Chart Toppers

BET.com takes a look at artists who have struck gold in their first week

Usher - Ush's "There Goes My Baby" got nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and his LP Raymond Vs. Raymond will compete in the Best Contemporary R&B Album category.
Eminem - A Grammy favorite, Eminem won Best Rap Album for "Relapse" and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Crack A Bottle" with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.
Kanye West - The Louis Vuitton Don has flirted with the Million Soundscan club twice in his career. His "Late Registration" sold 896,000 copies back in 2005 and "Graduation" sold 957,000 in one week in 2007.
Alicia Keys - Ms. Keys has struck gold within a week several times before. Her sophomore album, "The Diary of Alicia Keys" sold 618,000 copies in its first week and its follow up, "As I Am" moved 742,000 units in seven days.Mary J. Blige - MJB delivered one of her best and highest-selling albums in years with 2005's "Breakthrough." The CD moved 729,000 sets in its first week.

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Eminem - Hip-Hop's original Million Soundscan Man, Eminem sold 1.79 copies of "The Marshall Mathers LP" and moved 1.32 million of "The Eminem Show" two years later. Since then, "Encore" has sold an impressive 760,000 CDs in its first week while his most recent release, "Relapse," sold 608,000 albums.

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