THA CARTER IV SELLS..... 760,918 copies

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UPDATE THA CARTER IV SELLS...1,000,690 copies it's first week

UPDATE
Lil Wayne may have spent some time away in prison, but his fans never left him.

According to Hits Daily Double, Weezy's new album 'Tha Carter IV' has moved 1,000,690 copies it's first week out.
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
Coming in a distant 2nd is the Red Hot Chili Peppers with 232,320 units moved.

Rounding out the top five are (No. 3) Adele '21' - 155,516 (No. 4) Kanye West & Jay-Z 'Watch The Throne' - 80,897 (No. 5) David Guetta 'Nothing But The Beat' - 55, 375.

Lil Wayne's feat makes him the only rapper to ever sell one million copies the first week with two separate albums. 'Tha Carter III' sold 1,000,500 it's first week.



50 Cent also sold 1 million the first week with 'Get Rich Or Die Tryn' and 'The Massacre,' but because 'GRODT' shipped several days early it was only credited with moving 872,000 copies it's first week.



Congrats to Wayne, that's a big accomplishment.

 

[Rick Ronson]

Thats true hip hop at its finest.

 

[hsm2448]

 

[JustChillin]

Always glad to see a black man successful in America.

With that said:

Wayne sucks

 

[ClevelandDawg216]

 

[alexw]

Whether you hate it or love it, Lil Wayne is the king of hip hop right now. Hell when I was listening to the radio on my way home from work, they only played young money stuff.

 

[Complex]

Whether you hate it or love it, Lil Wayne is the king of hip hop right now. Hell when I was listening to the radio on my way home from work, they only played young money stuff.

did you forget Eminem

If you base king off record sales, than it's been Em for the past decade

 

[john blackcorn]

Best rapper alive!!!

 

[safado]

wayne makes me feel old.
he will say something like i will cut you off like con ed. and droves of folks will be like yo,you heard that,he spit fire.

im a grown ass blood. send bloods at your ass like a tampon

im glad to be part of the 6,852,472,823 people who aint copped.

but congrats to the young black man

 

[alexw]

did you forget Eminem

If you base king off record sales, than it's been Em for the past decade

totally forgot Em

I stand corrected

but urban radio really isnt playing Em like that around here

but young money shit comes on all fucking day...its sickening

 

[alexw]

Best rapper alive!!!

 

[Hotlantan]

HDD is the same site that was predicting 925-975k on Friday. These are just estimates... the official number will come out from SoundScan around noon tomorrow.

 

[Pootypoot]

Whether you hate it or love it, Lil Wayne is the king of hip hop right now. Hell when I was listening to the radio on my way home from work, they only played young money stuff.

Nigga, record sales does not make you the king of hip hop. Just means your shit appeals to more than just hip hop fans. Ross is the undisputed king of hip hop

Nah, but for real I like Wayne but this nigga is not the king of hip hop.

 

[Sampson]

Who said Minstrel acts don't sell?

 

[playahaitian]

Best rapper alive!!!

Less than three weeks after the U.S. iTunes Store's single-week album sales record was broken by Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Watch the Throne," it's been smashed again -- by Lil Wayne's new "Tha Carter IV."

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In the clash between Lil Wayne and Jay-Z, Wayne has come out -- at least briefly -- on top.

During its first week of release, Tha Carter IV -- Wayne's first album since being released from prison, where he spent eight months incarcerated on gun charges -- is projected to sell as many as 900,000 copies, Billboard.com reports.

Tha Carter IV's performance obliterated that of Jay-Z's latest effort, Watch the Throne, a collaborative album with Kanye West that sold 436,000 in its first-week. Watch the Throne's performance was as disappointing as the album, a disjointed, undercooked exercise in bombast that, aside from three or four tracks, could've used a few more months in the incubator.

Billboard also reported that, in addition to dominating overall sales, Tha Carter IV sold 300,000 iTunes downloads, breaking the record for most downloads in a single-week, previously held by -- wait for it -- Watch the Throne, which sold 290,000.

