- 31,417
- 65,440
Those scores aren't accurate sales for a good portion of those early 2010's release. A lot of those sold more 1st week, but publications weren't including digital sales for hip hop albums in their reporting the they did w/ pop acts.
Ex.
Tha Carter IV:
964,000k Physicals+362,000 Digital=1,326,000.
Technically Wayne is number one.
I wrote this up & some others for this wikipedia mod trying to get it changed b/c it's unfair how someone like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift & other pop stars gets to accurately show all of their sales, but not Hip Hop acts
“In its first week of release, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and sold 496,000 copies in the United States.[111] The entry blocked Nicki Minaj's debut studio album Pink Friday from the top spot with 375,000 sales, with the week marking the first time in two years that the Billboard 200 has seen two albums bow with more than 300,000 units.[111] This gave West his fourth consecutive US number-one album and was higher than the 450,000 first-week sales of his previous album 808s & Heartbreak, with the debut week becoming the fourth-best sales week of 2010.[111] The album's first-week digital sales of 224,000 units marked the fourth-highest sales week for a digitally-downloaded album.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/mus...-minaj-lead-album-chart-idUKTRE6B048P20101201
“West led the Billboard 200 after selling 496,000 units of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” during the week November 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan.’ Digital downloads accounted for 224,000 copies, or 45%, of West’s “Fantasy” sales. The number ranks as the fourth-biggest digital week for any set, behind the debuts of Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” (288,000 in 200
, Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” (278,000 this year).”
Physical Sales:
Kanye West- 496,00
Taylor Swift- 769,000
Digital Sales:
Kanye West-224,000
Taylor Swift-278,000
Combined Sales:
Kanye West- 720,000
Taylor Swift- 1,047,000
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...-sells-436000-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200
Same for ‘Watch the Throne’:
Physical Sales: 436,000
Digital Sales: 321,000
Combined Sales: 757,000
https://www.reuters.com/article/mus...-minaj-lead-album-chart-idUKTRE6B048P20101201
“West led the Billboard 200 after selling 496,000 units of “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” during the week November 24, according to Nielsen SoundScan.’ Digital downloads accounted for 224,000 copies, or 45%, of West’s “Fantasy” sales. The number ranks as the fourth-biggest digital week for any set, behind the debuts of Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” (288,000 in 200
, Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” (278,000 this year).”Physical Sales:
Kanye West- 496,00
Taylor Swift- 769,000
Digital Sales:
Kanye West-224,000
Taylor Swift-278,000
Combined Sales:
Kanye West- 720,000
Taylor Swift- 1,047,000
https://www.billboard.com/articles/...-sells-436000-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200
Same for ‘Watch the Throne’:
Physical Sales: 436,000
Digital Sales: 321,000
Combined Sales: 757,000
.
