Kanye’s “808s & Heartbreak” Goes Platinum (Beyonce 1.5 & Lil Wayne 2.8)
So 5 weeks after Kanye West drops his fourth studio album, he hits the million dollar mark. I have to say that it’s definitely my least favorite Kanye album, but there is a few good tracks such as See You in My Nightmares ft Lil Wayne and Amazing featuring Young Jeezy.
On a side note T.I. & Beyonce are both around the 1.5 million mark while Lil Wayne is as 2.8 million and Soulja Boy is up to 80k sold after two weeks.
Overall sales are down as expected and they will never rise again, in terms of retail. Digital sales will continue to rise.
Sales have plummeted 45 percent from the industry’s high-water mark of 785.1 million units in 2000, due largely to Internet piracy and competition from other forms of entertainment such as video games. Digital track sales rose 27 percent to a record 1.07 billion units, but the growth was slower than the 45 percent jump in 2007.
Full Story: Reuters
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Comment by TELL IT on 2 January 2009:
YUP MY NIG IT NEVER FAILS, “IT’S A RECESSION EVERYBODY BROKE,” EXCEPT YA BOY
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Comment by Da King on 3 January 2009:
KANYEz HOTT..BUT MAH BOII WEEZYz STILL ON TOP..!
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Comment by albert pajotte on 4 January 2009:
Kanye deserves it, no doubt.
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Comment by you knoww* on 5 January 2009:
kanye is sexyy!
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Comment by amber on 6 January 2009:
aint nobody touchin wayne doe
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Comment by ColumbusOhio on 6 January 2009:
Fuck Weezy, Fuck T-Pain, and anyone else who pretends they can do the Vocoder better than Kanye! Best album ive ever heard! Years ahead of you retards who cant see the future
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Comment by Culumbus ohio is a fuck face on 10 January 2009:
Hey culumbis ohio… FUCK YOU, T-Pain & Weezy kick any dumbfuck’s ass when using the autotune, and yeah tpain did create the autotune Columbus, u hav no fucking idea your fuckin talking about. don’t get me wrong Kanye and his new album is kicks fucking ass, but tpain and lil wayne kick his ass with the autotune or “vocoder”, your a retarted piece of shit u know dat?
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