Lil’ Wayne On Track To Sell 850k In First Week?

Published: Monday 29th Aug 2011 by Rashad

Despite an early leak, industry forecasters are reporting that hip hop heavyweight Lil’ Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ is still set to have an impressive debut on next week’s Billboard 200 -boasting sales of 700-850k.  If such is the case, the numbers would easily give him the highest tally of any solo male artist this year, and second overall (under Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’).

The forecasted numbers best that of fellow hip-hop heavyweights Jay-Z & Kanye West (who interestingly managed to release their album unleaked).  Regardless, ‘IV’ will mark Wayne’s 3rd no. 1 album and second highest first week sales behind ‘Tha Carter III’ (which sold a whopping 1 million its first week in 2008).

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  1. Kevin August 29, 2011

    WHAT THE F***? WHO ACTUALLY BUYS THIS TRASH?

    I AM SERIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED IN HUMANITY RIGHT NOW. LEMME JUST LISTEN TO SOME ACTUAL RAP… #nowplaying Ni**as in Paris

    • AmazinAssasin August 22, 2012

      Seriously!!!??? Lol…no you didnt!

  2. ANTHONY August 29, 2011

    BIRDMAN BOUGHT SUM IF THOSE UNITS…I STICK BY THAT!

  3. Dale_23 August 29, 2011

    Well if my record label BOUGHT 1/2 of the albums, I’m sure mine would do this well also.

    I fux wit Wayne n all, but we all know the truth behind the sales of this and his last album.

  4. Kisses August 29, 2011

    A mess.

  5. Dale_23 August 29, 2011

    And @ Kevin….

    STILL rappin about s*** you haven’t done in over 10 years since u became a millionaire ISN’T REAL RAP.

    #sorry

  6. jasmine August 29, 2011

    Birdman bought about 500,000

  7. flawda August 29, 2011

    how can they forecast that stuff when retailers haven’t even start selling that yet. Probably some rumor Cash Money started to take focus off people saying the album is wack on twitter.

    It’s not like the album has sold that much on preorders to actually track that.

    Jay-z and Kanye’s album was a digital first week release with no leaks so of course they’re not gonna sell as much due to only being available through Itunes.

  8. lil wayne thr best rapper August 29, 2011

    lil wayne will sell more than that.

  9. HURRICANE BEYONCE BLEW LACEFRONCAPE’S WIG AWAY.(IS†ANN4GAGA) August 29, 2011

    Who buys this stuff????I hate to have to say this but a good portion of the people who buy Wayne’s album are either A-(not trying to come off as racist) White people who channel their inner “N****”. or B-“College Age” at Max…..

    Anyway…I heard that A LOT of people are giving it BAD reviews………

  10. b**** please August 29, 2011

    *walks off from this post*…#icant

  11. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) August 29, 2011

    Whatever…it’s not like I expected the public to suddenly see through him.I hope this is a lesson to Mr.Camel and Kanye.They should both cool their egos.They couldn’t do that much even combined.And of course Wayne would sell well…the dude had 3 lead singles.Anyway, I never checked for him and I’m not planning to change that anytime soon…

  12. King B August 29, 2011

    Who the hell buys this s***? Seriously? I can’t understand it.

  13. kaka August 29, 2011

    ahahahhaa He is about to snatch some locks, braids and wigs !!! you betta do it wayne

  14. Chris August 29, 2011

    Oh how I want him to win so bad! Go ahead Wanye and do the damn thing!

  15. Sleazy August 29, 2011

    Jay z nd kanye album was releasd on itunes and then the next day physically smh

  16. Auntie Jackie August 29, 2011

    That’s a huge WIN for Wayne to sell that much if he does. His music sounds like stir fried s*** now, but whatever.

  17. Ms.LInda August 29, 2011

    Garbageeeeeeeeeeeee and where are these numbers coming from again? I have to say the same as everyone else, who is buying this? His last album only sold 150,000 give or take its first week, y’all do remember that rock album right? Those kind of numbers sound more accurate

  18. Que_baby89 August 29, 2011

    It’s funny cause I recognize some bey stans screen names and their here hating on wayne but when a b**** hate on beyonce, they’re ready to attack! Lol I can’t take it anymore…(king b)

  19. T August 29, 2011

    if this n**** even sells 300k i would be pissed. Even though that sounds like a lot. I expect white kids from the suburbs to buy his bs. They love buying wat they think is cool. Wayne is no longer a rapper. U cant be a rapper n ur singing, ur doing rock music and pop. The album should not touch rnb rap billboards.

  20. SCHEIßE,SCHEIßE(IS†ANN4GAGA) August 29, 2011

    Again,I’ll state who I think is buying his albums(and I hate to come off in a bad way)…

    WIGGERS,WIGGAS & PEOPLE LESS THAN 25 YEARS OLD…

  21. kerron August 29, 2011

    WAT A F****** RACIST STATEMENT……………AND F***** AND WHITE TRAILER TRASH PEOPLE BUY CACA’S ALBUM -____-

  22. teambreezy4life August 29, 2011

    HAHA I BET CAMEL TOE WILL BE HELLA MAD!!!

