Jay-Z Beats Elvis

Tuesday, September 15 2009 6:19 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, True Story

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No more maybes. Eleven #1 albums!

Still movin’ units in a drought. Elvis, who? Ha! Congrats, S.C.!

Previously: SoundScan Showdown: Jay-Z vs. The Beatles

Sidebar: The making of the album cover.

Update: According to XXL and Hov’s publicist, the final tally is slightly higher. Ha!

Comments (58)

  1. Chairman says:

    blahh says: “too bad he had to spend about 5 million to buy the rights to the album”

    That means he just about broke even…. afterwards, everything else is profit. Not too bad in my book.

  2. chazz says:

    This is jay’s 11th album, what other rapper is on his 11th album and still moving units like this…name them…talk to me when kanye, eminem, weezy, are on their 11th album almost 40 and are still relevant ..HOV stil doing numbers at this point in his career is on another level period!

  3. yoo says:

    eminem has fewer albums but more units sold.. i think thats better than jay z..

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  5. Dfama says:

    thats a major accomplishment, congrats Jay. You’re definitely writing the map now.

  6. pointgodkg says:

    yoo says:
    Wednesday, September 16 2009 at 6:19 PM EST

    eminem has fewer albums but more units sold.. i think thats better than jay z..
    are you stupid or plain dumb. you cud have 5 albums in a five year span like x or nelly and be hella hot and sell mad units but to have ii number albums over 13 yrs and still be relevant. no comparison….longevity dude………its like sayin karl malone or robert parish has more points than jordan but his average is above all there’s so u tell me which one is better

  7. pointgodkg says:

    em made 5 albums and is in constant decline…..we dont believe you, u need more pplz…….picture eminem dropping 6 more albums are u interested in six more relapse…no thanx from me….i’m too old for that bullshit and i aint that old..its 3am in the morning get tha fuck outta here

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