Game wins, on pace to do 400-450 k

[wcsoldier]

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Geffen Rapper Is Doctoring the Charts at #1, Akon vs. Now 23 for #2

November 15, 2006

This time, he’s on a new label and going without Dr. Dre or 50 Cent, but The Game’s Geffen bow, Doctor’s Advocate, is headed to the same place… the top of the chart.
Based on first-day reports from those retailers still in business around this suddenly Blue State land of ours, the Compton rapper’s sophomore album will soar past 400k and could go as high as 450k, an easy #1. His last album, The Documentary, on G-Unit/Interscope, came out in January ’05 and sold almost 600k its first week on its way to double-platinum.

Right in back of him is Senegal-born, N.J.-raised ex-con Akon, whose new Konvicted album is another winner for Steve Rifkind’s SRC label through Universal Motown. Thanks to a pair of smash duets with Eminem (“Smack That”) and Snoop Dogg (“I Wanna Love You”), the album is set to bow with between 225-250k, more than 10 times the 24k his debut Trouble sold in June ’04. That puts Konvicted into a battle for #2 with Sony Label Group’s Now 23 in its second week.

Interscope’s +44, the new band formed by blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, bows with their debut When Your Heart Stops Beating, on target for around 65-70k, exactly the same total earmarked for Fat Joe’s debut Virgin effort, Me, Myself & I.

Epic’s Tenacious D emerge with the soundtrack to their new Pick of Destiny film, which is right behind them with between 60-65k.

Warner Bros. Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice is in at around 25k, while both Flip/WB’s Staind and The Firm Music’s Army of Anyone are in the 20k range.

Next Tuesday, Def Jam’s Jay-Z and Capitol’s The Beatles mash up the streets, with Amaru/ Interscope’s 2Pac and Doggystyle/Geffen’s Snoop Dogg also hitting retail shelves.  Other major titles on sale include Interscope’s U2 singles collection, RCA’s Idol alum Daughtry, TVT’s crunk rappers Ying Yang Twins and Columbia’s Il Divo also on tap.

The market was up 12% vs. last week, as the holiday season moves into high gear, was basically flat vs. same week in 2005 and now down a little under 5% year-to-date.

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Bastard. I was just about to post this.

[The King]

lol 1 mill first week. Some kids have no concept of reality.

[$Eg2$]

Game Over HA HA HA whut the haters gotta say now Phillyboys name gotta be changed real soon if this is correct

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Good to here. A little surprising since non of his singles did that well. People are just straight up anticiapting what he can do. West Coast.

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Game Over HA HA HA whut the haters gotta say now Phillyboys name gotta be changed real soon if this is correct

He said if DA goes platinum he will delete his account.

[rik]

Fuck game he's goin to flop. 

[J$crILLa]

I was wondering if Game was gonna top Akon, apparently it will be easy for him too

[wcsoldier]

Good to here. A little surprising since non of his singles did that well. People are just straight up anticiapting what he can do. West Coast.

Game got a great buzz.. I  think if he had  a top-10 hit, he would have sell 700-800 k without a doubt.. Anyway by today standards , these are GREAT numbers

[E. J. Rizo]

and since this a good album... hype will carry him to the top first week... but it will continues selling because people realise its a good album... friends of friends start hearing this shit.

[GangstaBoogy]

Interesting. I'll wait till the final sales come out to speak on it though.

[rik]

I still haven't bought my copy. Broke right now gonna get it on Friday when I get some cheese.

[d-nice]

lol 1 mill first week. Some kids have no concept of reality.

He will say he sold 1 million WORLDWIDE now. Watch. I was thinking about that yesterday.

[Kassem]

i went to the store thinking i will pay 20 dollars ,when i found 9.99 i bought 2

[wcsoldier]

Lol at people thinking that Game wasn't playing himself with the 1 Million thing... we are in 06, I doubt there will be a 1 Million week again... even Justin Timberlake can't do that