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With "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week, according to chart reports that will be issued tomorrow morning (June 18) by Nielsen SoundScan.

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...which started tracking sales in 1991 Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III sold 1.01 million copies last week, the first album to top the million mark in a week since 50 Cent's The Massacre in 2005. Signs abounded that the New Orleans rapper...

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...13, 2008, 12:35pm PT Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" set a first-day sales record for the year and could be the first album to top 1 million sales in a week since 50 Cent posted seven-figure sales in March 2005. "Tha Carter III" sold...

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...milestone since 50 Cent's 'The Massacre' in 2005. Kanye West almost reached one million in first week sales last year with 'Graduation' after going head to head with 50 Cent's 'Curtis'. 'Tha Carter III' was finally released on Tuesday...

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...July 20, 2008 at 2 p.m. The annual "KUBE 93 Summer Jam" has an amazing track record when it comes to landing big names, like Destiny's Child, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Usher and T.I. But this year tops them all. The local urban/hip-hop...

In this article: Lil Wayne, Ray J, The Game, Yung Berg, All I Feel, Bow Wow, T-Pain, White River, and R&B

...back-to-back 700,000-plus sales weeks. It last happened when 50 Cent's "The Massacre" cleared more than 700,000 in its first two weeks at No. 1, the first of those clearing the 1 million mark. At the receiving end of Coldplay's one-two...

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...album "Tha Carter III" sold over 1 million copies in its first week of release, a feat not achieved since 2005's "The Massacre" by 50 Cent. "Tha Carter III" has blazed up the singles charts as well with three top-ten singles in "Lollipop," "A...

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...copies in the U.S. in the first week of its release. Lil Wayne's album, the third in a trilogy, is the fastest selling LP in America since 50 Cent's 2005 release The Massacre. And West, who worked as a producer on the hit record, is...

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...sixth album, has gone straight to number one in the Billboard album chart. The last album to sell a million in a week was 50 Cent's The Massacre in March 2005. Last year, Kanye West fell about 50,000 short with The Graduation. Lil' Wayne's...

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