Lil Wayne's 'Carter IV' May Debut at No. 1 With 700,000-850,000 Sold

[Lil Twist]

Lil Wayne's just-released "Tha Carter IV" album could have the second-biggest sales week of the year, as industry forecasters suggest it may sell 700,000-850,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Sept. 4.

"IV" will easily bow at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week -- marking Wayne's third No. 1.

If "Tha Carter IV" launches with at least 700,000, it will immediately mark the second-largest frame of any album this year, behind Lady Gaga's 1.11 million debut with "Born This Way."

The hip-hop icon's new album, which was released at 12 AM this morning (Aug. 29), follows a pair of top-two sets for Wayne in 2010: "Rebirth" (No. 2) and "I Am Not a Human Being" (No. 1). They launched with 176,000 and 110,000 copies, respectively, according SoundScan.

2008's "Tha Carter III" famously debuted at No. 1 with 1.01 million copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It is one of only 17 albums to have sold a million in one week since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.

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[Sportz]

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Lady Gaga

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with selling an album for $1. The only thing that bothers me is that that will be the only reason she outsells Wayne.

[Vocker]

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That's cool. Hope it even sells more, just to annoy those haters tho

[mrflintstone]

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Good for Weezy! I'm about to go see how this album fared critically. Unfortunately, I think the reviews will be mixed, but Wayne did his thing, so mad props for that!

[ChrisBLawyer]

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and Gaga sold her album for $1. Lol all you people who've been saying ridiculous shit about how wayne has no buzz and wiz khalifa, odd future and j.cole are a danger to his career come out now.

Let us see u

[A$AP YAMS]

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I remember C3 being estimated to sell 850K or something

[Sportz]

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and Gaga sold her album for $1. Lol all you people who've been saying ridiculous shit about how wayne has no buzz and wiz khalifa, odd future and j.cole are a danger to his career come out now.

Let us see u

The bolded part makes me laugh. As for the part about buzz, I wasn't happy with the buzz until this month. Unplugged and HTL were good, but they weren't enough. I'm glad the video for HTL came out, She Will was released as the fourth single, and he performed at the VMAs.

[tRYSIS3]

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GOOD for him

[Mr Xclusive]

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but sales dont mean nothing... *what an ignorant person would say*

[IceMan]

Re: Lil Wayne's 'Carter IV' May Debut at No. 1 With 700,000-850,000 Sold

but sales dont mean nothing... *what an ignorant person would say*

It does matter....but only for your favorite artist

[drakeezy]

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Just bought the regular album, going down to the states to grab the bestbuy deluxe tmrw! 1 mill beleeee daattt

[Kuzz]

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Yess man, can't wait to see the final figures at the end of the week.