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Thread started 06/11/08 4:49pm

krayzie

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Lil Wayne A Lock To Top Next Week's Album Chart

June 11, 2008, 3:10 PM ET

Keith Caulfield, L.A.
It's all about Lil Wayne this week as The Billboard 200 prepares for the arrival of "Tha Carter III." The rapper's new Cash Money/Universal album will easily bow at No. 1 next week, as it leads Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart, to be released this afternoon (June 11) at 5 p.m. ET.

Unweighted first-day sales of "Tha Carter III" at nine leading accounts through the close of business yesterday (June 10), stood at 423,000. Sources close to the album project "Carter" could shift between 850,000-950,000 in its first full week.

That would easily give Wayne the biggest sales week of the year, surpassing the 463,000 start that greeted Mariah Carey's "E=MC2," and the best since Kanye West's "Graduation" started with 957,000 last year.

To compare, "Graduation" saw a first-day Building number of 437,000 from eight accounts, about 3% more than that posted by "Carter."

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.


Starbucks was not part of the Building Chart panel when West's title came to market last Sept. 11.


http://www.billboard.com/...1003815506
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Reply #1 posted 06/11/08 4:51pm

JackieBlue

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I don't get the appeal.
Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off
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Reply #2 posted 06/11/08 5:26pm

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I never have either, he sounds like he is speaking and rapping with a mouth ful of shit.

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #3 posted 06/11/08 5:29pm

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I never have either, he sounds like he is speaking and rapping with a mouth ful of shit.


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Reply #4 posted 06/11/08 5:33pm

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Timmy84 said:

lastdecember said:

I never have either, he sounds like he is speaking and rapping with a mouth ful of shit.


falloff


I had to say it, because back in the 90's, someone said that about Notorious BIG and it cracked me up and was true at the same time.

"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
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Reply #5 posted 06/11/08 5:38pm

Timmy84

lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:



falloff


I had to say it, because back in the 90's, someone said that about Notorious BIG and it cracked me up and was true at the same time.


lol For real? Damn...
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Reply #6 posted 06/11/08 6:35pm

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Kids are crazy about Wayne. I liked him back when he was with BG, Juve, Turk, Mannie Fresh ect.
PRINCE: Always and Forever
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Reply #7 posted 06/11/08 7:50pm

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article by Keith Caulfield woot!
I don't want this to end
I'm missing my best friend
Yes it was Incredible
There's no reason to pretend
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Reply #8 posted 06/11/08 7:55pm

Paris9748430

This is absolutely amazing considering the fact that the album started leaking a year ago!!!
JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!!
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