Congrats to Lil Wayne! Wayne’s album Tha Carter III sold 1 million copies in it’s first week of release. Way to go Wayne. We just hope Weezy can clean up his act and kick his syrup addiction. Watch some videos from XXL about the Weezy first week album sales predictions and impersonations.
Lil Wayne Sales Prediction For 1st Week "I Say 100K"
Lil Wayne Fans, Haters, & Impersonaters Get At Weezy!
Lil Wayne now has official numbers to back up his bragging — the
rapper’s new CD has sold a spectacular 1 million copies its first week. "Tha
Carter III" is easily the best selling first week of the year,
according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. Even Kanye West’s "The
Graduation" didn’t eclipse that mark in its first week last year
(though it was only about 50,000 copies short).A prolific rapper
who’s been ubiquitous on the mixtape scene and on other acts’ records,
Lil Wayne is generally regarded as one of rap’s most gifted performers
— but he’s never had a multiplatinum album. His last two albums, "Tha
Carter" and "Tha Carter II," sold 1.1 million and 1.4 million copies,
respectively. "Tha Carter III" was anticipated as the CD that would
send the New Orleans rapper into superstardom."I’ve been saying
a million all along, and I’ve been telling people, and they’ve been
looking at me crazy," said Ron Williams, co-founder of Lil Wayne’s
record label, Cash Money Records."He worked hard. He just came
with something different. He let his skills show on a lot of mixtapes.
He’s featured on a lot of people’s records," Williams said. "It just
made people anticipate his record more than ever." Expectations for "Tha Carter III" were high, and it delivered — selling
423,000 copies in its first day of release. It achieved blockbuster
numbers despite being heavily bootlegged and leaked on the Internet;
past leaks of material for the CD caused parent label Universal Motown
to delay its release several times. source
