Lil Wayne shocked his naysayers earlier this week when his ‘Tha Carter IV’ album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and now he has topped the United World Chart. The rapper, who recently scored 18 nominations at 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards, may have missed the 1 million mark in the US but he easily outsold that figure worldwide.
‘Tha Carter IV’ entered the chart with 1.03 million copies sold. This marks Lil Wayne’s second highest first week sales behind the 1.05 million of his ‘Tha Carter III’ in 2008. However, the sales of ‘Tha Carter IV’ are far from the being the largest of 2011 as Lady GaGa’s ‘Born This Way’ sold over 1.92 million units in May.
Elsewhere, Adele’s ’21′ held the #3 spot after garnering this week’s largest sales increase – a staggering 34% – and selling another 314K copies. As the year’s top-selling album, ’21′ has now sold over 9.58 million units in just 32 weeks.
Check out the the lineup of the leading Urban/Pop albums and tracks in the world below:
1. Lil Wayne – ‘Tha Carter IV’ – 1.03 M (debut)
3. Adele – ’21′ – 314K (total: 9.58 M)
4. David Guetta – ‘Nothing bu the Beat’ – 263K (debut)
6. The Throne – ‘Watch The Throne’ – 124K (total: 1.04 M)
7. Lady GaGa – ‘Born This Way’ – 85K (total: 4.40 M)
8. Beyonce – ’4′ – 77K (total: 1.58 M)
9. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’ – 71K (total: 12.75 M)
10. Game – ‘The R.E.D. Album’ – 60K (total: 190K))
Bonus
12. Adele – ’19′ – 59K
15. Bruno Mars – ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ – 49k
1. Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera – ‘Moves Like Jagger’ – 406K
2. LMFAO – ‘Party Rock Anthem (Ft. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock)’ – 261K
3. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’ – 256K
4. Pitbull – ‘Give Me Everything (Ft. Ne-You, Afrojack & Nayer)’ – 236K
5. Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)’ – 217K
8. Bat Meets Evil – ‘Lighters (Ft. Bruno Mars)’ – 164K
9. Lady Gaga – ‘The Edge of Glory’ – 160K
10. Lady Gaga – ‘You & I’ – 160k
Bonus
11. Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’ – 155K
12. Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’ – 153K (total: 7.97 M)
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