Lil Wayne Tha Carter IV Hits Number One

Wednesday, September 07 2011 9:02 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Wow, Birdman ain’t lie. According to Hits Daily Double, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV sold an estimated one million copies. If the number holds up, he becomes the second rapper after Eminem to hit platinum twice in the first week. The final tally is in tomorrow, but this will mark Weezy’s third number one album. Belee dat.

UPDATE: Final number via SoundScan: 965,342

Digital: 362,058 | CD: 603,284

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Comments (248)

  1. gun under my shirt says:

    SALUTE

  2. gun under my shirt says:

    nigga did it again… ha

  3. ... says:

    A MILLI A MILLI A MILLI

    C4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

  4. A Milli says:

    SALES SO HARD…. THIS SHIT CRAZY… AIN’T IT JAY…- KAYNE WEST

    HA !

  5. yo says:

    second rapper? didnt he already do it with carter 3?

  6. Rah says:

    Weezy puts in work!

  7. MOOSE says:

    If he did, more power to him. But it just shows, the crowds he marketing too are actually buying his music. There might be a whole bunch of copy cat wannabe gangsters but he’ll be richer nonetheless. Album was good. Surprising to sell that many week 1.

  8. jadajada says:

    OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY LIL WAYNE CONGRATS AND UM I HPE HE DOES A SONG LIKE A TRIBUTE TO US FANS LIKE AMILLIE AMILLIE AMILLIE

  9. Frenzy says:

    50 Cent Sold 1 Million First Week Also.

  10. Yung Silv says:

    these aren’t so official there estimates and its 690 over doesnt mean its definite official soundscans come in tomorrow

  11. NOVA says:

    WOW………………………………………NO FUCKING WAY. Wayne did it AGAIN……deserved win. CONGRATS TO THE MAN! he earned it.

    if ya’ll is one of the million that bought this album YOU MIGHT like my sound…or if you like Busta Rhymes, Eminem, Missy Elliott….

    Check out my music if you get a chance guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08_IbmGWjZw

  12. Lil Majer The Cartune says:

    I refuse to believe these are real numbers! Copies were being purchased from the label/Baby! And this is no hate all! Wayne is a good artist but no way is this album outselling Recovery in first week sales unless numbers are being toyed with ESPECIALLY WITH AN ALBUM SUCH AS THE POOR CRAFTED CARTER 4. :/

  13. Yung Silv says:

    hes the 2nd rapper to do a mill twice 50 cent’s massacre did it too

  14. A Milli says:

    THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO HIT A MILLI 2 TIMES IN A WEEK !!!!!

    THIS SHIT CRAZYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. JHP says:

    Damn, this nigga did it again, ain’t that about a bxtch. I think B. Dot meant he’ll be the 2nd rapper to do a milli in a week multiple times. Eminem did it with the MMLP & The Eminem Show. I think he might’ve did it with Encore too, I’m not sure though. Congrats to him, I din’t think he’d do it again

  16. The Prophet says:

    Birdman bought 400k of them and wrote them off as business expenses.

  17. Sportz says:

    @yo B.Dot meant the second rapper to sell a million copes in the first week twice.

  18. gun under my shirt says:

    lol haters mad…smh

  19. mac DIESEL says:

    *WHEW*……GOOD THING BABY HAD A MONEY STASH READY TO BUY HALF OF THOSE ALBUMS!!!!

    …..HA!!!! FOLLOW mac DIESEL ON TWITTER: @ mac_DIESEL76!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  20. THE_TRUTH says:

    PLEASE DON’T BE FOOLED. JUST KNOW FOR A FACT BABY BOUGHT AT LEAST 400K OF THIS ALBUMM JUST SO HE CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF BRAGGING RIGHT OVER HOV. EVEN THOUGH HOV CAN CARELESS. THE GREATEST RAPPER ALIVE DOESNT WEAR JEGGINGS OR SING SONGS. ONE MORE THING. THIS GOES FOR ANY ARTIST. SALES DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE NICE. NELLY SOLD MORE THAN MOST RAPPERS. AND LYRICALLY HE IS NOT NICE. HATE ON OR DAP ME!

