Where's The Hip Hop? Week Ending iTunes Charts

post by KM

Selling digital music on iTunes this past week has been a challenge for Hip Hop artists.

The Top 10 Songs on iTunes for the week ending April 23, 2012 features 3 notable* rappers, but no actual "Hip Hop" tracks. Weird.

As for the Top 10 Albums on iTunes this past week, one of them is Hip Hop. You can check out the iTunes chart placement below.

Top Songs:

1. "Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)," Maroon 5
2. "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye
3. "We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)," Fun.
4. "Boyfriend," Justin Bieber
5. "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen
6. "What Makes You Beautiful," One Direction
7. "Wild Ones (feat. Sia)," Flo Rida
8. "Starships," Nicki Minaj
9. "Drive By," Train
10. "Glad You Came," The Wanted

Top Albums:

1. "Love Is a Four Letter Word," Jason Mraz
2. "California 37," Train
3. "Up All Night," One Direction
4. "Making Mirrors," Gotye
5. "Tuskegee," Lionel Richie
6. "21," ADELE
7. "Jack JOhnson & Friends - Best of Kokua Festival"
8. "Pluto," Future
9. "Overexposed," Maroon 5
10. "Picture Show," Neon Trees

Here is a screenshot of the current standings for Top 10 Albums on iTunes from April 26, 2012.

Next week is looking bleak for Hip Hop.