Yesterday we mentioned that Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III was on track to have this year’s best first-week sales total, topping Mariah Carey’s 463,000-copy debut week for E=MC2. Turns out that total is estimated to be between 850,000 and 950,000 copies, according to EW–an astonishing number in a year that’s seen nothing but doldrums sales-wise , and a big hint as to why “carter iii lyrics” is such a hot item on Google Trends right now. Meanwhile, 2007 sales champ Kanye West is egging on his blog readers to push Wayne over the million mark. If it works, I’m sure every other blogger out there will claim credit. [Hollywood Insider / kanYe West: Blog]
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@walkmasterflex:
I know right.
It’s so interesting to watch this upward trajectory of Lil Wayne. I swear to God, a year or two back Lil Wayne was just the go-to artist for my cousin and all his fellow high school graduate buddies to bump in their brand new “first” whips. Now he’s operating on Kanye like levels of interest from the listening public. Is it thanks to all those mixtapes? The success of Lollipop? Or, or, his -GASP- talent?
Also,
Maybe I’m just ignorant, but I still couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the headline “Tha Carter III is so good y’all” over at Stereogum with little to know disagreement with that sentiment over in the comments section. So big ups Lil Wayne. Big ups.
@Tauwan: It’s gotta be a combination of all three, plus a totally bizarre and engaging personality outside the booth. It is a similar path to fame Kanye rode, but instead of producing great beats for other artists in his off time, Lil Wayne was producing mixtapes and slaughtering artists on his guest spots.
And yeah, this album is not “so good”, and it’s gonna get a lot of undeserved accolades, but in this case I’m not sure I have a problem with it, because I’ve listened to the thing a few times since it leaked, and it’s generally just another beast entirely, one that can’t be proven “good” or “bad” on beats, lyrics, or flow alone. Lil Wayne has a freaking bizarre take on all three, so it seems to be just baffling people more than anything right now.
aaaaaaand lil wayne’s strategy of “3 years of crushing hype and constant industry face time” wins
not surprised at all. if there’d been a sales prediction poll (does Idolator do those anymore?) I definitely would’ve clicked more than a mil.
I have to admit, I’m planning on buying it today in support of….something. I haven’t quite figured that last part out.
Splat. He hit it like he can’t miss.
@JohnDoe: Codeine?