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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Kain670 on February 12, 2003, 01:50:31 PM
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Best Selling Black artist debut
First Week
50 Cent, GET RICH OR DIE TRYING - 872,000and still counting
(http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/f/50_Cent/sq-50-cent-album-cover.jpg)
Snoop, Doggystyle - 802,000
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1469932/20030212/story.jhtml (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1469932/20030212/story.jhtml)
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.
Congratulations 50 and G-Unit
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This is nuts, LOL.
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what an investment £1 million and he pushes more units than most major heavy weights can. remember when master p signed snoop he paid 10 million for a part share of him with deathrow.
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fukk 50...and thyz ain't West Koast!
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wonder if he wud of done if dre and em wasn't by his side.
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He's definitely not worth all this fame...but thanks to everyone riding Eminem's nuts (well, at least he's talented), this guy is now up there with Snoop, B.I.G. & 2Pac for highest selling debut by a black artist. Listen, no matter how much you like 50 Cent, you really gotta be ridin his dick to tell me that his name belongs up there with B.I.G., Snoop, whatever... damn, I can't believe this bullshit rapper is so popular. I know a lot of you might disagree, but just answer me honestly, is he REALLY worth becoming the most successful black artist with his debut album?
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thats nuts......good for him tho
I bought the last copy they had at music world. It came w the DVD 2.
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He's definitely not worth all this fame...but thanks to everyone riding Eminem's nuts (well, at least he's talented), this guy is now up there with Snoop, B.I.G. & 2Pac for highest selling debut by a black artist. Listen, no matter how much you like 50 Cent, you really gotta be ridin his dick to tell me that his name belongs up there with B.I.G., Snoop, whatever... damn, I can't believe this bullshit rapper is so popular. I know a lot of you might disagree, but just answer me honestly, is he REALLY worth becoming the most successful black artist with his debut album?
BIG and Pac's debuts did not sell a lot in their first week out.
I do agree with everything else you said and I thought of that clown before I went to sleep.
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What about Michael Jackson?
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is this really his debut tho?...i mean he had an album out before...wouldnt that be his debut?
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is this really his debut tho?...i mean he had an album out before...wouldnt that be his debut?
His debut Power, wasn't officially released so I guess that's why they consider this his debut.
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His debut Power, wasn't officially released so I guess that's why they consider this his debut.
i mean...it is in stores...i guess they mean major label debut...thatd be my only explanation..
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BIG and Pac's debuts did not sell a lot in their first week out.
I do agree with everything else you said and I thought of that clown before I went to sleep.
my mistake... I mistook the B.I.G. (Life After Death) & 2Pac (Makaveli) first week sales for debut albums, since these two albums sold about 700-750K in their first week.
oh yeah, I hope the clown messed with your head... just a little bit ;D
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i mean...it is in stores...i guess they mean major label debut...thatd be my only explanation..
Yup. Major label debut is probably what they mean.
I bought both "Power of the dollar" & "Guess who's back" in Norwegian record-stores..
In comparison they did not have "Ghetto Heisman" and Nate Dogg's "Music & Me" came several months after the release.
Jayo Felony albums is out of the question..
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damnnnnnnnnnn homie
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Dre is the man. He's resposnible for the three biggest first week selling albums in hip hop.
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Dre is the man. He's resposnible for the three biggest first week selling albums in hip hop.
word Dre is heavily responisble for 3 of the biggest artist ...... Snoop, Eminem and now 50 cent! ...... Damn Homie........
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LOL @ some people still having something to say against his success... It aint his fault if they know how to promote his shit, at least he aint all that arrogant, actin like he was a Super-Hero, so if u cant congratulate, Hate 8)
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Best Selling Black artist debut for the first week
not 50's career
Best debut for a CD for the first week by a black artist
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Dre is the man. He's resposnible for the three biggest first week selling albums in hip hop.
Yeah, that's king of the coast right there..
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Dre is the man. He's resposnible for the three biggest first week selling albums in hip hop.
Yeah, that's king of the coast right there..
correction 4 biggest first week
EM
EM
50 cent
Snoop
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congrats to 50 cent but he still hasn't REALLY beaten snoops first weeks sales. Not every store had soundscan back when doggystyle came out and it still sold 803,000 in it's first week which is FUCKEN UNVELIEVABLE, but yes he did do it. jsut read the following document and u will see that even though it may say 50 sold more than doggystyle first week, he reallly most likely didn't.
N'Sync and Eminem have both benefited from Soundscan by becoming the number one and two biggest selling first week sales in history. N'Sync holds the record at 2.4 million copies and Eminem at 1.76 million. Because these sales received so much media attention, it also became a way of promoting the album. Also, this helps artist know how many units are sold so they can determine what they should get paid.
With something that sounds so good as Soundscan may seem, there will always be a few problems. Not all retail stores are not linked to the Soundscan database. What about the neighborhood retailers that cannot afford or do not sell enough copies, or do not need Soundscan to count their sales. They also may not have all the resources as a chain store. There are quite a few artist that may get the RIAA certification because of the shipments of units, but what about sales figures? Many products have seen strong sales at local shops in many different cities. How will Soundscan give an accurate number of copies sold if they miss these stores? It is a problem that may hurt the credibility of many products.
