The Numbers Are In: Lil Wayne Sells A Milli – & Some Change *UPDATED*

Published: Tuesday 6th Sep 2011 by Sam

If the projected sales of Lil Wayne‘s ‘Tha Carter IV’ riled a certain duo on the “throne”, the LP’s final figures looks set to unseat them.

For according to Hits Daily Double, the Cash Money rapper’s hotly anticipated new album has sold…

1,000,690

..copies in its first week! {Source}

Interestingly, the last Hip-Hop album to cross the million first week mark was Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ in 2008.

UPDATE:

According to final figures from Billboard, the album debuted a little under a million copies, selling:

964,000 copies

Still, it’s an epic-epic feat. Especially in an age where album’s are struggling to sell. Kudos to Weezy and co.

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  1. lol September 6, 2011

    congradulations to the Gremlin and his Daddy ,tricks are for kids

  2. Rated Next >>>>>> September 6, 2011

    THIS IS BULL. AINT NO WAY HE SELLING LIKE THAT WITH NO HIT SINGLE….

    WHAT DID HIS OTHER ALBUMS DO? OH OK NADA

    ILL WAIT FOR THE FINAL TALLY

  3. THE RETURN OF THE GREAT LACEFRONCE. September 6, 2011

    Lil Gremlin = FLOP FLOP FLOP

  4. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) September 6, 2011

    I’m not surprised.He had plenty of crossover hits and didn’t he have like 3 lead singles??Anyway, he is considered “the cool guy” by kids and teenagers now, but he actually might do something positive.If all those kids that love his supposed-to-be funny and clever lyrics (*throws up) start to explore the hip hop genre a bit more and leave Wayne aside, then the real hip hop might benefit from that success…You never know…

  5. JAYLA September 6, 2011

    WHY U GAYS SOOO MAD LOL…. BUT YOU ALL BELIEVE GAGA SOLD THAT MUCH LMAO, SHUT THE F*** UP!

  6. IS†ANN4GAGA September 6, 2011

    Congrats…..

    Albeit Wayne’s album was complete SHITE from start to finish……

    (and NO,Please do NOT bring my fave into this.)

  7. Frieda (THE VOICE) September 6, 2011

    Congrats to Wayne. They just mad that he out sold the camel and his b**** Kanye. Although I do love Kanye he’s Jay’s b**** with his “metrosexual” ass.

  8. Auntie Jackie September 6, 2011

    That album is wack as F***. We can thank the you-know-who demographic for those million in sales.

  9. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN September 6, 2011

    Didn’t outsell Taylor’s album, but very good number.

  10. TYLER September 6, 2011

    I don’t like the album. but I find is sooooooooooo funny how this dude sells a million records and ya’ll still call him a Flop? ya’ll need to go back to school because this dude is winning hate him or love him. Yall are just stupid as hell. Flops are people like Keri Hilson, Jordan Sparks, Bow Wow, The Dream. like this is sooo comical.

    This is just like Rihanna Stans calling Beyonce a Flop and she got 16+ Grammy’s and Rihanna only has 1. LOL I can’t deal with ignorant people

  11. Speaks Truth September 6, 2011

    Yeahhhhhh wayneeeeeee

  12. Malibu Barbie September 6, 2011

    There is no way Lil Wayne sold a million copies his first week. And outselling Jay & Kanye (on one album). Not to mention his album leaked before released and ppl were saying it was wack THEY BUY THEIR OWN S***. wake up people! they bought out Pink Friday now they bought this out.. just as a “in your face” to JAY + KANYE

  13. ㄕѺㄕ 尺Ѻㄚムしイㄚ ( 尺ŲÐ乇 乃Ѻㄚ ) September 6, 2011

    this is a living proof world gonna end in 2012 !!!

  14. RHI RHI IS QUEEN September 6, 2011

    WOW BIRDMAN SURE DID BUY ALOT OF COPIES OF THAT ALBUM I SEE..SMH

  15. bougiehippie September 6, 2011

    Why people so shady?

