from billboard

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, 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.

i know right got damn racism aint dead people r soo damn full of it and what really gets me y the fuck do u think we blacks give a damn how u feel or what u gotta say cuz baby lil wayne laughin all the way 2 the bank with it.i think its a case of haterism as always white,hispanic and all races jealous of black people

This thread is ALREADY a FAILure.

u the failure hoe jelaous hater

kaptainkrunk said:

I wasn't even talking about your post.

Getting mad at me for making a generalization of the post's title.

That title set shit off anyway. That's why I said this thread is a failure just because of the title.
[Edited 6/11/08 17:27pm]

What a sick world we live in when this is the top of the charts

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I don't know... I doubt this will top Kanye's. HITS is predicting it would but I don't know.

Timmy84 said:

It shouldn't even be able to get out of the goddamn trash can!

I heard the whole thing on a promo disc and its more of the same old bullshit. It sells, ok, so did crack, the only twist now is that Lil Wayne sounds like he swallowed shit and Tpain and raps with an electro shit twang now, so if thats "unique" and the rap game wants to hang its hat on that shit, be my guest.

And you wonder why NAS called his album what he did...

Timmy84 said:

It's a failure cuz of the horrifying music that is surely on that disc!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

go lil wayne awesome you are and dont have to prove shhh to nobody you got yours

wow President Obama has a real nice ring to it

!!!!!cant figure out why they make me beg does not compute!!!!!

kaptainkrunk said:

as lil whitey goes back to his tupac albums in disgust....

eddielee1 said:

uh, what's the point of ur post?

Timmy84 said:

Damn Timmy, you got people coming at you hard!

hands Timmy84 a wine cooler

Congratulations Lil Wayne!! You keep doing what you doing!!!

great album
fuck whatcha heard!

Another gangstar that didn't meet the right side of a bullitt. Another loser.

DirtyChris said: