Coming out on top was the plan and VIBE cover artist Lil’ Wayne a.k.a Weezy F. Baby did just that, selling 1,005,545, of his latest LP Tha Carter III in one week – a feat not accomplished since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005.
Tha Carter III’s opening day sales reached approximately 423,000 despite a very controversial leak that took place a week prior to the release, all the file sharing had little to no effect on the project’s numbers. It is officially the largest first week sales for any album in 2008 in the United States.
Wayne’s monster first single “Lollipop” took over radio, TV and web. Produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin, the song is Lil Wayne’s most successful single to date, holding the number one spot so far for 5 non-consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Current radio smash “A Milli”, produced by Bangladesh, is also making noise on the charts.
Other features on the album Diddy has dubbed "classic", include Robin Thicke, Jay Z, T-Pain, Babyface and many more. The album also features production from big names such as Kanye West, David Banner, Cool & Dre, and Swizz Beatz.
To keep the momentum going, Lil Wayne told MTV News he plans to collaborate with T-Pain on a joint tour and collaboration album. Lil Wayne is also releasing a champagne next month and set to co-star along side Forest Whitaker in the upcoming Tim Story film The Patriots. Production on the movie is through The Weinstein Company and is being filmed currently in New Orleans.
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sirstins says:
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lupe is better. enough said
July 14, 2008 at 9:14 pm
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mrz_skittles says:
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i lubb a milli but i dont unda stad a word lil wayne is sayin... lol but he da numba 1
July 10, 2008 at 7:41 pm
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mrz_skittles says:
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i lubb a milli but i dont unda stad a word lil wayne is sayin... lol but he da numba 1
July 10, 2008 at 7:39 pm
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TBALLER says:
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WELL I JUST HAVE TO SAY WAYNE DID HIS THING AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES, BUT THE THE DAGO BRAVES BLEW THE HOUSE DOWN
PEACE: ReZ rAtS
June 25, 2008 at 5:38 pm
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Yohance1987 says:
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WAYNE KILLED EVERY TRACC ON THA CARTER 3 YA DIG HE ONE OF THA REALEST NIGGA IN DIS RAP GAME YA DIG- YOHANCE'
June 20, 2008 at 9:19 am
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MAKKville says:
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That's my Buoy! we dnt diss ppl we dissmiss "em! now we takin over 4rm tha Massacre, meanin we r dismissin who arted tht Album! lol! thumbs up Weezy
NEW f**kin CASHMONEY got a new phase n thts me!!!!!!!!
i will b comon to new Orleans Soon!
MAKK
June 19, 2008 at 9:12 am
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blaq_cherry says:
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W.O.W (Weezy Officially Won) His actions speak louder then words (not to mention his album sales), he is the "Best Rapper ALIVE". 1,005,545 sold in 1 week! Congratulations to him.
June 19, 2008 at 12:55 am
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Marquaysa says:
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Congratulations to Weezy F. Baby. I knew he could do it. I knew he should do it. I knew he would do it!! I'm an avid listener. A non-stop supporter of Weezy and his music. My b-day was June 6 and I told my best friend to GET ME dat Carter III album ON JUN.10 when it came out. And I told her that if she DIDN'T, as soon as I grabbed up the $10.00+ tax, I would get it myself cause I wanted to be apart of his sales. 2 days passed by and C3 still wasn't in my hands, so I did just that. On June 13, I got his album from Best Buy in Golden East Crossing Mall in Rocky Mt. NC!!! I love Wayne and I could have easily gotten C3 on the DL or something like everybody else wanted to do, but I know he wants his money. More important than that, I know that as much as that man works on his music (living it. eating it. breathing it.), he DESERVES his money. I'm glad and proud to be apart of his PLATINUM STATUS!!! And for anybody who is a hater, ti's okay. Cause all I have to say is: We did it!!! PLATINUM STATUS!! Eat it!! lol. Just had to get it all out
~~Quaysa~~
June 18, 2008 at 9:14 pm