  16. TeamBreezy September 6, 2011

    I knew it…Love the Album

    CIV > WTT

  17. speaks fact September 6, 2011

    Ya’ll pls don’t hate on d n****… He sure did it n it doesn’t matter how many copies Birdman or any YMCMB bought, Wayne did it on em n dethroned jay n ye…. Whoooooooooooooo #TeamWeezy

  18. KINGB BISH September 6, 2011

    HMMMMMMMMMMMMM;///////////////

  19. Bey Fan… September 6, 2011

    It’s not about Lil Wayne vs Jay-Z …. But this dude selling a milli in one week is hard to believe.

  20. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    I don’t like his album but there is no denying his fans’ power! Kudos to him and them!

    @Pop Royalty
    If that were true then the world would have ended when he sold 1 mil with the Carter 3 even though that was a better album…LOL

  21. KANE (KING BEY & QUEEN ADELE – U MAD?) September 6, 2011

    CONGRATULATIONS WAYNE!!!!!!!

    LOOK AT ALL THESE SHADY NEGROES HATING ON A BLACK MAN SELLING “A MILLI” IN THE FIRST WEEK!!!!!!!

    #MYGOSH

  22. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    OMG! Based on this comment section, there certainly are some hoodrats on TGJ!

    I CAN’T

  23. TR September 6, 2011

    *Cues the bbitter Beyonce stans who will in EVERY way try their damndest to cast aspersion on this great feat….and I’m the LAST prson who would give this horrible, disgusting, worthless gremlin any praise~~ nonetheless, you know the phrase…’Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t!!

  24. KANE (KING BEY & QUEEN ADELE – U MAD?) September 6, 2011

    @YEABEY

    I KNOW RIGHT? SMFH

    _______

    ACCORDING TO BILLBOARD – LIL WAYNE HAS NOT SOLD ONE MILLION COPIES OF THE ALBUM, HE HAS IN FACT DEBUTED WITH…….

    #964,000 COPIES

    I REPEAT

    #964,000 COPIES

    NONETHELESS, ITS STILL A REMARKABLE FEAT – AMERICA CERTAINLY IS BECOMING MORE RAP FRIENDLY!!! NO???

    http://www.billboard.com/#/news

  25. Percy September 6, 2011

    IS†ANN4GAGA
    People believe Gaga sold over a million because Amazon made the “Born This Way” $0.99 for two or three days…and Gaga has a huge army of fans that’d be her music like that …plus she has millions of followers on Twitter and Facebook. And she pretty much crystalized the digial song selling world with her music.

  26. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    964,000 Copies not 1 mil but Congrats anyway!!

    @TR
    Please point out these “stans” you were speaking of…..PLEASE!

  27. TR September 6, 2011

    ..And before the throng of naysayers who come in to indigantly proclaim that tgis is all a conspiracy, and that his label’ bought all of them’…ask yourselves something: DOES THAT MAKE ANY DAMN SENSE TO U?!?!?! Recod labels like any conglomerate are all about margin of profit, meaning how much they make, with the little that they distribute. Labels are in the business to MAKE MONEY, not to lose it–and if buying records with the same money you put upfront, in efforts to recoup all, AND make a profit…. THEY AIN’T MAKING MONEY, POINT, BLANK, PERIOD!!! Just something to clear up, not just Wayne, but that utterly stupid notion is sometimes propogated to many artists, and it defies logic!!

  28. IS†ANN4GAGA September 6, 2011

    Percy

    September 6, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    IS†ANN4GAGA
    People believe Gaga sold over a million because Amazon made the “Born This Way” $0.99 for two or three days…and Gaga has a huge army of fans that’d be her music like that …plus she has millions of followers on Twitter and Facebook. And she pretty much crystalized the digial song selling world with her music.
    ________________________________________________________________________

    I know this,and people who do not care for or hate Gaga will associate this with “being a gimmick” unfortunately…….and I’m pretty sure AMAZON was behind this due to the fact Gaga received FULL PRICE from them…….