  23. Harlem August 29, 2011

    he is buying this s*** himself….

  24. IS†ANN4GAGA August 29, 2011

    Wowwwwwwwwwwww @Kerron

    Did you even read the fine print?????

    I am NOT trying to come off as racist but the fact is many people of other races (mainly white males) actually feed the cravings of the black person inside them…….(Where I am,I’ve seen many people of other races that are NOT black blast the s*** out of songs like the horribly Over-rated “Racks” song IMO.)

    and so what if Gaga’s market are mainly gay……I don’t think my comment was any worse than the typical “N***** don’t buy s***,they download” comments that you see floating around here once in a while…….

  25. KANE (KING BEY & QUEEN ADELE – U MAD?) August 29, 2011

    WHY THE F*** ARE PEOPLE SO MAD???????

    L M F A O

    LET US BE (SOMEWHAT) HAPPY FOR THE “BLACK MAN” THAT IS SELLING SO WELL!!!!!!!

    EVEN THOUGH, IRONICALLY ENOUGH, IT IS “ONLY” RAPPERS!!!

    (R&B/SOUL ARTISTS ANYONE???)

  26. kerron August 29, 2011

    IS†ANN4GAGA
    August 29, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Wowwwwwwwwwwww @Kerron

    Did you even read the fine print?????

    I am NOT trying to come off as racist but the fact is many people of other races (mainly white males) actually feed the cravings of the black person inside them…….(Where I am,I’ve seen many people of other races that are NOT black blast the s*** out of songs like the horribly Over-rated “Racks” song IMO.)

    and so what if Gaga’s market are mainly gay……I don’t think my comment was any worse than the typical “N***** don’t buy s***,they download” comments that you see floating around here once in a while…….
    ______________________________________________________________________

    LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING……..IF I SAY ALL F****** HAVE A***…..OR THAT GUY RIGHT THERE HE’S A SISSY AINT I A HOMOPHOBIC????

    I DONT SEE HOW U CAN MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT AND SAY YOUR NOT RACIST….WHEN YOUR VERY COMMENT IS SOMTHING THAT REPUBLICAN WOULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR SAYING ON FOX OR TO OBAMA…

  27. kerron August 29, 2011

    KERRON
    August 29, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    IS†ANN4GAGA
    August 29, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    i just think it could have been said in a better way…thats all

  28. Christian August 29, 2011

    He is soooooooo OVER-RATED and OVER- EXPOSED!!!! Don’t he got kids to RAISE!!!! I mean DAMN!!!! TAKE A BREAK!!!!!

  29. RHI RHI IS QUEEN August 29, 2011

    EEEEWWWW GROSS..

  30. SCHEIßE,SCHEIßE(IS†ANN4GAGA) August 29, 2011

    I couldn’t think a better way without coming off as a jerk so I included the disclaimer….

  31. B. Hill August 29, 2011

    SCHEIßE,SCHEIßE(IS†ANN4GAGA), you’re just mad that Wayne sold that much at full price. He didn’t need to tag his s*** for 99cents to get it to move like this q****-bait singer who I’m thinking of, but won’t bother to say the same.

  32. Greg August 30, 2011

    He has 3 hit singles on this album. All you hating saying his group is buying the albums, the album isnt good, etc is what gives him the lyrics he raps about to sell all this. Ha, keep it up.

  33. nice_gurl August 30, 2011

    I heard that critics are giving this bad reviews. I like the song How To Love, but that’s about it.

  34. KD August 30, 2011

    I think the majority of the posts sum it up. WHO THE HELL IS BUYING LIL’ WAYNE’S MUSIC?

  35. SCHEIßE,SCHEIßE(IS†ANN4GAGA) August 30, 2011

    @B.HILL
    I ain’t mad at all.Lil LawnGnome’s music SUCKS balls this go around and he himself is getting boring.By the way,Amazon sold her s*** for 99c (2 day only deal.) which means even without Amazon,Gaga would still have done good numbers….

  36. Chazz August 30, 2011

    Malcolm Miles VP at Cash Money said in an interview that he would easily out sell Beyonce in the 1st week out. I guess he’s right.

  37. Chazz August 30, 2011

    You can check out that interview on mytgkradio.com

  38. Mickie August 30, 2011

    Who buys this garbage? I’m sorry, I would never spend money on a Wayne record. What a waste that would be

  39. Idol August 30, 2011

    Since everyone is asking, I bought the album. I like music in general and am so happy for Wayne. I don’t like when certain artists are treated like God and they think everyone is just crap compared to them. One of them just got deThroned by Lil Tunechi.

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