Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Lecrae Defies Gravity with Top 3 Premiere and TobyMac Remains in Top 10

Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae and his "Gravity" set, bows at No. 3 with a career-high 72,000 sold. Until this week, the artist had never sold more than 27,000 of an album in a single week - with 2010's "Rehab" (when it debuted at No. 17). Further, Lecrae had never gone higher than No. 15 in 2011, with "Rehab: The Overdose."

Lecrae's success comes hot on the heels of fellow Christian act TobyMac, who debuted at No. 1 last week with "Eye On It." The set became the first Christian album to reach No. 1 since 1997. This week, it slips to No. 8 with 26,000 (down 63%).