  29. PinkKush September 6, 2011

    Did someone put “FLOP FLOP FLOP”? I dont get it… how do you flop with 1 million sold in the first week? {{CONFUSED}} O_o

  30. matt September 6, 2011

    reporting false numbers FALSE? how low has this site came to, Billboard has released the official numbers, just below a milli, get it right!!

  31. TR September 6, 2011

    Yeababy..scroll up, lol!! And trust more will follow of the ‘this ain’t right’, ‘I don’t believe this’, ‘He bough those record himse;f’, type…NO coincidence who they’ll stan for!!

  32. kellywillovercome September 6, 2011

    wow. even though i prefer old wayne, congrats to him. his fan base is very loyal.

  33. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @TR
    But I also see a Rihanna stan and other people so why aren’t they also being called out?

  34. TeamBreezy September 6, 2011

    How many of the 1milli sold for $0.99 cents?
    OOooops!

    #TeamWeezy

  35. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @PINKKUSH
    September 6, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    Did someone put “FLOP FLOP FLOP”? I dont get it… how do you flop with 1 million sold in the first week? {{CONFUSED}} O_o
    _________________________________________
    Never mind that user. the person also thinks that Lady Gaga and Adele are FLOPS too

  36. Queen Beyonce Stann September 6, 2011

    EWW I Guess Only TRASH Like Lady CACA & Lil Wayne Are Selling 1 Million Their First Week Now A Days, But Atleast Lil Wayne Didn’t Have To Sell It For 99 Cents 😛
    Either Way Both Of Their Albums Sounds Like TRASH! (The Only Good Songs, Sheiße & 6 Foot 7 Foot)

    #KimgB2011

  37. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @TEAMBREEZY
    Why is everyone acting like Lady Gaga sold Born This Way for 99 cents? Amazon sold it for 99 cents. They bought all those albums from Lady gaga’s label for FULL PRICE. SO It wasn’t Gaga’s fault and Amazon lost alot of profit!

    Either way Lady Gaga still dominated and is slaying WW!

  38. TR September 6, 2011

    Lol..ok, fine!! Maybe Riri stans to will be jealous/angry/bitter. But like I said main fanbase, arguing/disputing/throwing stones/casting suspicions on other artist’s big numbers(Gaga, Adelle, Wayne), you guessed it……:)

  39. commanderofthedancefloor September 6, 2011

    @TYLER, first off rihanna has 4 grammys secound off since when does a grammy even make an artist? for example michael jackson had 13 grammys, and beyonce has 16. so does that make beyonce better than michael jackson, HELL NO. why the hell even bring up beyonce and rihanna?

    Anyways, lil wayne hasn’t floped, he only sold 964,000 first week , but that is still better than both of my faves combined so good job for him. and next week he will pass the million mark, so it will be the first rap album that came out this year to do that, and in a couple of weeks watch the throne will be the secound one.

  40. TeamBreezy September 6, 2011

    @YeaBey Wont Dance 4 U

    TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT UR SAYING BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE (ABOUT 400K) BOUGHT IT FROM AMAZON FOR THAT REDUCED PRICE … THA CARTER IV DIDNT HAVE THAT LUXURY AND STILL SOLD BIG, SO IM JUST GIVING PROPS WHEN OTHERS R TRASHING HIM

  41. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    Who the f*** cares…he`s garbage and Gaga already did it soooo !!!!
    Lady Gaga >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lil Wayne !
    Britney, Beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki, Gaga 4 2011 THE MALES WILL HAVE TO DEAL !

  42. TeamBreezy September 6, 2011

    VIA BILLBOARD.COM

    http://www.billboard.com/#/news/it-s-official-lil-wayne-s-carter-iv-debuts-1005340562.story

    “Of course, Gaga’s first week was bolstered by two days’ worth of 99-cent sale pricing from AmazonMP3’s store. “Carter IV” managed to sell nearly a million without such tactics. It’s estimated that AmazonMP3 sold upwards of 440,000 downloads of its 99-cent “Born This Way” album.” -Billboard

    BILLBOARD = 964K
    HDD = 1MILLI
    ………. ILL WAIT FOR TMRWS FINAL NUMBERS

  43. Madonnalover September 6, 2011

    How and Why?

