Game The R.E.D. Album Hits Number One

Wednesday, August 31 2011 8:17 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Jay-Z and Kanye West have been dethroned. After seven days, Game’s fourth LP, The R.E.D. Album has moved 97,879 copies, giving him his fourth straight number one album. The project ousted Watch The Throne by just 3,301 units. Congrats, Chuck. Here’s what he said via a statement:

“It feels amazing to be back on top,” exclaims Game. “My fans are incredibly loyal.  I was able to step away from music for some much needed personal time with my family.  And now that I’ve returned with a new album, they’ve come out strong to support me.  I wouldn’t be where I am today without my fans.  Period.”

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Comments (145)

  1. Coroner says:

    He deserves to be #1!

  2. young hov says:

    I thought it was four #1 albums.. *shrugs*

  3. K1llm4tic says:

    97k? C’mon, that’s horrible!

  4. Hip Hop Fan says:

    97k is awesome considering. No one really buys albums anymore. They steel em. Congrats Game. You got my money.

  5. Blood of a slave... says:

    Congrats.qualitywise it’s one of my favorite this year.

  6. Dood says:

    I remember his new years resolution of 2010 was to sell more than 50′s BISD. Sorry Jayceon.

  7. Reefa bean says:

    the album is cold…so he deserves it…well put together..
    ..
    Dell giving free laptops because of a defect on 10,000 computers.. http://goo.gl/3DjHM 4 next 24 hours only..shit i got 2..lol

  8. Wasting says:

    Flop. Next album 10K. Ha!

    Watch the throne!

  9. REDROCBOY says:

    Glad to see dude #1. Hope he goes plat again.

  10. biggie says:

    Good numbers considering its real hiphop shit & not faggot wayne pop shit

    Game is one of very few real rappers left

  11. d rabbit says:

    dope

    an yall know RED > WTT >>>>>>>>>>>>>C4 realtalk

  12. kimmige says:

    nigga deserved to do 300k this album is a classic ima buy it proly next week

  13. quon says:

    album of the year i cant even hate

  14. cole world says:

    fuck jay & ye…. finally a real nigga on top

  15. cole world says:

    oh & yea this is album of the year so far… until COLE WORLD DROP gheeaa

  16. westside says:

    dope shit #1

  17. stillR.E.D says:

    300k worldwide

  18. vee says:

    Interesting. Funny though, the Throne did almost his 1st week numbers in its 3rd week. I haven’t listened to it, so I don’t have an opinion of Game’s joint. It shall remain that way, too.

  19. raw rap says:

    i think he deserved more .. but people nowdays likes retards with zebra pants smh

  20. pity says:

    IN THE WORDS OF 50 CENT A NUMBER ONE ALBUM IS A NUMBER ONE ALBUM CANT HATE ON THAT

  21. flamaaa says:

    aye this is a really dope album yo

    cartr 4 is the worst album of all time & its gona do 750k first week

    rest in peace hip hop -_-

  22. Hypnotics says:

    Have to admit, its much better than Carter IV and Watch the Throne

  23. Capeman says:

    @Hypnotics x2, after all the delays, RED delivered.

  24. oily skin says:

    this did dope numbers worldwide just over 300k so Game is actually winnin…. america gona kop a a million Carter4s LMFAO thats pathetic

  25. nigger says:

    @Capeman co sign…. this is album of the year so far haters cant even front doe

  26. wow! says:

    97 k is horrible. ya no one buys albums anymore but cmon thats straight trash for #s. game fell of a while ago and whats sad is he’s done it all to himself. Its a shame..really is. He used to b one of my top but lets be real. Not much anticipation for this album. And how many times was it pushed back?? DONT FOOL YOURSELVES… yes its harder to sell albums now days but any top artist should be able to pulll at least 150 to 200k without much effort. This makes it official in my book -GAMEOVER!!

  27. michelle says:

    WOOOP #1 ^_^

  28. mac DIESEL says:

    THAT’S AMAZIN’ FOR A NIGGA WIT NO BUZZ, NO HOT SINGLE, AND NO HEAVY PROMO TO MOVE 10,000 UNITS!!!!