Two albums that have missed are Dr. Dre's "Chronic" and Snoop Doggy Dogg's debut "Doggystyle". These are two albums that experienced huge success in the "mom and pop" establishments. It seems like every rap fan owns these albums, but they are certified at 3 million(Chronic) and 5 million(Doggystyle), low for two blockbuster albums in the era they were released. It is rumored that Dr. Dre has sold over 8 million copies of Chronic. Snoop Dogg was the highest selling rap album for the first week( before Eminem), but only the Soundscan stores were counted in the 800,000 copies counted. This was without the stores without Soundscan. Being released in 1993, there were many stores that have Soundscan now that did not back then.
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congrats to 50
thats a big achievment
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actin like he was a Super-Hero,
yea he leaves that to Jome...
;D
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actin like he was a Super-Hero,
yea he leaves that to Jome...
;D
Uhm nah, 50 does that pretty good by himself.
Bulletproof this, bulletproof that, bulletproof hat etc..
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Exactly, if he was a Super Hero, he wouldnt need all that.. so hes tellin us that he's vulnerable and fearing for his life
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Yeah, that's king of the coast right there..
no, that's the king of rap
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Congrats to 50, but i don't really give a fuck about how many units someone sells. In 1993 when Snoop dropped doggystyle hiphop wasn't that mainstream like it is now. If you look at quality of albums 50 cent's is by far the worst out of Tupac,B.I.G, and Snoop. 50 cent was just all hype towards his album. 5O is a gifted emcee, but don't compare his album to them guys.
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Congrats to 50, but i don't really give a fuck about how many units someone sells. In 1993 when Snoop dropped doggystyle hiphop wasn't that mainstream like it is now. If you look at quality of albums 50 cent's is by far the worst out of Tupac,B.I.G, and Snoop. 50 cent was just all hype towards his album. 5O is a gifted emcee, but don't compare his album to them guys.
i agree with you 100% but 50 dropped a nice album but you cant compare it to those up there no way no how.......especially doggystyle
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I still can't fathom how he managed to sell 852.000 in his first week... I knew his hype was enormous but shit... ??? that number is unbelivable. I would have expected something like 200-300K... I guess the Eminem affiliation automatically added 500K to his sales.
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dawm :o
he really was the one for this, how can you tell me he got giant poster all up in hmv,music world and shit,, goos to see that tho, props to the man, the album is good but i still like doggystyle betta
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everyone knows dogystyle is way better, its jus the sales of this album is pretty fuckin amazing if u ask me, get yourself a dope dre beat for a first single, sign onto aftermath, dont matta how dope or wack u are, be known to be down with eminem n your a instant hit, pretty sad but true , shows how big politics are in music now, but fair play to the nigga, he been workin hard for a long ass time n nows he makin some bread, good to see a nigga sellin
peace
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everyone knows doggystyle is way better, its jus the sales of this album is pretty fuckin amazing if u ask me, get yourself a dope dre beat for a first single, sign onto aftermath, dont matta how dope or wack u are, be known to be down with eminem n your a instant hit, pretty sad but true , shows how big politics are in music now, but fair play to the nigga
Your a fucking idiot...yeah like Em and Dre go around signing wack rappers which they give 1 million dollar advances to because they are wack...so they can be an automatic hit
50 got publicity when he got to put down two tracks on the 8 Mile Soundtrack..."Places to go" and "Wanksta"...which helped for CD sales + In Da Club got every1 going
Whats pretty sad is your thinking
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I think that's the highest debut (first album) first week sales of any artist, not just black. It's the highest 1st week sales (single album) for a black artist (Em & N*Sync & Backstreet have sold more 1st week)... NIK Michael Jackson never sells really high first week, he just sells consistant for 20 years or whatever until he's at 50 million albums.
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Good for 50. His album is growing on me, it still aint worth all the hype & fame. Still, if it works, its better than Nelly & Ja Rule rulling the hip hop world, you have to agree on that
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everyone knows doggystyle is way better, its jus the sales of this album is pretty fuckin amazing if u ask me, get yourself a dope dre beat for a first single, sign onto aftermath, dont matta how dope or wack u are, be known to be down with eminem n your a instant hit, pretty sad but true , shows how big politics are in music now, but fair play to the nigga
Your a fucking idiot...yeah like Em and Dre go around signing wack rappers which they give 1 million dollar advances to because they are wack...so they can be an automatic hit
50 got publicity when he got to put down two tracks on the 8 Mile Soundtrack..."Places to go" and "Wanksta"...which helped for CD sales + In Da Club got every1 going
Whats pretty sad is your thinking
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groupie pleeeez , gettin all mad cuz i said something u dint like about ya botty bwoy lol
i didnt say his wack, i jus said whats pretty tru in my opinion that if u sign with eminem n dre u basically gon sell loads jus off there groupies alone, its a fact
n we all know dogystyle is way better than this
peace
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Dre is the man. He's resposnible for the three biggest first week selling albums in hip hop.
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where did 50 come from 1 day NO ONE knows who the fuck he is the next day 50 this 50 that lol