  44. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @TEAMBREEZY
    But Lady Gaga fans weren’t bragging to Lil Wayne fans about her success so you don;t have to shade her. Just celebrate Wayne’s terrific feat and just leave it at that.

  45. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    Yeah celebrate Wayne`s trashy music going to number one !

  46. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @JAMIR21
    You may not like it but no need to trash him for it! He did good regardless! Lil Wayne fans don’t all like Gaga’s music but you don’t see them making fun of her album!

  47. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    @ Yeabey You dont like Lil Wayne either !

  48. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @JAMIR21
    No I don’t but I’m not going to hate on his sales! He did good!

  49. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    @ Yeabey Yeah I think your right ….I shouldnt hate on his music but its just his fans who get on my nerves like that one who attacked beyonce earlier in the day !!!!
    Well at least he is the first male to get good sales since 2011 is the year of the woman !
    P**** POWER 4 2011

  50. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @JAMIR21
    LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    You are Hilarious!!!!

  51. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    @ Yeabey Thank you !!!
    The reason I am pissed over Wayne because one of his fans attacked bey earlier this day !

  52. IS†ANN4GAGA September 6, 2011

    I’m not going to hate his sales either…2 weeks hovering around the Million mark is good for any artist…….

  53. VA STAND UP!!! September 6, 2011

    Well congrats are in order for the Lil Gremlin, even though I still think he is over rated and his album wasn’t no kinds of s***! The reviews were horrible and even his die hard fans said it wasn’t his best. I guess this just proves he has die hard stans, and the majority of them are surburban white kids. *shrugs*

    Oh….and he is NOT the greatest rapper alive! Sales my earn you respect but they don’t make you the greatest.

    I’m dead at all the jokes on twitter about Birdman buying a bunch of albums. I really wouldn’t put it past him though….

  54. Kenny September 6, 2011

    This is interesting because Lil Wayne sold just under a million in first week, were as two major rap artist completed an album together and did reach that success in the first week. Does this mean no one is checking for older artist (rap), and gravitating towards younger rap artist like Lil Wayne who is more appealing than two thirty and fourty somethings?

  55. JAYLA September 6, 2011

    You ppl sound so stupid! Too much time on ylls hands, Them people not buying their own records just to prove something to u idiots! Your opinions don’t matter!

  56. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @JAMIR21
    Don’t be scared of some Lil Wayne fans. At the end of the day, who makes the most sales in the long run? Not Weezy!

  57. Beyonce: Simply The Queen September 6, 2011

    Lol at Kenny but yeah you kept it real. WTT is a FLOOOOOOP what a stupid album. They tried to pass that to us as greatness trying to play on our intelligence. Cater 4 was wayyygg better first rap album I ever bought in my life and I ain’t even a Wayne fan. Obviously he put in work into this album and didn’t just try to sell his name. This is a prime example of when you put in work you reap the benefits.

    People talking about this album like they even bought it. Most of the silly comments are from people are just going with what they crowd is saying. Before you speak upon a subject make sure you’ve done your home work and seriously he did a little better than okay

    Maybe your fave can learn a thing or two from him not just put some bunch of s*** together like gay z and kanye thinking people won’t take notice. Worst money I ever spent this year was on WTT overrated piece of s*** I wish I could get a refund on

    At the end of the day as of 2011 Wayne > Gayz + His Lips + Kanye + His Gay Swag # Done

  58. Romeo September 6, 2011

    Well if YMCMB bought most of the copies of course he’s gonna sell that many lol

  59. SHESDUMB (GAGA,JANET, AND PRINCE STAN) 19/F/FL September 6, 2011

    ONLY IN AMERICA

  60. lol September 6, 2011

    @VA STAND UP!!!
    I cant believe im saying this but PREACH !!!

