Top 5 Best First Week Sales of 2008

First week sales is a big deal in the music biz as it pretty much sets the tone for how well the album will sell:

#5 Usher - Here I Stand 443,000
#4 Kanye West - 808s & HEARTBREAK 450,000
#3 Beyonce - I AM SASHA FIERCE 482,000
#2 T.I. - PAPER TRAIL 568,000
#1 Lil Waynes - Tha Carter 3 1million!!!

Hosted by Wahidah Fowler. This list was compiled with data from Nielsen Soundscan.

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[bedroomsoundz]

cash money bought some of those records

[TheRealPulverizer]

idk id say TI is better than wayne but thats what i think

[liltunechi4eva]

cash money didn't buy records, people just like lil wayne

[WeezyBestFan]

@bedroomsoundz fuck you

[BLUESPEEDSTER519]

Tha Carter 3 is legendary

[DivineCipherX]

Stop talking and show me the merchandise.

[godsboss24]

@westsideoutlaw956 stay away from the lil girls u pedophile

[westsideoutlaw956]

wow half this list no wait all this list is a bunch of 15 year old girls parents buying this shit for their daughters

[SaintsRow312]

@TheRealPulverizer no its actually a fact

[wayneo7897]

thts total ownage by weezy

[hotblk100]

thats transsexual??????????

[mzathemind]

god damn lady... let em out.