Jay-Z's "American Gangster" Projected To Sell Over 400,000 Units

[Elano]

Jay-Z's tenth studio album, American Gangster, is projected to sell between 425-450,000 in first week sales.

According to Hitsdailydouble.com, American Gangster is on track to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 this week, selling between 425,000 to 450,000 units and officially tying with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1 albums. Last year Hov's highly publicized comeback album, Kingdom Come, which also came out in November, sold 680,000 copies.

Jay's American Gangster was inspired by the Ridley Scott's film of the same name, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and based on the life of Harlem-based heroin kingpin Frank Lucas. Considered to be his first conceptual album, American Gangster is Jay-Z's rendering of the rise and fall of a hustler.

In related news, this weekend SIRIUS Satellite Radio closed out a week of programming dedicated to Jigga by broadcasting an exclusive concert performance from his five-city tour.

As SOHH previously reported, Hov took over hosting duties at SIRIUS' "Hip-Hop Nation" last week, rechristening it "JAY-Z Nation."

On Saturday (November 10), the station aired a live recording of Jay-Z's House of Blues concert in Chicago. The concert featured guest appearances by Kanye West, Freeway and Beanie Sigel.

[wardy]

  36% in looks like he could hit atleast 500k

CHART DATE: 11/12/2007
LAST UPDATE: 11/12/2007 13:37:06
NOW IN: 36.24%
 
 
 LW TW artist / album label power index
-- 1 JAY-Z ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 300,136
AMERICAN GANGSTER
-- 2 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 142,391
EXCLUSIVE
3 3 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 40,622
CARNIVAL RIDE
2 4 BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZLG 39,482
BLACKOUT
-- 5 CASSIDY FULL SURFACE/RUFF RYDERS 37,840
B.A.R.S.
-- 6 ANGELS & AIRWAVES SURETONE 30,646
I-EMPIRE
27 7 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 23,436
TAYLOR SWIFT
15 8 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 21,400
DUETS
13 9 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 20,687
COCO
11 10 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 20,651
SOUNDTRACK
19 11 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 20,298
JUST LIKE YOU
-- 12 GARTH BROOKS PEARL RECORDS 18,752
ULTIMATE HITS
29 13 SUGARLAND ISLAND/MERCURY NASHVILLE 17,957
ENJOY THE RIDE
16 14 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 15,510
GRADUATION
-- 15 WISIN Y YANDEL MACHETE MUSIC 13,459
WISIN VS. YANDEL
30 16 TIMBALAND INTERSCOPE 12,975
TIMBALAND PRESENTS SHOCK VALUE
10 17 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 12,746
STILL FEELS GOOD
5 18 JOSH TURNER MCA NASHVILLE 12,064
EVERYTHING IS FINE
17 19 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 11,768
SOUNDTRACK
-- 20 AMERICAN GANGSTER DEF JAM/IDJMG 11,675
SOUNDTRACK
18 21 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM INTERSCOPE 11,527
SOULJABOYTELLEM.COM
28 22 FERGIE A&M/INTERSCOPE 11,042
THE DUTCHESS
12 23 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 10,381
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
39 24 J. HOLIDAY CAPITOL 9,992
BACK OF MY LAC
-- 25 PAUL POTTS COLUMBIA 9,876
ONE CHANCE
21 26 SEETHER WIND-UP 9,849
FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE...
14 27 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 8,748
MAGIC
43 28 FOO FIGHTERS RCA/RMG 8,049
ECHOES SILENCE PATIENCE & GRACE
7 29 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 8,010
RAISING SAND
24 30 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE INTERSCOPE 7,936
SOUNDTRACK
41 31 50 CENT AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 7,907
CURTIS
-- 32 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL WALT DISNEY RECORDS 7,611
SOUNDTRACK
38 33 JILL SCOTT HIDDEN BEACH 7,271
REAL THING: WORDS & SOUNDS, V3
36 34 SANTANA ARISTA/RMG 7,202
ULTIMATE SANTANA
9 35 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 7,191
BEST OFANDREA BOCELLI - VIVERE
20 36 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 7,020
JONAS BROTHERS
8 37 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 6,776
NOEL
4 38 AVENGED SEVENFOLD WARNER BROS. 6,545
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
42 39 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 6,480
DAUGHTRY
40 40 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 6,204
JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
-- 41 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 5,906
GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
35 42 BABY BASH ARISTA/RMG 5,625
CYCLONE
-- 43 MAROON 5 A&M/OCTONE 5,455
IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG
6 44 BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/ZLG 5,411
UNBREAKABLE
32 45 SERJ TANKIAN SERJICAL STRIKE 5,335
ELECT THE DEAD
25 46 GARY ALLAN MCA NASHVILLE 5,232
LIVING HARD
-- 47 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE/ZLG 5,215
FUTURE SEX/LOVE SOUNDS
34 48 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 4,880
CHRISTMAS SONG
-- 49 FEIST INTERSCOPE 4,704
THE REMINDER
-- 50 BON JOVI ISLAND 4,615
LOST HIGHWAY
 

[Lunatic]

good for em
deserves it

[Chamillitary Click]

good for em
deserves it

[No Compute]

I know numbers have been down for a good while now but it's still surprising to see Jay-Z flop.

[Lunatic]

I know numbers have been down for a good while now but it's still surprising to see Jay-Z flop.

flop??
 

[No Compute]

I know numbers have been down for a good while now but it's still surprising to see Jay-Z flop.

flop??
 

An artist like him should really be doing bigger numbers than those.

I'd be interested to see what his previous albums have done in first week sales compared to this.

[d-nice]

I know numbers have been down for a good while now but it's still surprising to see Jay-Z flop.

flop??
 

An artist like him should really be doing bigger numbers than those.

I'd be interested to see what his previous albums have done in first week sales compared to this.

Most have done numbers like this. Really his biggest album sales wise has been Hard Knock Life and that did like 5 million. All the rest have been platinum to 3x platinum (Blueprint 2 and that was a double album) so numbers wise if he goes platinum that is around the norm that he does numbers wise.

[K.Dub]

good for em
deserves it

He got enough money, plus the album is kinda boring

[Lazar]

good for em
deserves it