Lil’ Wayne breaks records and closes in on A Milli first-week with Tha Carter IV

Endless pushbacks and some premature leakage hasn’t done anything to quell the buzz surround Lil’ Wayne’s highly-anticipated Tha Carter IV, with the album now closing in on the 1 million mark, Hits Double Daily report (Via Pop Dust).

Early reports pegged the album to shift somewhere around the 600-750k mark, before Billboard upped the sales prediction to 850k. Now projections have shot up again, reaching 925-975k, with the possibility of reaching A Milli before the sales week ends.

On top of that, Weezy’s also set the record for American iTunes single-week album sales, with Tha Carter IV shifting over 300,000 downloads in its first four days of release, easily breaking the 290,000 that Jay-Z and Kanye West did for their iTunes-exclusive LP Watch the Throne.

Weezy’s numbers are unexpected given the reaction to Tha Carter IV so far — reviews have been noticeably less favorable than 2008′s Tha Carter III — and he isn’t coming into the album’s release with a mega-smash single, à la the quintuple-platinum “Lollipop”. Tha Carter III hasn’t been without its hits, though; the brilliant “How to Love” has reached the top five on the Hot 100 and gone Platinum (and counting), and the follow-up “She Will” featuring Drake recently debuted at No. 3.

On the slim chance that Wayne can pull off the magic million with Tha Carter IV, he’ll be the only rapper in US Billboard history besides Eminem to top 1 million first-week sales with more than one album.

Oh, and I did I mention that Tha Carter IV is selling at full price, and not for 99 cents?

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  • http://twitter.com/mistercarter7 Mike Gonzalez

    hmmm i guess Baby bought like half a milli, cuz i cant understand those massive sales… i didnt even download the album, i think Tha Carter IV is so un-interesting… i thought it would sell 300k first week, guess i was wrong

  • Anonymous

    this album is the biggest disappointment of the year, it’s just so wack!

    I can’t believe it’s selling that much, who would want to go through “How to Love” ever again ? it sounds like a Taylor Swift leftover.
    try again Weezy…thank god Ross is coming out with a new album before the year ends.

  • Anonymous

    Just when I was about to straight up vomit over the fact that lil Wayne is getting recognized on here (this is THE WORST rap lp this year), you go and make that Joke at the end proph! FLAWLESS. Fuck GaGawful … And fuck weezy! Bahahahahaa (goes straight to iTunes to help boost Jay Z’s sales)

  • http://twitter.com/SuzySooyoung Suzy Sooyoung

    Wow! How ironic he dethroned THE THRONE! Love it!

  • DRB

    Aside from a few songs, this album is a major let down. Surprised he’s getting these numbers.

  • DRB

    Aside from a few songs, this album is a major let down. Surprised he’s getting these numbers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1127181558 Andrés Felipe Rodríguez

    how he did it? the albums is not that amazing (lil wayne is not that amazing) a side for his rock record his hip-hop albums are kind of ok this one was just ok like the rest and I was expecting more after I like the singles but the rest of the album is just meh the John Legend and Bruno Mars feat I like those and ”Two Shots” with diplo but the rest is kind of meh so I don’t get it I mean I think is just his name that made that album with huge sales like Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga have done with their respective albums that where not that amazing also.

  • iAmAwesome

    I don’t do lil Wayne but lol @ him ironically “dethroning” ‘Watch the Thrown.”

  • Steveroni

    I really love How to Love and its video.
    Love it.

  • Tc23

    damn almost doubled what watch the throne did .. Which is kinda funny because after hearing both albums watch the throne shits all over this artistically oooooo wellll

  • xx

    well eventhough i love gaga, i really agree with your last sentence proph. LOL to that

  • http://www.facebook.com/alex.knepper Alex Knepper

    How to Love is not brilliant…it’s fucking horrible. Easily one of the worst singles of the year.

  • Anonymous

    More like one of the best and the charts and critics and ME agree!

  • http://www.facebook.com/alex.knepper Alex Knepper

    The song is corny as fuck, he can’t sing to save his life, the beat isn’t interesting…what’s to like? God, you probably liked Prom Queen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/alex.knepper Alex Knepper

    The song is corny as fuck, he can’t sing to save his life, the beat isn’t interesting…what’s to like? God, you probably liked Prom Queen.

  • http://twitter.com/mweaselbear ℳɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ヅ

    Everyone needs to quit dissing Taylor Swift! <.< Her album was amazing!

    I like "How To Love" though. It was catchy ;D

    I'm still shock that artists can still sell millions in a week =/ without selling them for 99 cents lol.

  • http://twitter.com/mweaselbear ℳɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ヅ

    Everyone needs to quit dissing Taylor Swift! <.< Her album was amazing!

    I like "How To Love" though. It was catchy ;D

    I'm still shock that artists can still sell millions in a week =/ without selling them for 99 cents lol.

  • JohnnyHoang

    “Oh, and I did I mention that Tha Carter IV is selling at full price, and not for 99 cents?”

    I knew you’r gonna say that. LOL

  • Anonymous

    it’s the worst single of the year without a doubt.

  • http://www.themusicmessiah.blogspot.com The Music Messiah

    I’m not even Wayne fan but I think the song’s great. Why should the beat be interesting when he was clearly trying something new? And why are you saying that he can’t sing when he knows that he can’t? Take the song for what it is…A SMASH!

    And no…I hated ‘Prom Queen’.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Gonzalez/100000575243132 Nick Gonzalez

    lmao i smell sooo many haters on this bitch,
    yall can talk shit and say the album sucks as much as u want but in the end NUMBERS DONT LIE, ! i love the fact that it was sold in full price and not a desperate attempt like gaga. 99 cent bitch. obviously wayne is a super famous dude and i think its hlarious that 90% of u havent even listened to the album in full.
    favorite tracks: MEGAMAN, Blunt Blowin, How to Hate; (i like how he has a how to love and how to hate on his track list lol ) Nightmares of the Bottom is basically my favorite wayne track ever.
    so basically the sells are a big FUCK YOU to all the haters. young money cash money has been making all other rappers their bitches the past 4 years. (drizzy and nicki)

  • P_mape

    I think the album is pretty bad in comparison to Tha Carter III. After the first 8 or so songs the rest seem so rushed and dragged. He really couldn’t settle on a release date cause his label knew he didn’t have the right songs. Carter III is much more memorable IMO. And the irony of having a song called How To Hate after How to Love, smh…

    Btw Gaga is more popular than Wayne, and more iconic. Only 400,000 of her million sales were of the 99cent deal. I also find it funny how Nicki Minaj didn’t even bother to hop on Tha Carter IV, or feature him on Pink Friday, even her rhymes has surpassed Waynes. Weezy needs his syrup to get back on his game. Which is sad really.

  • GawJuss

    LOL you just did not… “Only 400,000″ Are you on crack? That counts A LOT for a milli record. You’re clearly a hater.  The fact that Nicki and Drake were not on the album just proves that he doesn’t need any hype from those rising artist to sell.

  • CensorMeNow

    “Oh, and did I mention that Tha Carter IV is selling at full price, and not for 99 cents?”

    LOL Proph telling that shit like it is. Never gets old.

    Weezy has never been my favorite rapper [my top three? Eminem, Kanye and Nicki Minaj when she's not trying to be a pop star], but his songs are good and I like most of Tha Carter IV. I think we can all agree that it’s a lot more deserving than Born This Way though.

  • The Truth

    Boo

    This is not the 1st time he has sold close to a million in a week

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