Lil’ Wayne Sells Over “A Milli-ion” Copies of “Tha Carter III”

Filed Under: Albums by DJ Z on Jun 18, 2008

Tha Carter III

New York, NY -- Cash Money/Universal Motown Records multi-platinum recording artist Lil Wayne expands his dynasty with Tha Carter III. The new CD is the biggest release by far for 2008, selling over 1 Million copies its first week, reigning #1 on Nielsen SoundScan, besting Mariah Carey’s record-breaking release earlier this year. Not since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005 has an artist sold over 1 Million albums their first week.

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