50 cent totals coming in for the week......

[E. J. Rizo]

check this......

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

seems like he is at 331,405 with 30.80% of the numbers in

the story states that he is gonna sell *at least* 750k

here is the story too.....

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi

WEEK IN PREVIEW:
50 CENT CASHES IN!


 Get Rich or Die Tryin? Rages Past 750k, Could Reach 800k  
 
 February 10, 2003

 You can stab him, you can shoot him nine times, you can try to keep him down, but no one can deny that Queens rapper 50 Cent?s Shady/Aftermath/Interscope debut is a MONSTER.

Yes indeed, at a time when #1 albums have been moving little more than 100k per week, 50 Cent?s Get Rich or Die Tryin? is storming this week?s chart with upwards of eight times that amount, with early tallies of sales reports indicating that when everything is accounted for, the album will have sold at least 750k for the week, and possibly as much as 800k.

Despite reports of some stock problems, Interscope seems to have covered most gaps, and the project is headed for an enormous, Eminem-size chart debut.

Also debuting in the Top 10 will be the Evanescence-led Daredevil soundtrack (Wind-up), and the almost exclusively rack-driven Country artist Blake Shelton (Warner Bros.). Big gainers will include Kid Rock?s Cocky (Lava/Atlantic), exploding behind his smash duet with Sheryl Crow, and LL Cool J?s 10 (Def Jam/IDJ), also seeing huge gains following major action on his duet with Jennifer Lopez, "All I Have," which has been stripped onto the album.

At radio, our Top 40 brain surgeons tell us that, in addition to more action for 50 Cent?s "In Da Club," Lisa Marie Presley?s "Lights Out" (Capitol) will nab Most-Added honors, while Stacie Orrico?s "Struck" (Virgin), The Calling?s "For You" (also on Wind-up?s Daredevil soundtrack) and Cooler Kids? "Punk Debutante" (DreamWorks) will have good weeks.

At Crossover, it looks like Nas? "I Can" (Columbia) will come in Most Added, followed by Lil? Kim?s "The Jump-Off" (Queen Bee/Atlantic). Both have already seen heavy action, but are officially going for it this week. Also watch Baby?s "What Happened to That Boy," featuring Clipse, (Cash Money/Universal) and Freeway?s "All Right" featuring Allen Anthony (Def Jam/IDJ), both of which should have strong weeks.

And at PoMo/Rock, look for The Ataris? "In This Diary" (Columbia) to score the most adds, followed by Johnny Cash?s "Hurt," from his latest Rick Rubin-produced album (American/Lost Highway/IDJ).

[EM28]

I thought he was over 400,000 first day......

peace

[west_coast_rider]

i dont know who said that ^^^^ but that will probably never happen, no matter who it is. i think 50 would have sold 1 million in his first week if he released the cd last tuesday instead of thursday. btw here is the current top 5

-- 1 50 CENT SHADY/AM/INTERSCOPE 542,385
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
3 2 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 51,688
COME AWAY WITH ME
-- 3 LL COOL J DEF JAM/IDJ 47,662
10
4 4 CHICAGO EPIC 45,402
SOUNDTRACK
1 5 DIXIE CHICKS OPEN WIDE/MONUMENT/COL 43,609

550,000! i think he can sell 900,000

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

I was expectin it to go Plat first week...Peace

[E. J. Rizo]

it prob will go platinum look at the numbers its over 500,000 and just about 51% have been counted.......

[KVB]

800K? That's pretty fuckin unbelievable... 800K is about as much as God's Son and Blueprint 2 sold in their first weeks of release put together...  

[Bishop]

Final Top 5

50 Cent         806,358
Dixie Chicks    108,391
Kid Rock        101,308
Norah Jones     97,759
Avril Lavigne     79,698
 
and 50 only had 5 days

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

800K? That's pretty fuckin unbelievable... 800K is about as much as God's Son and Blueprint 2 sold in their first weeks of release put together...  

Nas and JayZ didn't have a huge hype like 50 does...

[ImmortalOne]

The official numbers are in........he sold 805,000.........thats the second highest ever for a black artist [the first being Doggystyle, which did 870,000 in the first week]......my homie just emailed me these numbers:

Snoop, Doggystyle - 870,000
50 Cent, GET RICH OR DIE TRYING - 806,000
2Pac, Makaveli - 725,000
DMX, And Then There Was X - 696,000
Biggie, Life After Death - 688,000

^^^those are the top 5 selling first week sales for a black solo hip hop artist.

[E. J. Rizo]

The official numbers are in........he sold 805,000.........thats the second highest ever for a black artist [the first being Doggystyle, which did 870,000 in the first week]......my homie just emailed me these numbers:

Snoop, Doggystyle - 870,000
50 Cent, GET RICH OR DIE TRYING - 806,000
2Pac, Makaveli - 725,000
DMX, And Then There Was X - 696,000
Biggie, Life After Death - 688,000

^^^those are the top 5 selling first week sales for a black solo hip hop artist.

Damn that shit is amazing.......but i dont think that 50 fits in that list well comparing those albums to this one......his and dmx dont compare to doggystyle, life after death, or makaveli.....fuckin 50 dun blown the fuck up

[Hittman2001]

just think if 50 had released his album last tuesday, he would've been over snoop's total

[=[Euthanasia]=]

Damn, thats pretty impressive. It took 'Pac's "Better Dayz" almost a month to reach 500, 000. Congrats to him.

[ImmortalOne]

Damn, thats pretty impressive. It took 'Pac's "Better Dayz" almost a month to reach 500, 000. Congrats to him.

Better Dayz sold 500,000 in two weeks, with about 390,000 in the first week.

[jerrod1416]

Just to clear things up these are the official totals. From mtv.com
Therefore 50 cent did beat snoop's record sales.

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.

[E. J. Rizo]

Just to clear things up these are the official totals. From mtv.com
Therefore 50 cent did beat snoop's record sales.

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.

wow we got to see what happens although i like 50 cent snoop hype was much better and much more deserved in my opinion.....but congrats to 50