    Im not mad at Weezy i just wish he would’ve put out better material this go around , i thought when rapper go to jail they coime up with amzing concepts and lyrics . idk it just makes no sense that so many artist perform in front of sold out crowds,travel the world, have children, and other ralationships and still dont get inspired and they just talk about the same s*** from previous albums . Icant

    @YEABEY ,IS†ANN4GAGA,Jamir21,SHESDUMB
    whats good ? 🙂

  61. #Really? September 6, 2011

    I Don’t care if i’m called an hater.
    There is simply so intelligent fan of lil wayne period.
    There is a difference between Book smarts and Common sense.
    You have no common sense if you think baby isn’t buying a good bulk of these albums.
    Now the carter 3. Everyone was blasting it that summer. It was an excellent summer and that was an great album.

    I believe the carter 3 sold it’s 1 million and change.
    However this time around no,im sure they aren’t being honest with us about the sales.
    Not one person I know has the album and you don’t hear ppl blasting it like the carter 3.

    SN: How can anybody call kanye gay and not think
    weezy doesn’t double dutch the rainbow?Lol..Weezy “IS” The gay rapper and the MTV Awards were almost like an coming out party…

  62. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    @LOL
    Hey! Nothing really! Whats up with you?

  63. YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U September 6, 2011

    Right? Dead at People calling Kanye and Jay-Z gay when Lil Wayne Def wore leopard jeggings at the VMA’S!

    Lil Wayne is an okay rapper but He’s not doing anything that the other rapper isnt doing!

    Watch the Throne may not have lived up to the over hype and expectations, but its a better album lyrically and production-wise!

    Carter 3 was the ish! Carter 4 sounds like a mixtape! Everyone on twitter was complaining about it! Good for him and his sales but the music is PURE CRAP!

  64. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    @ LOL Nothing
    @ Yeabey LOL

  65. > September 6, 2011

    no wonder other racis look down on other race as dumb ignorant retards crab in a bucket…how the hell is someone going to buy there own album just to say they sold a milli in a week and be claiming he sold for 99C…that don’t make any sense for the artist are the company……..dumb so and so fans they are the ones running on here acting the fool…anyways gratz to Wayne he didn’t used any shady tactics to sell is records…all went for full price YMCMB are doing there thing drake,nicki and now wayne,did good on there album loyal fans and hard word.

  66. ole skool September 6, 2011

    not buying this crap

  67. Beyonce: Simply The Queen September 6, 2011

    Preach > . why would he buy his own album? Just an excuse to demerit him of his success and hard work

    “Watch the Throne may not have lived up to the over hype and expectations, but its a better album lyrically and production-wise!”—- LIESSS that shot sucked major ass. What fo you call a suck like illest mf alive with 3 minutes of the song silent. Production my

    Twitter has it’s opinions so are the reviewers on iTunes and clearly you can see that C4 has a higher rating on iTunes WTT. With C4 sitting very very cute at #2 and WTT sitting miserable at #10 ha ha ha. Chill!!!!! hmmmm so much for the best rappers alive my behind. Numbers don’t lie and it’s pretty obvious that Gay z and Kanye are big flops on the highest order. They just some bunch of frauds

    Even with Wanyes leaked material he still destroyed everything that those old h*** stand for. I was pissed that after all the hype, that was all those two could bring??? When people expect alot from you, YOU BRING IT. Bring it or go home and clearly that’s why those two washed up rappers are home felling like disgraced flops

    Hope next time Gay z and Kanye try to defraud us they put in more work and learn a two from Wayne and maybe they would do better which I’m sure they cant cause they washed up and arrogant

  68. vicious vixen September 6, 2011

    Am I the only one that throws up a little when looking at the Lil’ Gremlin? Ugh! And whoever said it’s clear that he double dutches the rainbow… I choked on my Pepsi laughing! #Dead

  69. SHESDUMB (GAGA,JANET, AND PRINCE STAN) 19/F/FL September 6, 2011

    WATCH THE THRONE IS BETTER LYRICALLY.
    GO LISTEN TO “ILLEST MOTHERFU**ER ALIVE” AND COMPARE THE LYRICS CONTENT OF THAT TO “6 FOOR 7 FOOT”

    LIL WAYNE IS GARB.

