Published: Thursday - July 17, 2008
Words by BallerStatus News Staff
Cover of Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III (Photo: Photo: Cash Money Records)
Lil Wayne is still on fire. For the third week, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sits atop the Billboard 200.
It's his second week in a row at no. 1, and third week since its release. Tha Carter III sold another 125,000 copies, despite a 20% sales decrease. His five week total is now approach double platinum status, and is at 1,807,000 units sold.
Later in the top 10 is Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad, landing at no. 8. The album sold 47,000 copies this week, and after 58 weeks, has sold 1,440,000 copies.
G-Unit's latest, T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight), comes in at no. 9 this week, after a disappointing first week effort. The new album took a 64% sales hit, scanning just 36,000 copies in its second week. The album is the group's sophomore offering. Their debut, Beg For Mercy, opened at no. 1 when it was released and sold 377,000 its first week. After two weeks, T.O.S. has sold just 140,000 copies. A definite disappointment for 50 Cent.
As far as new releases, Killer Mike's third studio album, I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind II, hit stores last week, and this week enters at no. 178. The southern rapper's release sold just 4,000 copies, and features guest spots from Shawty Lo, Ice Cube, Chamillionaire and 8Ball & MJG.
Features Slim (of 112): Hi Haters What else do you want from Slim? His prolific group 112 has sold over 20 million records worldwide, and with a bevy ... full story
Beyond Hip-Hop Game Review: Far Cry 2 Gone are Jack Carver, his Hawaiian shirt, and the trigens from the first installment of "Far Cry," but in comes spine ... full story
Digg It
Del.icio.us
