Lil Wayne's 'Carter IV' Debuts at No. 1 With 964,000 Offered

It's official: Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV has offered 964,000 in the first week based on Nielsen SoundScan, easily enabling its No. 1 debut about the Billboard 200 chart. It's his third No. 1 album following Tha Carter III and i'm Not a person.our editor recommendsMTV Video Music Honours 2011: The NomineesLil Wayne on 'Tha Carter IV': 'I'm Glad' it LeakedLil' Wayne's 'Tha Carter IV' Track List Revealed STORY: Lil' Wayne Beats 'Watch the Throne': 'Carter IV' Breaks iTunes Single-Week Album Sales Record Carter IV makes the greatest sales week for any stylish-hop album (or any set with a male artist), since their own Carter III bowed with 1.01 million about the June 28, 2008 chart. Carter IV also marks 2011's second-greatest frame, behind Lady Gaga's 1.11 million debut with Born By Doing This. Obviously, Gaga's first week was bolstered by 2 days' price of 99-cent purchase prices from AmazonMP3's store. Carter IV handled to market nearly millions of without such tactics. It's believed that AmazonMP3 offered up to 440,000 downloads of their 99-cent Born By Doing This album. STORY: Lil' Wayne on 'Tha Carter IV': 'I'm Glad' it Leaked Talking about downloads, Carter IV moved 362,000 digital copies in the first week. That marks the 2nd-biggest digital sales week ever to have an album again, behind Born By Doing This, with 662,000 downloads. However, while SoundScan doesn't disclose store-specific figures, sources say Carter easily broke the U.S. iTunes Store's single-week album sales record, with around 345,000 offered via iTunes. STORY: Lil' Wayne's 'Tha Carter IV': Exactly what the Experts say Tha Carter IV is on a quick start thanks to both a hot single as well as an eve-of-release performance by Wayne about the highly ranked MTV Video Music Honours telecast (August. 28). His "How you can Love" single is his first top ten hit like a lead artist about the Pop Tunes chart since 2008 when "Lollipop" (Tha Carter III's first single) visited No. 5. "Love" is actually only his second top ten about the Pop Tunes tally, after "Lollipop." Also, figure the Carter title brand carries weight with fans, much in the same manner the term "blueprint" makes Jay-Z aficionados take serious notice. He's had three Blueprint albums up to now: All first showed at No. 1 with more than 400,000 offered within their particular first days. A complete recap each week's top ten selling albums and digital tunes follows tomorrow morning. Related Subjects Lil Wayne