Making this even more of a victory for Wayne: Watch the Throne was available exclusively through iTunes for the first four days after being released on August 8, while Tha Carter IV could be purchased both physically and digitally starting on August 29.

These numbers add an even sharper edge to an already tense relationship between Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. On an early single and Watch the Throne bonus track "H.A.M.," Jay-Z takes a shot at Wayne's wealth, saying that he's got "baby money"--also a reference to Wayne father-figure Bryan "Birdman" Williams--and that he "ain't got my lady money," his lady being Beyonce.

In response, on C4 track "It's Good" Wayne threatens to kidnap Beyonce. It's pretty much his best verse on the entire album, which, though not as lackluster as Watch the Throne, doesn't even approach the vertiginous, maniac highs that have distinguished Wayne's best work in the past.

Speaking of best work, Wayne still fell short of his first week numbers for Tha Carter III, which sold just over a million in mid-June 2008.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/lil-...eatens-to-kidnap-beyonce-2011-9#ixzz1XCveUhPt

 

[TooTrilla]

did you forget Eminem

If you base king off record sales, than it's been Em for the past decade

Nope. Pac.

 

[cb71109]

The game is in a bad state when the word "greatest" and " lil wayne" is mentioned in the same sentance.

 

[Piff504]

The game is in a bad state when the word "greatest" and " lil wayne" is mentioned in the same sentance.

agree

 

[BKF]

The game is in a bad state when the word "greatest" and " lil wayne" is mentioned in the same sentance.

Yeah the shit has bottomed out and that may be a good thing.

 

[DatNiggaT]

Cash Money the new Motown. Black music owners doing the damn thing

 

[DatNiggaT]

Nope. Pac.

Nah, Em passed him up

 

[Sampson]

Cash Money the new Motown. Black music owners doing the damn thing

Oh wait, you were being serious.

 

[TEN]

The game is in a bad state when the word "greatest" and " lil wayne" is mentioned in the same sentance.

this.

 

[FJP]

did you forget Eminem

If you base king off record sales, than it's been Em for the past decade

No it's about both. Wayne has the sales and the "streets". Nobody is playing Eminem in clubs or on urban radio. To be "king" of hip hop you need both.

 

[PDQ21]

I tried 2 listen 2 carter 4 n red album they both trashington

 

[jcthesmooth]

always glad to see a black man successful in america.

With that said:

Wayne sucks

c/s

 

[1900KiLLa]

Ymcmb

 

[TheFuser]

most of his fans are like this in the inside so I'm not shocked.

Congrats to him tho

 

[Pimpinken]

Wow I knew he would sell alot didn't think he could sell a milli again...

LW TW artist / album label power index % change

-- 1 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 1,000,690 --
THA CARTER IV

 

[KP404]

Happy for him but album sales don't mean shit when it comes to album quality and this is the worst Lil Wayne Album since 600 Degreez

 

[Complex]

No it's about both. Wayne has the sales and the "streets". Nobody is playing Eminem in clubs or on urban radio. To be "king" of hip hop you need both.

That title is subjective, and it's bullshit

 

[P03t]

wayne makes me feel old.
he will say something like i will cut you off like con ed. and droves of folks will be like yo,you heard that,he spit fire.

im a grown ass blood. send bloods at your ass like a tampon

im glad to be part of the 6,852,472,823 people who aint copped.

but congrats to the young black man

 

[playahaitian]

No it's about both. Wayne has the sales and the "streets". Nobody is playing Eminem in clubs or on urban radio. To be "king" of hip hop you need both.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

i only believe 690,000 birdman brought the rest.


BUT 2ND WEEK SALES MEAN EVERYTHING!!!!!!

 

[shaddyvillethug]

i only believe 690,000 birdman brought the rest.


BUT 2ND WEEK SALES MEAN EVERYTHING!!!!!!

RT @mackmaine: A old head once said....."Men lie women lie numbers don't" C4 milli in da first week