    ….C’MON, YA’LL KNOW INTERSCOPE/AFTERMATH COPPED THE REST!!!! HA!!!! CONGRATS BIPOLAR BOY!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  29. MLK says:

    coo shit… v dope album

  30. Steems says:

    Watch the Throne sold 94,578 its 3rd week…thats wassup, Game is actually lucky cuz he only beat Jay and Ye by 3,301 copies. Keep in mind, 3rd week and they almost platnum…Game is good, but not great, just good. He shouldve been bigger by now but he’s not. Maybe he need to diss Jayz more for more attention…………….Steems

  31. nigger says:

    @mac DIESEL are u on crack or sumn or u got add or sumn? lmao u always capslockin & shoutin calm down child lol

  32. frenimie says:

    dope album

  33. KYOD says:

    Did you guys really like this album? I wasn’t really feeling WTT till I went back and listened to it after the Carter 4 disaster, and honestly (with the benefit of comparison), it sounds a lot better now. But I thought RED was garbage the first time I listened to it, and I still thought it was garbage on it’s second try.

  34. PrincePolo says:

    thats ain’t that bad . i thought he will do around 50 or 60 .

  35. wizzard says:

    @KYOD if u took the track with wale off… & the track speakers on blast…. id prolyy give RED 5 mics realtalk…. & ima Ye fan im from chi & i agreed with the 4 mics WTT got….

    RED is perfectly sequenced & some of them tracks are like really some goat songs man Ricky & the intro man holy fuck i aint a game fan but when i heard them tracks i was like oh my fuckin god

    RED = 4.5 mics
    WTT = 4
    C4 = lowest rating whatever that is…. half a mic or whatever

  36. Lil Majer The Cartune says:

    Numbers are a bit lower than I expected… But congrats on the spot! This makes another one I had to cop right at 12am when it released on iTunes! Proud to be a part of his success!

  37. Bone chronic says:

    R.E.D is a very dopest hip hop album of the month, WTT is also very good. C4 is the worst hip hop album of the month IMO

  38. Bone chronic says:

    R.E.D is the dopest hip hop album of the month, WTT is also very good. C4 is the worst hip hop album of the month IMO

  39. Africa-Rules says:

    WTF !!! Lil gay Carter worst rapper and album of all time project 800K

    RIP Music

  40. Da Truthhhhhhh says:

    Can you say Flop?

  41. Willie_mcfly22 says:

    Cant really comment on RED. Havent heard it yer but congrats to dude…he still doin his thing. Dude talk a lot shit but he backin it up

  42. damone says:

    Haters keep saying Jay and Ye not real game is…. What you stupid because he still in the Hood broke and a hater that still rips being a blood in 2011. Y’all need to step ur game up. WATCH THE THRONE BABY. BLACK EXCELLENCE

  43. DJCANUTELL says:

    good for him but i still say its his worst album

  44. Dashing says:

    Red Album is waaaay too long. You people saying it’s the album of the year, do ya’ll listen to these tracks

    “Hello” (featuring Lloyd)
    “All the Way Gone” (featuring Mario & Wale)
    “Speakers on Blast” (featuring Big Boi & E-40)
    and all of the freaking skits

    It wasn’t even the best WEST Coast album of the summer….

    Section 80 all day.

  45. madeugag says:

    cmon r.e.d is a good album but sells r waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down..

  46. rodipipes says:

    I know peoplr don’t like game’s bipolar character but when it comes to making albums he is one of d most consistent rappers. Can’t get enough of RED and I love WTT too, with C4 I love some songs nt d whole album.

  47. Toon says:

    Damn, only 97k…How the fuck is C4 projected to sell 850k+ when R.E.D. completely murked it…Fucked up.

  48. jskippy says:

    dont get it twisted that 97,000 is only US numbers. He did about 300,000 worldwide.

    which was an argument I made about WTT, it did under 500,000 in the U.S alone.

    world wide?? It did way more.

    Congrats to Game.

    and I hope C4 does reasonably too, despite my not liking it.

  49. tr says:

    I was impressed with The City and Ricky. Especially the live instrumentation on Ricky.

    Congrats to The Game.

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