After his 9th studio album leaked and spread throughout the web, rapper Lil Wayne still managed to come out on top in first week album sales.
According to HitsDailyDouble.com, the 28 year-old entrepreneur sold a whopping 1,000,690 units of his latest studio album, Tha Carter IV! This makes Wayne the second artist to hit the million mark in album sales during the first week. Lady Gaga now holds the 2011 record for the most first week sales with 1.1 million units of her second studio album Born This Way.
Congrats to Lil Wayne for setting a hip-hop album sale record!
TREY SONGZ TO SHOWCASE RAPPING & STORYTELLING IN UPCOMING ALBUM
R&B singer Trey Songz recently announced that Chapter 5 will be the title of his fifth upcoming studio album. The Atlantic Records recording artist plans on taking it back to his rapping roots with more storytelling in the mix. The Rap-Up.com spoke with Trey’s leading producer, Troy Taylor and talked about where exactly Trey wants to take his next album:
“I think Trey is coming into his own now,” he said. “He was always taught to know what he wants and he was always taught to know how he wants to sound, and I think Chapter 5 represents the storytelling of how he feels and his emotions and just everyday life that people go through…
What we’re gonna do is elaborate on other songs. ‘Can’t Be Friends’ was a huge smash, but on Chapter 5 we’re gonna maybe go into a little bit more of the girl he was talking about. We once had a song called ‘Black Roses’ on Ready; we’re gonna tap on it to tell you a little bit more of the story. So Chapter 5 represents elaborating. [Source]
Trey’s 5th album, Chapter 5 is set to make its debut sometime in 2012.
You had a lot of crooks try to steal yo heart…..go Weezy!
heard he didn’t really sell a milli..
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HATERS ARE MAD______STAY MAD….LIL WAYNE is the King. yall keep talk about jay and his bytch. while lil wayne sells over a million in one week…not a month…one week.. Young Money records took the crowne and the thorne. while yall haters are suck in the past..
Yeah and while wayne keeps selling albums, Jay will keep selling albums, clothes, restaurants, basketball teams, clubs, live nation, meanwhile making money off of his brand,as well as his artists(i.e. rihanna and kanye), plus also married to one of the richest music artists right now. And who’s unborn child will have more money than wayne. Let’s not get all the technical with it. Shout out to wayne for the milli tho. I did hear that c4 was TRASH and a far cry from c3. Just Sayin!
What does Lil’ Wayne selling records have to do with Jay-Z? I’m confused, was it a competition or something?
KiKi, u sound bitter. We all know Jay has other endeavors other than selling CDs, but we’re not talkin about the other endeavors…we’re talkin about Wayne smashing him and Kanye with record sales. Period. Nobody cares that Jay is married to Beyonce. Nobody cares that he has all these other endeavors to make money from. The point is that as far as the HI-HOP arena goes, Wayne killed him. And Wayne got plenty of money, too, so it’s not like Jay got $400 million and Wayne got $5 we’re still talkin about a millionaire in his own right, too, so it don’t matter what Jay is doing…guess what? He ain’t sellin many records, LOL…
Actually sasamina, my response to snipes was in reference to him saying that wayne was “the king”. In order to be considered the king of anything, you need to have the total package. Without that, your just making false claims. Just stating my opinion as well as some facts.
Lil wayne is King he took the CRown and the Throne.. Jay cant shake Wayne. tried but can’t… …jay and kanye combined on the same album “watch the throne” and Wayne still sold over a million in a week….just off the music alone. You are stuck in the past KIKI. Nicki Minaj and Drake alll went platinum too.. Young Money
kiki you are the hater everybody hates. why are you here on waynes post..ummm cause you are a fan of Wayne. you are stuck in the past jay dont own roca wear.
Wayne aint the king… Jay still got that (12 number 1 albums)… sorry… its gonna take more than the Carter 4 to knock Jiggaman off his throne… But a milli is a good look… But my thing is people actin like these albums came out on the same day LOL… I mean if it was like a Kanye/50 Cent type thing I would agree… And its not like Jay Z has ever sold a milli in a week… so to put him up against Wayne in that regard doesnt even make sense lol… Not even Eminem can sell records like that… And he’s sold more records than anybody… I’m just sayin…
When has Jay sold a million records in a week? When?
