Lil Wayne‘s comeback has been crowned with chart success.
The Hip-Hop titan uncaged long-awaited album ‘Tha Carter V’ last week – seven years after his last studio effort.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)A legal wrangle with Birdman blocked the release of the project, but with the drama behind them the pathway was cleared for the set’s unleashing.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Still, a win was far from a given.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Indeed, beyond the ever-risky reality attached to elongated stints out of the spotlight, during Weezy’s time away the industry shape-shifted towards streaming-led consumption. A fact that’s proven fatal for some acts whose strongest metric was physical sales.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Fortunately for the rapper, he has nothing to worry about. Quite the contrary.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)The final numbers are in and they await after the jump…
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Per Billboard, the ‘Tha Carter V’ officially premieres at #1 on the Billboard 200 tally.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)It does so with 480,000 sales plus streaming units. A feat which renders the set the third-largest opener for an album in 2018. [Its pure sales figure is 141,000]
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Furthermore, the LP debuts with the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album, wracking up 433 million on-demand audio streams for its songs in its first week.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)The project, which features guest spots from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Nivea, and Ashanti, earns Wayne his fourth #1 album.
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Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Having proven his potency in today’s streaming led climate, Wayne re-cements himself as one of music’s most formidable forces.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Moving forward, he’s now tasked with ensuring the set has legs.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)In the here and now, though, big congrats.
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I’m just not here for anything he’s offering…??♂️
That’s how we feel about Beyonce too. Her bubble gum , trash songs ain’t s***.
Great album!
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His album is really great I like it all!!!
This record is a banger. Much better than Drake and Kanye’s latest. With this album Wayne proves that he is still the most versatile rapper in the game right now. Only Jay-Z rivals him in versatility and I would put J in a different category as he is from the 90s not 2000s.
lil Wayne is from the 90s too lol
Lil Wayne’s debut album was released at the tail-end of ’99, so he isn’t considered by many to be a 90’s rapper. Plus he didn’t become a heavy hitter until the mid-2000’s.
When will Nicki?