  21. Black Sam says:

    @ Yung Silv.

    The numbers actually come in Tuesday afternoons. Soundscan doesn’t post them to the public til Weds. Also, the Tues numbers always come in a little less than the wed reported soundscans. So look for a slight jump up in numbers (maybe a 1000) when reported 2moro.

  22. YUP ! says:

    WOMEN LIE … MEN LIE… NUMBER DON’T…. – JAY-Z

    YUP WHAT THE CAMEL SAID….

    HA !

  23. dumb niggas these days says:

    GOD DAYMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

  24. gun under my shirt says:

    billboard charts get updated on Thursday also for the public

  25. Ghost says:

    Pity the album’s TERRRRRRRRIBLE

  26. NAZZZZ says:

    one of the worst albums of 2011….

  27. @OfficialPurpD says:

    HA! His album ain’t even bad so y’all haters gonna go to bed SUPER MAD 2nite!

  28. NYC says:

    hmmm in this case numbers do lie, u would think this is the best album of all time with those sale numbers hahahhahaha.

    850K were from White America

  29. Mike says:

    Congrats Weezy!

  30. static says:

    wow… 1million just like that .

  31. Nickhova says:

    I’m not a hater Wayne is a good artist but c4 was terrible can’t even compare to c3 and to sell a milli the first week you need a buzz a smash no.1 hit he had neither c3 had both #ijs

  32. steems says:

    Birdman spent some money on Wayne albums! Wayne greatest supporter……..Steems

  33. RayJay says:

    @ Black Sam

    You are correct. Soundscans are computerized and come in for the week on Tues afternoons. I have been following the Soundscan numbers for Wayne everyday since last thurs. It was pretty obvious after friday he was gonna top 1 million first week.

    Wayne may not be the best but he is the biggest star in rap today.

  34. Julian says:

    Thats unfortunate because its the worst “Carter Series” album.

  35. MT says:

    LOL at all the ppl that said C4 had no hype and would flop and do low numbers. HA!

  36. marko-v says:

    This proves dat rap music is no longer for the inna city. U wanna win and win big den make music outside of that demographic. check me out tho: http://t.co/nJ1KYZx

  37. OVOXO says:

    CONRATS WEEZY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    HE SOLD MORE THEN RECOVERY AND WTT LMAOO !!!

    WEEZY IS OFFICIALLY THE KING OF RAP !!!

    FUCK THE HATERS !! YMCMB

  38. Fuck a blog daawg! says:

    Congrats.
    Tho the album is a 3/5 qualitywise iMO

  39. M.T. says:

    LOL at all the people that said C4 had no hype and would flop and do low numbers. HA!

  40. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    He out sold ye & jay smh. Im going drink a bottle belve

  41. M.T says:

    Congrats to Wayne! i got my copy.

  42. drakesucks says:

    CONGRATS TUNECHI!

    WTT LOST HAA!!!

  43. Cali says:

    Haters are mad

  44. gun under my shirt says:

    i guess birdman bought 400k of C3 also…smh… stop the hate, and SLIM is the head of everything over at CASH MONEY…. that nikka wouldn’t allow that shit…. why spend money on ur own product? wtf…………..

  45. Ric Flair says:

    Just because he sold a million records, does not make the record good, just means the white kids in the suburbs bought it, thats why Em has done it twice too.

  46. Awesome says:

    one million in one week, and it loses steam in the coming weeks. its a flop. How can a fucking album have so much hype, sell one million in one week, and then everyone forgets about it in the coming weeks or months. Carter 3 is a perfect example. Lots of hype, one million in one week, yet the TOTAL SALES for Carter 3 are 2.8 million. WTF is that? F.L.O.P. It’ll happen with C4 as well.

  47. sck says:

    I’m with Lil Majer. There’s just no way…this nigga is not by any means a genius, how is he selling so much?

  48. Gordon B. says:

    He has the world’s most retarded fans, I’ll give him that. Can’t knock the hustle though.

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