Everybody knows Jay still gets paid off of rocawear, dummy! He sold the name, he is still gets a percentage.
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Someone actually gave me Lil Wayne..@ first I said, he knows I hate rap and his voice irritates me to high heaven..other than Mrs Officer….I finally played it then youtubed …Well I actually fell in love with the song but the video’s concept is captivating ….
Dont know if he sold a million but I know he has a huge fan dedicated fan base
Congrats young weezy…
Good for Wayne!
Looking forward to hearing new music from Trey.
He only sold 965,342 albums. Still an accomplishment. But not “a milli”.
I heard 500,000 of those were bought by YMCMB and Birdman.
HIS RECORD LABEL BOUGHT THESE CDS DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS
Why would Birdman and his group continuously spend their own money buying Wayne albums? Don’t believe everything you hear. Slimm wouldn’t even allow that dumb shit.
SASAMINA..girl..think, please. Birdman continuously brags about how he blows a milli there a milli here a milli everywhere. And it is no surprise that he is Wayne’s biggest dxck rider, to the point where I would not even be shocked if it became known that he sleeps with him. WHY would he have a problem buying a good 400,000 copies of Wayne’s albums? Think about it. Birdman and Wayne feel like they have something to prove. Hence why he is ALWAYS talking about Jay-Z and deems himself and Wayne as “richer” and Wayne the better rapper of the two. Because he knows that HOV remains #1 on the $$ list and Wayne isn’t even in the top 5, and also, because the majority of people (over the age of 13) consider Jay the Greatest Rapper Alive, he feels like he has something to prove. I do believe he purchased those albums.
I AM thinking, but unlike you, I don’t believe everything I hear. Who in the hell is in the Cash Money offices hearing these plots to spend millions buying up their own artists albums? If they did shit like that, they would be damn near broke….believe me, SOMEBODY would be spilling the beans on that one if it were true. Yes, Baby does blow money, but Baby isn’t the sole owner of Cash Money. Slim is the real hustler making all the shots, so I highly doubt if he would allow that dumb shit. I DO get your point, don’t misunderstand me, but to continuously buy records that YOU’RE pressing and distributing is just not something a dude who’s out to make money (Baby) would do. Yall forget that Wayne has an extreme white fan base now. The hood isn’t the only place bumping Wayne’s music and I think people tend to forget that. Wayne’s fanbase is more diverse than Jiggas…that’s not opinion, that’s a fact. I do agree that Baby them feel they have something to prove, cuz it’s all about competition when it comes to him and Jay (which is stupid, cuz both of these mothafukkas rich), but you can’t expect me to believe that everytime Wayne has a million sold in a week it’s because Baby bought the albums. I think Wayne sold those albums because he’s mainstream. Jigga is not. Therefore, he will always sell more than Jigga in the end. YMCMB is fiyah right now with a young AND older fan base, AND a diverse fan base. It’s a no brainer that Wayne sold more fair and square and those that are Jigga fans just can’t accept it. I’m still a Jigga fan and even I’ve accepted it.
I heard Trey started out doing rap, but i don’t care to hear it.
Ok so he’s doing what RkElly has already done…. I see why mofo’s appreciate Trey’s and the whole Rkelly copy cat theme he has going on….I mean, really though??? Chapter 5 son?? Man like Rkelly said, “ELEPHANT’S DONT SWAT FLIES”
Typo: DO NOT appreciate Trey
I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS TERRIBLY NOT RIGHT ABOUT THOSE SALES! IM SORRY NOT HATING, FIRST TIME OKAY BUT DO IT AGAIN? THAT PAYOLA THAT BABY DOES MUST BE GOOD! HIS RECOR LABEL BUYING HIS OWN CDS! EVEN GAGA SINCE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR STARTED THE PROMOTION OF HER ALBUM AND IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS RIGHT NOW, I COULD UNDERSTAND FOR HER BUT WAYNE AGIN IN THIS DAY AND AGE? EITHER PEOPLE DONT KNOW REAL MUSIC OR THERE IS A FRAUD. BUT CONGRATS ANYWAY.
