Coming out on top was the plan and VIBE cover artist Lil’ Wayne a.k.a Weezy F. Baby did just that, selling 1,005,545, of his latest LP Tha Carter III in one week – a feat not accomplished since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005.
Tha Carter III’s opening day sales reached approximately 423,000 despite a very controversial leak that took place a week prior to the release, all the file sharing had little to no effect on the project’s numbers. It is officially the largest first week sales for any album in 2008 in the United States.
Wayne’s monster first single “Lollipop” took over radio, TV and web. Produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin, the song is Lil Wayne’s most successful single to date, holding the number one spot so far for 5 non-consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Current radio smash “A Milli”, produced by Bangladesh, is also making noise on the charts.
Other features on the album Diddy has dubbed "classic", include Robin Thicke, Jay Z, T-Pain, Babyface and many more. The album also features production from big names such as Kanye West, David Banner, Cool & Dre, and Swizz Beatz.
To keep the momentum going, Lil Wayne told MTV News he plans to collaborate with T-Pain on a joint tour and collaboration album. Lil Wayne is also releasing a champagne next month and set to co-star along side Forest Whitaker in the upcoming Tim Story film The Patriots. Production on the movie is through The Weinstein Company and is being filmed currently in New Orleans.
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