  70. Beyonce: Simply The Queen September 6, 2011

    Gay z and Kanye are lovers. Didn’t you see them cuddling at the VMA’s like Chris browns puppies?I did if you didn’t . Anyways what do you expect? Two flops celebrating each other…. Ha ha ha y’all wait till Drake’s album also destroy WTT numbers by thousands then maybe y’all would open your eyes and not be fooled by your own feelings…. cause trust feelings will be crused cuz Drizzy Drake will alldp crush these has beens. People ain’t felling that WTT like tha beeeledat. So quote me on that….mark that you read it here first . Take Care > WTT

  71. SHESDUMB (GAGA,JANET, AND PRINCE STAN) 19/F/FL September 6, 2011

    @LOL
    NOTHING MUCH TONIGHT

  72. Beyonce: Simply The Queen September 6, 2011

    IMfA with 3 minutes of the song BLANK #FAIL. So what lyrics are you taking? ” Russell aint the only Russell”? I will give it kanye but Gay Z nahhhhh that dude washed out.., he turned that album into a flop with his 1980s punchlines. Seriously, Where did the three minutes of this go though? Didn’t they check the contents before putting it out or they just didn’t care? I’m sure they didn’t care cuz of folks like your self eating it up and confusing that for greatness PLEASEEEEE!!!!

  73. lol September 6, 2011

    YEABEY WON’T DANCE 4 U

    September 6, 2011 at 8:25 pm

    Right? Dead at People calling Kanye and Jay-Z gay when Lil Wayne Def wore leopard jeggings at the VMA’S!
    —————————————————–
    THIS …only GIRLS AND GAYS WEAR LEGGINGS !!!

    i mean come on i dont know Wayne personaly but he is gives off beyond gay vibes , rock stars white boys wouldnt even wear that s***

  74. THE ORIGINAL IS†ANN4GAGA September 6, 2011

    @LOL I’m fine…

    SN:Who else thinks the instrumental to RTWG gives them life?????

  75. lol September 6, 2011

    @Beyonce: Simply The Queen
    How can you call Jay z and Kanye lovers but Lil Wayne and Baby aka his STEP DADDY AKA HIS MOMMA’S ONE TIME BOYFRIEND I REPEAT NOT HIS REAL FATHER kissed i remember whatchin 106 and park back in the day when Free hosted the show and asked Baby about how he deals with so many young women tryn to kiss up and get with Lil Wayne …Do you know what this fool said ” im the only person he kiss” !!…the look on Free face…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FxEZLj3PKM

  76. THE ORIGINAL IS†ANN4GAGA September 6, 2011

    And them leggings were questionable…I’m surprised his disco stick wasn’t seen……

  77. SHESDUMB (GAGA,JANET, AND PRINCE STAN) 19/F/FL September 6, 2011

    @LOL

    THE EVIDENCE OF LIL WAYNE AND BIRDMAN BEING SUSPECT IS ON YOUTUBE, UNLESS THEY REMOVED IT.

  78. nickalus Randle September 6, 2011

    cant hate, its a mess, BUT come on, WAYNE GOT THE WHITE PEOPLE ON LOCK & THEY SUPPORT !!!!

  79. TREAL.! September 6, 2011

    y’all do know that the whole “buying your albums” technique is, and has always been, a myth. It’s an old-wive’s-tale.

    Like a stone cold, lol-at-these-n*ggas-thinking-this-s***-is-real myth.

    It’s not real. It never happened.

    ever.

    No record company would ever buy large quantities of their own product to make it “look good” on billboard. All that money spent has to be taxed, written off and eventually recouped. To do it once would be stupid, to do it twice would be insane and honestly fiscally impossible. It doesn’t work. No matter how much the artist tours or how much he or she would later sell, they would never recoup spending what would amount to billions of dollars to buy millions of albums just for the f*** of it.

