50 is killin sales
50 Cent has Record-Breaking Debut LP Sales - Posted 2/12/2003 by jayo
In less than a week, Get Rich or Die Tryin' has turned 50 Cent into a cash cow for his record label.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' will be the top-selling album on next week's Billboard albums chart, moving in excess of 872,000 copies, according to SoundScan figures released Wednesday (February 12). With the tremendous total, the LP is the best-selling debut album since SoundScan started its tracking system in May 1991. Only Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut, Doggystyle, comes close, with more than
802,000 copies sold in its first week.
The Queens MC sold more copies of his debut LP last week than all the other top 10 albums combined; and 50's one-week tally is the largest since Shania Twain moved more than 874,000 copies of Up! in November.
Even more remarkable is the fact the volume was attained in a shortened sales cycle. Although 50's album was released five days early to combat bootlegging, it's questionable whether having the extra two days would have increased his total, since many retail outlets reported the album sold out after the first couple of days on the shelves.
source: Mtv News