Posted June 11, 200817 yr HITS: LIL WAYNE GETS BIG: Cristal bottles are undoubtedly being uncorked over at Universal Motown today by Sylvia Rhone and company as early one-day returns for the much-ballyhooed new Lil Wayne album on Cash Money, Tha Carter III, find the disc blowing by expectations on track to the biggest debut of the year by far. More to come. (6/10p) WEEZY’S THE ONE! New Lil Wayne Album Will be Year’s Biggest Debut, Targeted for 900k+ June 11, 2008 In Weezy we trust. The music industry finally has something to shout about. Thanks to an unprecedented pre-release blitz and the smash single, "Lollipop," Lil Wayne’s eagerly awaited Universal Motown release Tha Carter III is on target to sell more than 900k albums this week, almost twice as much as the previous record-holder, Mariah Carey’s E=MC2, which debuted with 475k last April. That’s based on one-day sales reports from beleaguered music retailers grateful for a little hot fun in the summertime. If there’s brisk foot traffic across the country this Father’s Day weekend, Tha Carter III could even challenge Kanye West’s Graduation, which bowed with 957k last September. Not bad for an album which leaked all over the web last week. It’s the biggest debut week ever for Sylvia Rhone’s Universal Motown, topping Nelly’s total of 714k back in June ’02. Slip N Slide/Atlantic Tampa rapper Plies’ Definition of Real, which includes guest appearances from Ne-Yo, J. Holiday, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Jamie Foxx and The-Dream, looks to be in the 225-250k area. The prolific hip-hop artist is reportedly about to drop a second disc by the end of the year. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo’s band alter ego (with Shay Haley) N.E.R.D. come out with Seeing Sounds, their first album for Interscope, which will sell about 90k, give or take. Rock crit and Louisville jam band acolytes My Morning Jacket are receiving big buzz for their latest on ATO, Evil Urges, which could do as much as 50k in first-week sales. Alanis Morissette gets over the loss of boyfriend Ryan Reynolds to Scarlett Johansson with her new Maverick/Reprise album, Flavors of Entanglement, by consoling herself with 45-50k in sales. Hitting retail on Tuesday is Coldplay’s Viva La Vida on Capitol, with EMI’s immediate future banking on its success. Don’t feel too much pressure on yourself, Chris Martin. The market was up 5% vs last week, down 14% vs same week last year and now down 11% year-to-date. We now return you to your regularly scheduled web-surfing for porn. WOW. Just wow, must check that album out
June 12, 200817 yr Let's see how much he'll do. Biggest debuts: 1 4/8/2000 No Strings Attached 'N Sync 2,415,859 2 8/11/2001 Celebrity 'N Sync 1,879,955 3 6/10/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,049 4 12/9/2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,191 5 6/15/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1,320,000 6 6/3/2000 Oops...I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,193 7 1/6/2001 1 The Beatles 1,258,667 8 3/19/2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,140,638 9 6/5/1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1,133,505 10 4/10/2004 Confessions Usher 1,096,213 11 12/5/1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,085,373 12 1/2/1993 The Bodyguard Soundtrack 1,061,000 13 11/4/2000 Chocolate Starfish Limp Bizkit 1,054,511 14 2/28/2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,149 15 09/29/07 Graduation Kanye West 956,936 16 11/6/1993 Vs. Pearl Jam 950,377 17 1/7/1995 The Hits Garth Brooks 907,000
June 13, 200817 yr But aren't Coldplay out today? Could be two massive debuts either way. Coldplay are out next Tuesday in the US (June 17th).
June 13, 200817 yr BBC "Dirty south" rap star Lil' Wayne is set to go straight to number one in the US album charts, after selling 423,000 copies of his record in just one day.
June 14, 200817 yr Lil Wayne Within Reach Of Million-Copy Debut June 13, 2008, 5:50 PM ET Keith Caulfield, L.A. The magic million is within sight of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III." The Cash Money/Universal album continues to lead Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart, released today (June 13). Based on the new tally, the album could sell a million copies by the time SoundScan closes out its tracking week on Sunday night. Unweighted sales of "Carter" through the close of business yesterday stood at 630,000. That's the largest number the Friday Building chart has seen since it began in September. The last album to rack up a similar number on a Friday Building chart was Kanye West's "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), which posted a 600,000 figure the Friday of its release. "Graduation" would go on to shift 957,000 in its first full week. The last album to sell a million copies in a week was 50 Cent's "The Massacre" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope), when it bowed with 1.1 million in March 2005. Billboard estimates the nine merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target, Anderson Merchandisers and Handleman Co. -- comprise about 80% of all U.S. album sales.
Create an account or sign in to comment