    Seriously. You sound stupid for even thinking such a thing were possible as a long term technique toward success.

    Wayne has a rabid fanbase…that’s it, that’s all.

    deal with it.

  80. LTM September 6, 2011

    funny because the last 2 cds before this one flopped hard. he can sell 12million his first week, it still wont change the fact that this album was worse than Rebirth

  81. Slaydele Slay$ha & R.I.P Amy Slayhouse September 6, 2011

    Seriously, who bought this b******* on a disc and why? I predict a 90% decrease in 2nd week sales.

    And only teenagers would say Lil Whine and his b**** Drake are better tha Jay Z and Kanye. Lets not.

  82. Slaydele Slay$ha & R.I.P Amy Slayhouse September 6, 2011

    And didnt Nas do that type of album cover over a decade ago? Apparently Nicki is the only unorginal one in Young Money

  83. SelenaFabulousGomez September 6, 2011

    Ewwwwwwww

  84. SHESDUMB (GAGA,JANET, AND PRINCE STAN) 19/F/FL September 6, 2011

    HE CAN SELL 12 MILLION WONT CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE SUCKS AS A RAPPER

  85. lol September 6, 2011

    i can totnight with the wayne fans (who seemingly come out of the middle of no where)
    anyway goodnight SHESDUMB YEABEY ,IS†ANN4GAGA,Jamir21,

    Deuces

  86. IS†ANN4GAGA September 6, 2011

    Night @LOL

  87. THE GREAT LACEFRONCE RETURNS. September 6, 2011

    OH.

    4closure is definitely the biggest flop of the year 😕

  88. THE GREAT LACEFRONCE RETURNS. September 6, 2011

    At least he sold 964k[almost a milli] without selling his album for .99….like T***** Caca 😉

  89. PopCulture King aka Jamir21: IStan4 Mike,Madge,Rih,Brit,Bey,Gaga,Mimi & Nicki !!! September 6, 2011

    Only teenagers buy his music !

  90. JDGAF September 6, 2011

    At the end of the day, Wayne was more successful than Gaga…so I’m happy. This was SUPPOSED to be Gaga’s year, but Adele, Katy and Wayne just came and stole her chart thunder and headlines. LOL!

  91. perhaps September 6, 2011

    wayne hasn’t made good music since I don’t know when, it was embarrassing watching him perform how to love on the vma’s seriously. I just can’t.

  92. Diane September 6, 2011

    Maybe they crowned Eminem too soon as the King of Rap cos I never hear his songs on the radio, not like I did when he was with Dre. Wayne, on the other hand, saturates the radio. And now he just brought in A Milli for his debut. I crown Lil Wayne as the King of Rap.

  93. Get Real September 7, 2011

    -_________________________________________________________- He’s still a b****.

  94. AffluentSingle.CóM September 7, 2011

    WOW.hoho,My best friend has just announced her wedding with a great man who is a cele+brity!
    They met-via {http://www.Affl·uent·Sin·gle.com }
    It is nice club for rich men or pretty girls mate.
    You do not need to be wealthy or famous, but you can meet your true love, it’s worthy a try.

  95. B. Hill September 7, 2011

    Look at all the haters mad cause Wayne sold his million without needing a 99cent discount to push it.

  96. nice_gurl September 7, 2011

    To say white people like Lil Wayne and no white people like Jay Z and Kanye is wrong. Maybe most white people would prefer Lil Wayne, but not me. Jay Z and Kanye have better style and lyrics, while Wayne is just annoying.

    I did listen to Lil Wayne’s album though. His lyrics..well they were bad as expected. The beats were good on some songs, like Nightmares at the Bottom, How To Hate, Abortion, So Special, How To Love, President Carter, Mirror and Novacane, but his voice and lyrics wreck the beats.

    But there are two songs that I like which is Mirror and How To Love. WTT should have sold way more than this album. Lil Wayne is so overrated.

