The Jigga Man Shawn Carter aka JayZ Official Thread...

[kuskklassic]

no but not too many rappers have.

nobody has more #1 albums tho.....

 

[P. Town]

Lol Wayne fans excited about his 4th Platinum album over a 12 year, 9 album solo career

 

[thesynthesis]

when wayne was 29 he had countless plats under his belt and broke records.....

when jay was 29 he was still yet to drop the BP (he was still on vol 2)...Jay was 31 when he dropped his best album

Weezy got many years to go and many plats to get....

 

[ShencotheMC]

Nope, but all of his albums have been #1 so......

haters gonna hate?

 

[Cutler 26 INT's LOL!]

Naw don't think so...

 

[TimSanchez]

No.... the most was for Kingdom Come and that was around 700k .... but his albums don't fizzle out after a week or two. He's sold over 50 million as a result of people consistently buying his CD's as the week's go on.

 

[thesynthesis]

yo this cat Jay must be older than Mum-Ra...

lmao.........

 

[Lab Baby]

No. But he still sold more records than Wayne, and it's not even close, even with 2 albums selling a mil in a week

 

[thesynthesis]

No.... the most was for Kingdom Come and that was around 700k .... but his albums don't fizzle out after a week or two. He's sold over 50 million as a result of people consistently buying his CD's as the week's go on.

have u seen the 59.9% drop in WTT second week sales?

also niggas comparing sales from the 90's and early 00's to now?

fact is weezy done some crazy sales for the mega download era, gimme everything for free

 

[TimSanchez]

On the other side of the coin, let's hope Wayne is still alive by 40 ..... that styrofoam cup is no joke.

 

[thesynthesis]

LOLOL

If Weezy play his cards right he can outsell Jay by age 40, I wonder if Hov will still be alive by then... hmmm.....

LOL

well i dont think he will outsell jay cuz of the download era.....weezy has come to "fame" in a time where the consumer dont have to pay

but he could sell a lot....and people will take in account the era he came up in, when judging his sales

 

[TimSanchez]

have u seen the 59.9% drop in WTT second week sales?

also niggas comparing sales from the 90's and early 00's to now?

fact is weezy done some crazy sales for the mega download era, gimme everything for free

that was a just a commentary on his career stats .... he's been a consistent seller. plus, Kingdom Come and other albums were during the download days too. 2006 wasn't long ago. Napster was going strong in 2000.

 

[ShencotheMC]

Iuno no bout 50 million fam.... Hov sold about 27 million albums in 16 years....

Nah bruh Jay has sold 50 million albums worldwide

 

[P. Town]

Lil Wayne won't even sell more overall than Kanye

 

[Cutler 26 INT's LOL!]

Iuno no bout 50 million fam.... Hov sold about 27 million albums in 16 years....

I kno Wikipedia aint the beacon of truth but it says 50 million worldwide...

 

[thesynthesis]

that was a just a commentary on his career stats .... he's been a consistent seller. plus, Kingdom Come and other albums were during the download days too. 2006 wasn't long ago. Napster was going strong in 2000.

downloading grows stronger with each year, noway was downloading as prevalent in the early 00's than it is now

the music sales have dipped overall with each year...

internets gettin faster, there is more access to music from different avenues online, album leaks....

for Wayne to sell close to a million in a week is nothing short of amazing in the current climate, even artists like Beyonce are struggling and have seen better days

If Wayne can keep doin this for another 4 years, he'd have a got tally of sales....Carter 4 will have a direct effect on his past catalogue as well

 

[TimSanchez]

Iuno no bout 50 million fam.... Hov sold about 27 million albums in 16 years....

Worldwide.... yes.

 

[thesynthesis]

what are the worldwide sales for carter 4 ?

 

[TimSanchez]

downloading grows stronger with each year, noway was downloading as prevalent in the early 00's than it is now

the music sales have dipped overall with each year...

internets gettin faster, there is more access to music from different avenues online, album leaks....

for Wayne to sell close to a million in a week is nothing short of amazing in the current climate, even artists like Beyonce are struggling and have seen better days

If Wayne can keep doin this for another 4 years, he'd have a got tally of sales....Carter 4 will have a direct effect on his past catalogue as well

It is a feat .... I don't think anybody is taking away from that. But downloading was pretty bad back then too. 2006 is when it picked up steam because that's when all of the z-shares and such started popping up. It's gotten worse, true, but it also had its own impact then too.

If Wayne can keep it up, good for him. The industry can definitely use more artists that actually sell.

 

[thesynthesis]

weezy first week worldwide sales were not good as i gather

but i think with all the free promotion about sales he's gotten in the news i think he'll sell more worldwide in his second week, and obviously sell less in the US

the chain effect.....weird how things work out