Yes, you did read correctly. ‘Tha Carter IV’ hit over 1 million sales in one week which means that the Fourth Installment To ‘Tha Carter’ hit Platinum. Just like ‘Tha Carter III’ back in 2009. The Exact sales were 1,000,690. And Weezy wants to retire really?..
Wait Scratch that Lil Wayne almost hit platinum in one week. Billboard just released that Lil Wayne sold 964,000 coppies and not 1,000,690. Wow well that still unbelievable numbers in a few days he’ll be platinum. Lady Gaga used tactics like selling her album for 99 Cents for it to hit platinum in one week. 362,000 digital copies, 345,000 of that was sold via iTunes.