  97. MissImpartial September 7, 2011

    Good for him. Like the fact it is going to bruise some egos. LOL

  98. sean September 7, 2011

    all those muf%#rs saying c4 was wack , c4 was this lemmi tell u this. THE PEOPLE U KNOW WHO DONT HAVE C4 ARE MUCH LESS THAN THE PEOPLE U DONT KNOW WHO HAVE HIS ALBUM. all those who hate him are jealousy of him and inwardly love him. hate is love expressed illogically.

  99. MISHKA September 7, 2011

    Good for him, no matter what I absolutely don’t think about him.

  100. Nick September 7, 2011

    Again this photos???

  101. Geronimo Deuces September 7, 2011

    MissImpartial

    September 7, 2011 at 2:11 am

    Good for him. Like the fact it is going to bruise some egos. LOL
    ______________________________________

    LMAO

  102. lol September 7, 2011

    For those who are thinkin about buying this album

    Dont bother

    Nighmares of the bottom,Blunt rollin,President carter,its all good,and THE INTERLUDES FT TECH 9,BUSTA, NAS AND ETC. are the only good songs of this album the rest are ….

    Bonus track : Mirrors ft Bruno Mars…Bruno saves the song

  103. Kim SHITS On Nicki Minaj Tgj.com be pressed on on kim ! O o p! & AAALIYAH Is THE Queen Of R&B ! She Could Have Slayed Beyonces Career ! September 7, 2011

    Wow So Lil Gremlin Sold That Much ????? Where Are The Receipts ?? Welp He Gonna Need All The Money He Can Get After He Bought Nicki That Fake Ass Moon Man ! Anyways By Next Week Hes Gonna Sell Like 10 Copies Then This Gimmick Will Be Over ! IDC How Much He Sold The Review Said That S*** Album Was A Flop Just Like Flop Friday !

  104. aisha aguilera keys September 7, 2011

    Woah! I’m no Lil Wayne fan but woah! Those numbers are impressive! And peeps can’t talk about the album costing .99 cents!

  105. aisha aguilera keys September 7, 2011

    What’s worst is that it leaked, but it still sold that well! Congrats, Weezy!

  106. 007 September 7, 2011

    who write this bs if you going write a post get your fact right on billboard state

    Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ Now Aiming for 850,000 Debut

    Further, “Carter IV” is on its way to an overall first-week start of more than 850,000 copies — digital and physical sales combined — so say industry prognosticators. The tracking week ends on Sunday night, Sept. 4. We’ll have the final, official Nielsen SoundScan weekly sales figures on Wednesday morning, Sept. 7.

    and the post said According to final figures from Billboard, the album debuted a little under a million copies, selling:964,000 copies that off alot and billboard said aiming for 850,000 so he not even there yet

  107. IS†ANN4GAGA September 7, 2011

    Until I see the fact that Gaga HERSELF told Amazon to sell her album for 99 cents,then I don’t want to hear it!!!!!!

    All y’all do is talk about “Oh Caca sold her s*** for 99c…..Lil Wayne ain’t have to do that for 99c”

    Gaga probably didn’t even know it until it was brought onto her so you can cut that Gaga sold it for 99 cents mess………

  108. Beyonce: Simply The Queen September 7, 2011

    You mad huh? WTT didn’t sell more cuz it was mediocre period. Blogs lie, gams exaggerate, men lie, women lie but #’s don’t so bye

  109. Beyonce: Simply The Queen September 7, 2011

    *fans exaggerate*

  110. MW September 7, 2011

    Wow, what is the world coming to when such albums are bought and such artists are supported? Like really, from a sociology point of view, what does it show about society? I’m not hating or denying then numbers, but these numbers show a lot about society. Oh my.

  111. JaneE September 8, 2011

    I don’t believe C4 sold 900K-1M because the fact that he put out 2 albums after C3 and they didn’t sell pass 200k the first week O_O but some people seem to forget that Wayne put out Rebirth & I Am Not A Human Being.

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