As I was writing this post, Billboard says Nielsen Soundscan clocked Weezy’s album at 964,000 units sold in its first week of sales. So it looks like Wayne felt short of his platinum-in-one-week selling album, Tha Carter 3.
“Carter IV” earns the biggest sales week for a hip-hop album (or any set by a male artist) since his own “Carter III” bowed with 1.01 million on the June 28, 2008 chart. “Carter IV” also marks 2011’s second-biggest frame, behind Lady Gaga’s 1.11 million debut with “Born This Way.”
This marks Wayne’s third number-one album to date: “Tha Carter IV” shifted 362,000 digital copies in its first week. That marks the second-largest digital sales week of all time for an album; again, behind “Born This Way,” with 662,000 downloads.”
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