Tha Carter III sells 423,000 copies the FIRST DAY

[MirZa117]

Lil Wayne's new CD sells 423,000 in a day
June 11, 2008, 5:29 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- The excessive leaks and bootlegging of Lil Wayne's new album haven't prevented it from being a hot seller: The rapper's "Tha Carter III" sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release, according to Billboard magazine, citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

With such sales, Lil Wayne is on pace to sell about 900,000 copies of the CD in its first week and post the best sales debut of the year. Last year's first-week top-seller was from Kanye West, who sold some 957,000 copies of "Graduation."

Though Lil Wayne has been on the rap scene for years, "Tha Carter III," released Tuesday, was expected to be the album that catapults the critically acclaimed rapper into pop superstardom. Ubiquitous on mixtapes and a frequent collaborator, he has owned the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 pop chart for the past few weeks with his song "Lollipop," and "Tha Carter III" is among this year's most anticipated CDs.

His last two albums, "Tha Carter" and "Tha Carter II," sold 1.1 million and 1.4 million copies, respectively.

The release date for "Tha Carter III" was pushed back several times because the album was frequently leaked and bootlegged.

The year's best first-week seller so far was posted by Mariah Carey. Her "E=MC2" sold about 463,000 in the first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Source: msn.com


Damn, 423k the first day? O_O and it leaked 12 days before it came out
gogo platinum first week! D:

[Mike@Edana]

Lil Wayne's new CD sells 423,000 in a day
June 11, 2008, 5:29 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- The excessive leaks and bootlegging of Lil Wayne's new album haven't prevented it from being a hot seller: The rapper's "Tha Carter III" sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release, according to Billboard magazine, citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

With such sales, Lil Wayne is on pace to sell about 900,000 copies of the CD in its first week and post the best sales debut of the year. Last year's first-week top-seller was from Kanye West, who sold some 957,000 copies of "Graduation."

Though Lil Wayne has been on the rap scene for years, "Tha Carter III," released Tuesday, was expected to be the album that catapults the critically acclaimed rapper into pop superstardom. Ubiquitous on mixtapes and a frequent collaborator, he has owned the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 pop chart for the past few weeks with his song "Lollipop," and "Tha Carter III" is among this year's most anticipated CDs.

His last two albums, "Tha Carter" and "Tha Carter II," sold 1.1 million and 1.4 million copies, respectively.

The release date for "Tha Carter III" was pushed back several times because the album was frequently leaked and bootlegged.

The year's best first-week seller so far was posted by Mariah Carey. Her "E=MC2" sold about 463,000 in the first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Source: msn.com
Damn, 423k the first day? O_O and it leaked 12 days before it came out
gogo platinum first week! D:[/b]

I've had it for a good 2 weeks now.

Fav tracks:

3 Peat
Mr Carter
Got Money
Comfortable
Dr.Carter
Tie My Hands
Shoot Me Down
Lollipop
Good Girl Gone Bad
I'm Me
Love Me Or Hate Me.


Rest of them are wack.

[MirZa117]

I've had it for a good 2 weeks now.

Fav tracks:

3 Peat
Mr Carter
Got Money
Comfortable
Dr.Carter
Tie My Hands
Shoot Me Down
Lollipop
Good Girl Gone Bad
I'm Me
Love Me Or Hate Me.
Rest of them are wack.[/b]

Looks like you got the wrong one cause I'm Me & Love Me Or Hate Me are from The Leak. And Good Girl Gone Bad is a few years old. ;c

[5DollahSuckySucky]

He still wack-sauce

[Renzuk]

400k is nothing

No Strings Attached sold 1.1 million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week.. N'SYNC > Lil'Wayne >_>

[MirZa117]

The album by No Strings Attached (whoever the fuck that is) probably came out 5 (or more) years ago, before albums started leaking everywhere 2 weeks before they actually came out.
Selling 423k the first day is a big accomplishment nowadays and I don&#39;t think anyone will sell more this year. Last year Graduation sold about 400k the first day too and that was the highest selling album (the first day..) in the year. <_<

[Renzuk]

actually the album came out in NAPSTER&#39;s PRIME

[Parasitic]

In 1996, Metallica&#39;s Load album sold 680,000 in its first week, their follow-up album, Re-Load, sold 435,000 in its first week, in 1997.