Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Men Lie. Women Lie. Numbers Don't.

 


The official numbers are in and Lil Wayne and 'Tha Carter IV' smashed The Throne's short lived iTunes first week sales record and went nearly platinum first week...

Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter IV' was downloaded a staggering 362,000 times from iTunes in only three days while it took 'Watch the Throne' a full week reach those numbers.

According to Nielsen Soundscan 'Tha Carter IV' sold 964,000 copies in the first week landing Weezy at #1 on the Billboard charts.

Jay Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne' slid down to #4 this week after selling 80k units, bringing their total sales to 780k.

Adele's 21 holds at #3 in its 28th week on the chart, with 154,000 copies sold (3,298,000 total).