Lil Wayne barely misses 1 mil in first-week sales for Tha Carter 4

Lil Wayne almost did it again. Weezy F. Baby just missed the million sales mark in his first week with his latest album Tha Carter IV.

According to final numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, the Young Money rapper’s ninth album will arrive at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling a whopping 964,000 copies in its opening week. While impressive, it wasn’t quite enough to top its predecessor Tha Carter III, which sold 1,005,545 when it debuted in June 2008.

That gives Weezy the second-highest first week sales of the year, displacing Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne, but still behind Lady Gaga’s Born This Way (1.1 million).

Tha Carter IV also broke the U.S. iTunes Store’s single-week album sales record by registering around 345,000 downloads, reports Billboard.

A thrilled Weezy thanked his fans for their support. “Wow!!!!!!!!!! I have the best fans in the universe! I thank u all. Hard work and dedication pays well. Young Mula baby!(weezy voice),” he tweeted.

Nicki Minaj joined the celebration, adding, “A million here, A million there…Congrats Weezy! YMCMB.”

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Beef ensuing between Jay-Z and Lil Wayne?

Just a day after the leak of superstar Lil Wayne’s blog-igniting track “It’s Good,” a two-fisted cut that’s making noise for its perceived brazen diss at hip-hop legend Jay-Z and his omnipresent wife pop-R&B queen Beyonce, the skateboarding Gremlin doesn’t seem at all fazed. During an interview for an upcoming Oct./Nov. Vibe story, Wayne says he’s not worried about any fallout from the presumed lyrical barb at the Watch The Throne MC which features Drake and Jadakiss as Weezy snaps, “I got your baby money/Kidnap your bitch, get that how much you love your lady money.” (The sneering line comes off as a rebuttal to Hova’s Birdman-aimed “H.A.M.” slap “Really you got baby money…You ain't got my lady’s money.”)

“I know there won’t be any repercussions behind what I did,” says a confident Wayne when asked if he had second thoughts about recording his acidic verse for ‘It's Good.’ “I know for a fact music is about perception. You can’t do anything but perceive what you hear. I know that for a fact. So I can’t ever be upset about someone’s reaction.”

Wayne added that while he understands the intrigue and buzz behind the record, it’s just another song. “I’m not going to say I don’t know what would happen before I even say [something on record],” he explains. “I do know what will happen. I’m aware of it. But it is what it is.”

Lil Wayne is currently headlining his I Am Still Music Tour. He is set to digitally drop his highly anticipated release Tha Carter IV on Sunday, August 28th. -

Lil Wayne releases "How to Love" video

When no one was looking, Lil Wayne released the vivid visuals for his third single, "How to Love," off "Tha Carter IV" (August 29)."How to Love" finds Wayne narrating a story of a woman who struggles with love due to a hurtful childhood. At the end of the clip, we see what could have been her life if shown what love should be from knee-high.


Fans will be able to buy a digital copy of "Tha Carter IV" at midnight following his performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 28. Lil Wayne will be performing alongside Lady Gaga, Adele,Chris Brown and just announced, Beyoncé.

New music from Weezy's Carter IV - "She Will" ft Drake

Lil Wayne hasn’t dropped Tha Carter IV yet, but he’s giving you plenty of reasons to pick it up come August 29. Weezy shares the mic with his fellow Young Money MC Drake on “She Will,” his ominous-sounding fourth single produced by T-Minus (“Moment 4 Life”).

Carter IV new release date and Latest song

Lil Wayne fans will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on Tha Carter IV. The long-awaited album from the Young Money rapper has been delayed once again.
The 9th solo album from Dwayne Carter Jr. is now set to arrive on August 29, Universal Motown confirms to Rap-Up.com. The news was first reported by YouHeardThatNew.
The project has been postponed several times, with the most recent date being June 21. It has already spawned the singles “6 Foot 7 Foot,” “John” featuring Rick Ross, and the latest “How to Love.”

Lil Wayne - John (If I Die Today) [video]

"John" (often referred to as "John (If I Die Today)" or simply "If I Die Today") is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne, and the second single from his upcoming album Tha Carter IV. The song features rapper Rick Ross, and has peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100. "John" is produced by Polow da Don, and was released on March 24, 2011 on iTunes. The video premiered yesterday.