COSIGN!!!!
I honestly thought that maybe Cash Money bought half of those albums, but judging from iTunes, people really bought the album. Hell I bought the album. White people love Weezy. It truly shows you a lot about his fan base. Which is stronger than Lady Gaga’s in my opinion…
Exactly, people forget the surburban white, asian and hispanic kids who love the hell out of weezy. Heck even the hood hispanics play his music out. Notice his change of style over the years. His marketing team knows what is up!!! I don’t blame him, black people are stuck on lil wayne circa 1999-2004 when he was rappin with BG hoodstyle or to busy trying to find inexpensive loopholes to get his music, DVD/CD man, file sharing music.
But yet Gaga sold a Milli in a day.
in my part of the world even the East Indian people blasting lil wayne… i’m not a huge fan… more like a mini … but you can’t deny he has a huge fan base…
lady gaga also… it’s ridiculous
Congrats on the milli Lil Wayne!!! Also gaga shouldn’t even be reconignized…she sold her album for $0.99 Lil Wayne didn’t even have to do that to get people to buy his album! Forget GuGuGaga!
What does Lil’ Wayne selling records have to do with Jay-Z? I’m confused, was it a competition or something?
in that case beyonce buys her own albums.. yall sound dumb…goooo wayne…they gon be bangin ya c.d in their car cause it hott. Young Money.
Yeah … let the haters come to the light.. lil wayne is a king… even if he sold only 500,000 albums he will still be number 1… all u people talking about u like him but its something fishy about the sales,,, who the hell are u .. the cd monitor..lol.. get over urself..
I saw Lil Wayne in concert last weekend. I have a new found love and respect for him..he’s a beast!
LOL @ people sayin Jay got his crown taken from him… I mean… congrats to the nigga Wayne doin his thing “sellin” a milli copies of his album first week… (notice the quotation marks} but Jay Z’s consistancy over the past damn near 15 years is more amazing to me than Wayne sellin a milli in his first week… I mean Watch the Throne wasnt a joke either… it broke i tunes records before Wayne broke their record… it was #1 in 23 countries…. And it sold 440k first week all together…. thats right around where Jay has always been… CONSISTANCY people… thats stands out more… Now if Wayne were to drop another 3 or 4 albums over the next 50-10 years that would be mind blowing…
I meant 5-10 years…
Just accept that Wayne beat Jay in sales and keep it moving. This whole thing is funny to me, cuz folks in denial like a mothafukka.
Who are you?? LMAO… Aint nobody denying anything…
She’s just on waynes nuts. Thirsty as hell worrying about his money and not even getting any of it. Sad!
These album sales are a joke… Sumthin aint right about them… Just to put it in perspective… I go to college… since the school year has started all I’ve been hearing people play in their cars is Watch The Throne… Aint nobody here checkin for the Carter 4… These sales are bullshit lol
I’m not gonna take Wayne’s success away from him but at the same time I feel he’s not the same artist he once was, and I really don’t see much growth. His albums don’t have a theme, his songs lack linear concepts. Just because some people ain’t ridin on his ish doesn’t automatically make them a hater, it’s called criticism. That word needs to die already. As far as the Jay issue is concerned let’s not forget that WTT wasn’t boasting that it was gonna sell this and that much, and as a matter of fact for an album with little promotion it broke some records as well…no I’m not a Jay Z “stan” or a Wayne “hater” just a person with an opinion
Man I agree… Jay and Kanye just felt like havin some fun together… they didnt really take this project “seriously” like other projects… very little promotion… only like 2 singles… one came out at the top of the year… the second came out the week before… and it still sold over 400k… and was a #1 record in 23 freakin countries… lol… That shit crazy LOL… But congrats to Lil Wayne tho… nobody sells records like that anymore…
I’m just a fan of hip hop, I like both Sean and Michael and I got both albums. Is there a point in all of this? I mean now come on good people, jay and wayne aren’t the beginning and the end of hip hop.
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