Flatts - ‘Changed’ – 41K (total: 171K)

10. Hoodie Allen – ‘All American’ – 28K (debut)

 

Billboard Hot 100

1. Gotye’s – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’

2. fun. – ‘We are Young (Ft. Janelle Monae)’

3. The Wanted – ‘Glad You Came’

4. One Direction – ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

5. Justin Bieber – ‘Boyrfriend’

6. Flo Rida – ‘Wild Ones (Ft. Sia)’

7. Nicki Minaj – ‘Starships’

8. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’

9. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’

10. Katy Perry – ‘Part of Me’

Watch the video for Monica ‘It All Belongs to Me (Ft. Brandy)’ from ‘New Life’ below:

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