Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1996 and I figured it was fitting to showcase one of my favorite Tupac songs for Friday Throwback. It’s crazy to realize that it’s been now eleven years since he passed. Part of the reason I like this song so much is because of the timing. The video was released to MTV only two days after he died. And in the video, it shows him dying and partying in […]
The numbers are in and it looks like the three of us (me, Mike and Dayo) were all low on our projections for Kanye. Dayo’s projection of 50 Cent’s record was a bit high, but not as high as originally thought.
Here are the numbers (from Mike who works in the music industry):
Kanye West’s Graduation: 957,000 units sold
50 Cent’s Curtis: 691,000 units sold
Here’s what Mike posted on The Epinions Music Source message board.
Kanye sold 957,000 units of “Graduation”, making it easily the biggest debut of the year. Actually, if you take away 50 Cent and Eminem, the last album to debut with this strong a number was ‘N Sync’s “Celebrity” in 2001.
50 Cent debuted at #2 with a still-impressive 691,000 units sold, making it the second biggest debut of the year, and for those interested, Kenny Chesney was a distant third place with 387K sold, a number which looks lame next to Kanye’s and 50’s, but would have been the #1 record of the week for about 80% of the year so far.
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Right now, I have no cable until tomorrow. So what I’m actually doing is searching through YouTube to find the entire show. Just kidding. I taped it at the house and I’m watching it on delay. Except, I have to go on MTVs website to find Britney’s performance. But my sister already text messaged me to say how horrible it was. I don’t have high hopes.
Wait, she even had to lip sync her own laugh?
It […]