Best Album Alive? Nas Wrests No.1 Spot from Lil Wayne
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Even without a title, Nas managed to land his 5th No.1 debut this week. Untitled dethroned Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III from the top spot after selling 187,000 copies in the U.S., according to Billboard.com.
Carter III, on the other hand, has now moved to No.2 with 105,000 copies sold at the end of the 7-day cycle.
Nas' numbers appear dismal in comparison to his last album, Hip-Hop Is Dead, which debuted at No.1 with 354,000 copies back in 2006. I find it surprising that Untitled didn't even crack the 200K mark after all the buzz and controversy that surrounded its release.
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I cant believe such a good album just didnt even hit 200 K in its first week. I mean, whats going on? People spent all them money watching Batman or something? Maybe it was the early leak, or maybe the title controversy, or perhaps people are llosing interest more and more about good music. The truth is that dumb wayne sold that in the first ours of his album release and Nas couldnt. Freaking Carter 3 is still over a 100 k copies which I just cant understand. I ordered Untitled and Im waiting for it to see what happened with its sales and quality since I didnt want to hear the leaks and sabotage my delight.
People, What do yall think of the poor sales for such an interesting album? What happened there?