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...than a million albums in a week in the US for more than three years. Tha Carter III, his 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...

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...with Jay-Z on the Roc-the-Mic tour. Hip-hop tours rarely crack the Billboard year-end list of the top 25 grossing tours, but it's likely that Lil Wayne's 2009 trek will earn a spot on this year's tally. The concerts promoted Lil Wayne's...

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Lil Wayne Tops U.S. Charts Coldplay's two-week reign in the Billboard chart ended this week when rapper Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" took over, Billboard reported. Selling about 156,000 copies during its latest week in stores, according to...

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...like it, then you don't like me." Wayne told Billboard in February that Hurricane Chris, Corey Gunz, Tyga, Jibbs, Shanell, Kidd Kidd, Mack Maine and Lil Mama have recorded features for the album. In addition, the rapper has worked with...

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...at the top. Coldplay's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends toppled the rap star's Tha Carter III last month after Lil Wayne debuted his new release at the top of the Billboard charts with over one million first-week sales. But now Lil...

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...finally seeing the light of day via Cash Money/Universal. The first single, "Lollipop," has already spent multiple weeks atop Billboard's Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. "It's one of those albums people are really waiting on, so...

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...by MIKE HALE As expected, Lil Wayne easily topped the Billboard album chart this week, selling just over one million copies of his new CD, "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal), according to Nielsen SoundScan. It was the first time...

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...have a connection to his background." Billboard's Mitchell, who included "Tha Carter III" on her year-end best-of list, also credits Wayne's abilities as a rapper and a lyricist. "The way he puts things together, his turns of...

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...about the EP at deadline. Several weeks ago, Lil Wayne told Billboard.com he was pushing "Tha Carter III" from Dec. 18 to February due to widespread leaks, including "Gossip," which appears on the digital EP. Here is the track listing for...

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