Lilwayne Makes History Today (Best Rapper Alive)

Lil Wayne Feels Like A Million

Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III becomes the first album in more than three years to sell a million copies in a week. The opus sold 1,006,000 copies to debut at #1 on Nielsen/SoundScan's list of the best-selling albums in the US. That's the biggest sales week since another rap album, 50 Cent's The Massacre, bowed at #1 in March 2005 with sales of 1,141,000.

Frankly, I was starting to think that the days of albums selling a million copies in a week were gone forever. Rascal Flatts didn't even come close in 2006 when Me And My Gang opened with sales of 722,000. Even the red-hot Kanye West fell short when his latest, Graduation, bowed in 2007 with sales of 957,000. And those were the biggest one-week sales totals for those years. Until this week, the heftiest tally for 2008 was less than half of West's total. Mariah Carey's E=MC2 had held the record for 2008 with sales of 463,000.

It's telling that while the industry focused on media-anointed superstars (Madonna, Usher) in searching for someone who might be able to top Carey's record, it was broken by a rapper with a fraction of their media profile.

This is Lil Wayne's sixth top 10 album, but his first to reach #1. The rapper, who was born Wayne Carter, first hit the chart in 1999, when he was 16. Lil Wayne is the third artist to hit #1 so far this year who first cracked the Billboard album chart as a teenager. Janet Jackson was also 16 when she first charted in 1982. Usher was just 15 when he first charted in 1994.

yeah. 3 hands

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, are you guys really cool with wizzy being GAY!!!!!
am a fan though

I dont care if he is gay or not. Thats his personal business. All i know is that the dude is cool, spits fire and sure knows how to make hits.

@mactao
I agree with you its a big time joke a certain 50 also sold that much and he is whack

Lil Wayne what,,  this is a very sick joke. does that thing Lil Wayne do qualify as rap in the first place, that guy has been suffering from catarrh all his life. Chei!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rap is in trouble if Lil Wayne can be the best rapper alive. who is even comparing 50 with that fagot, leave all this media hype,take time to listen to the lyrics 50 drop before you even compare him with Lil Wayne i am outta here

Wizzy is a Gay???