Days ago, various reports indicated that Lil Wayne‘s ‘The Carter IV‘ would see first week sales around the 850,00 units figure.
However, fans of the Young Money Rapper will be pleased to know that the LP is now expected to exceed this sales prediction and is now set to almost double the first week successes of ‘Watch The Throne’ released by rivals Jay Z and Kanye West.
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After his now well celebrated performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , new reports suggest that the ‘How To Love‘ entertainer’s upcoming album is now expected to move between 925,000 to 975,000 units in the first week of its release in the US alone.
This would not only make the performer’s LP the highest selling Rap effort of the year but also one of the only LPs to move over 900,000 units in its first week alone in the last two years.
Surpassing Lady GaGa‘s ‘Born This Way‘ which although sold 1 million copies in its first week, was only able to achieve this due to the fact that Amazon were selling its copies of the LP for less than a dollar.