The final numbers are in and Rihanna will land her sixth top ten album in as many tries. Her Talk That Talk album sold 197,000 units it's opening week. Good enough to put her at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart according to Billboard.biz.
Drake'sTake Care disc suffers a 73% drop off and falls to the No. 4 slot this week with 173,000 units sold.
Mary J. Blige's latest offering, My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act I, will place the R&B singer at No. 5 with sales of 156,000.
Rounding out the list of notable urban releases from last week is Yelawolf. His Shady Records debut, Radioactive, sold 41,000 copies placing him in the No. 27 slot.
The No. 1 album in the country will be Michael Buble'sChristmas, with sales of just over 227,000.
Busta Rhymes is the newest member of the Cash Money team......
Busta spoke with MTV at last night's launch of Google Music to explain why he made the move to his new label home.
"Google/Cash Money/The Conglomerate, it's un unbelievably ground breaking deal. There's never been a deal done like this before where the most powerful search engine in the world combines with the most powerful record company in the world," Busta said. "It's just amazing to see that they understood what Busta Rhymes means to the music, what Busta Rhymes means to the culture, what Busta Rhymes means to the embodiment of authentic hip hop. I'm very proud to be aligned with Google. I'm extremely proud to be aligned with Cash Money."
