Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ could debut at No. 1 with 700,000 copies sold
by Petar Kujundzic / News / August 29, 2011 / 4050 Views

According to Billboard, Lil Wayne's just-released Tha Carter IV album could achieve the second biggest sales week of the year. Industry forecasters suggest it may sell 700,000-850,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on next Sunday, September 4. If this is the case, the LP will mark the second largest frame of any album this year, behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way that debuted with 1.11 million copies sold.

Tha Carter IV was released at 12 a.m. this morning, August 29, following Lil Wayne's closing performance at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Share your thoughts below!

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  • Reed

    Carter 4 is a masterpiece. 

  • Reed

    Carter 4 is a masterpiece. 

  • Reed

    Carter 4 is a masterpiece. 

  • http://twitter.com/hovat HOV▲T

    At times sales mean something, but in this case they just mean 700,000 people bought a lackluster album.

  • Anonymous

    Reaction to it selling more than WTT (I presume) http://youtu.be/35TbGjt-weA

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  • truth

    garbage album and artist overhyped and undeservedly glorified. 

  • Thetallkev91

    Its an alright album. Better than his last two. but not better than the carter 2 or 3

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  • http://twitter.com/BobbyKicks Bobby Tuxes

    this comment should be marked as spam.

  • default

    weak album for all the hype. WTT

  • AmazinKazin

    why is he popular, he needs to be auto-tuned live, nuf said

  • AmazinKazin

    why is he popular, he needs to be auto-tuned live, nuf said

  • E-MAN

    i feel like baby is somehow responsible for a certain amount of the sales

  • Potatoesalad12

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha good one guy, nice and straight to the point

  • RICKYROZEEZY

    700,000 faggots in the world? damn, what's this world coming to?

  • RICKYROZEEZY

    700,000 faggots in the world? damn, what's this world coming to?

  • http://www.facebook.com/gnutgrass Garrett Nutgrass

    this is really really sad

  • http://www.facebook.com/gnutgrass Garrett Nutgrass

    this is really really sad

  • http://twitter.com/PrattNebulous Aaron Pratt ✔

    Niggas are buyin their own albums in bulk I guess? 

  • Larry

    why yall hating on The Carter IV it was a good album i believe better overall then Watch The Throne

  • Larry

    why yall hating on The Carter IV it was a good album i believe better overall then Watch The Throne

  • Swaghaus

    this nigga he got baby money

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  • dirtnastyy

    larry, kill yourself!wtt bitch, fuck ymcmb

  • Supremist

    this some depressing shit, da fuck.

  • Supremist

    this some depressing shit, da fuck.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mems010 Mehmet Mercan Yilmaz

    230,000 - 300.000 dont forget i put this here.

  • http://twitter.com/nobuwithnoshoes Sergio S. T.

    I flagged it as inappropiate.

  • vlado

    what the fuck? sad

  • Anonymous

    not sure if you're trollin or bein serious. but if you are serious, then here is the reason. Production wise there is no comparison WTT beats it even though it was really a rushed album that didn't garner enough attention from the two. Even lyrically it trumps wayne. Wayne is primarily a punchline rapper that strings together similes and hashtag raps to make rhyming words

  • http://twitter.com/ThisisCH Charles Hunter

    Yea, because I cant see how this album doing Carter 3 numbers with nothing near the buzz of Carter 3. This album didn't even have Watch The Throne flavor and that album did less than 500k the first week. Something doesn't smell right.

    http://www.thisischarleshunter.com

  • http://twitter.com/ThisisCH Charles Hunter

    Yea, because I cant see how this album doing Carter 3 numbers with nothing near the buzz of Carter 3. This album didn't even have Watch The Throne flavor and that album did less than 500k the first week. Something doesn't smell right.

    http://www.thisischarleshunter.com

  • Chip

    yes, and donald duck is the boss of the illuminati right?

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  • Larry

    I believe both of those statements are up for debate...The WTT beats were good overall...but you also had songs like lift off which could have been better given the people on the song...Lyrically im not sure I got it this way Lil Wayne> Jay-Z but Kayne = Lil Wayne. Jay-Z didnt rap as good as Kanye on WTT but neither on of them absolutely killed it

  • Anonymous

    fair enough. Comes down to personal preference I guess. I do agree that overall the album felt like it was a half-hearted effort as is wayne's effort compared to some of his earlierwork. I still feel WTT is stronger, but to each their own.

  • http://twitter.com/GottaBeTory Tory Barnes

    Watch The Throne instead.

  • http://twitter.com/GottaBeTory Tory Barnes

    Watch The Throne instead.

  • http://twitter.com/GottaBeTory Tory Barnes

    Stop it five

  • http://twitter.com/GottaBeTory Tory Barnes

    Stop it five

  • BryanG

    I don't agree that its a masterpiece,  there are certain tracks that show promise, but basically when it boils down to it,  the favorite tracks don't even have Lil Wayne(or very little input) in them. 

    And the songs that do have his presence are either auto tuned too much, or the lyrics just seem like a complete difference from his past. Not that its bad, but just overhyped.

    I applaud him on trying to change things up a little bit, mixing genres and just reinventing himself, but doing it too much sacrifices the authenticity. 

    Carter 3 is leagues above this offering, but Ill still listen to like 6 of the 18 off of it.

  • BryanG

    I don't agree that its a masterpiece,  there are certain tracks that show promise, but basically when it boils down to it,  the favorite tracks don't even have Lil Wayne(or very little input) in them. 

    And the songs that do have his presence are either auto tuned too much, or the lyrics just seem like a complete difference from his past. Not that its bad, but just overhyped.

    I applaud him on trying to change things up a little bit, mixing genres and just reinventing himself, but doing it too much sacrifices the authenticity. 

    Carter 3 is leagues above this offering, but Ill still listen to like 6 of the 18 off of it.

  • http://twitter.com/mykebulley Myke Bulley

    I don't know how you can make a prediction like that off of one day sales. Since he released at midnight that was his BIG DAY, and everyday after the the sales are gonna be falling off. I just can't see 700k happening. 

  • IXL12

    HATERS... WATCH THE THRONE AND CARTER 4 ARE GOOD. SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY !!! 2 DIF TYPES OF HIP HOP.

  • niggatello

    its sad that the world is coming down to this, glorifying some idiot who thinks he can rap and consider himself the greatest rapper alive. This dude is at the bottom of the list with rappers as simple as Drake, whos on his label, being better rappers than him. Carter IV=Garbage....better yet, Lil Wayne=Garbage

  • Jeans

    Shut the fuck up. HAHAHAHAHA - you sound like a retard writing so many ha's.

  • http://twitter.com/ajuveli Alec

    awful fucking album.

  • http://twitter.com/ajuveli Alec

    awful fucking album.

  • http://twitter.com/ThisisCH Charles Hunter

    I don’t know if its drugs you’re taking or drugs you need
    to be taking because those words are crazy. Good, but masterpiece?

    http://www.thisischarleshunter.com

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