“Notorious” Soundtrack Debuts High On The Charts, Luda Offically Goes Gold

J-Banks · 01-21-2009, 03:26 PM

“Notorious” Soundtrack Debuts High On The Charts, Luda Offically Goes Gold

With the release of the Biggie biopic Notorious hitting theaters last Friday (Jan. 16), Christopher Wallace fever is in full effect as fans picked up enough copies of the accompanying soundtrack to have it land at the no. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 sales chart this week.

According to the Nielsen SoundScan the compilation, which features unreleased demos from the beloved Brooklyn rapper as well as new tracks by Jay-Z and Jadakiss, managed to move 42,950 discs off the shelves in it’s debut week.

The movie has been all over the news as of late. The Los Angeles Times reports that it pulled in $21.5 million over the 3 day weekend despite several negative incidents that marred one screening in Greensboro, North Carolina and an unofficial after-party for the premiere in BK. Just today reports also surfaced describing an old domestic abuse case involving Gravy, the rapper turned actor who portrays Big in the flick, and his wife.

Following the Notorious Soundtrack is Kanye West who’s 808s and Heartbreak falls down two spots to the no. 5 position on the charts. West, who performed at yesterday’s Youth Inauguaral Ball in celeration of the Presidential induction of Barack Obama into office, sold and additional 39,530 albums this week. This brings the Chi-Town super producer/rapper’s total sales figures to 1,184,870.

Further down the charts is hip-hop hookman Akon’s third full-length project Freedom, sitting at the no. 12 spot. The album moved 23,290 more units off the shelves this week, making his complete sales stand at 400,470. Four spots down is the “King of the South” T.I.. His latest opus Paper Trail continues to keep registers ringing with 20,180 bar codes scanned this week and 1,596, 820 CDs sold thus far.

Lil’ Wayne and Ludacris round out the rappers in the top 40 this week. Weezy, who’s Tha Carter III landed at the no 23 spot, added 15,355 discs to his impressive tally of 2,933,530 albums sold to date. After 8 weeks, Luda’s Theater of the Mind finally scored a gold plaque with an official total sales number of 504,120. Sitting at the no. 25 slot, the rapper’s 7th CD moved 14,860 albums this week.

With no new rap releases dropping this week look for Kanye to continue his dominance on the charts next week. – Elan Mancini

Source: xxlmag

shade45radio · 01-21-2009, 04:09 PM

how is 42,950 discs a high debut. TOS sells 200k nd its considered flop..:S

Young Starkky · 01-21-2009, 04:10 PM

Good for Luda,, propz.

GMNRecordsCT3 · 01-21-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by shade45radio

how is 42,950 discs a high debut. TOS sells 200k nd its considered flop..:S

TOS sold 200k after 6 monthes... but ya

Quote:

managed to move 42,950 discs off the shelves in it’s debut week.

How the hell is that number 3???

cmrcr12 · 01-21-2009, 07:46 PM

250,000 1st tOS...........is there ay news article about how the NOTORIOUS movie did terrible in the box office and opened up at the number 4 spot??? ill post it people wana read it...the movie was average and ppl have to admit it wasnt good and the charcters were off minus kim and faith and mrs wallce..made 22mill that sucks for a much hyped up movie especially from Puffy. all of th epeople who made the movie dont knwo anything about movies.

EdG810 · 01-21-2009, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shade45radio

how is 42,950 discs a high debut. TOS sells 200k nd its considered flop..:S

get it right...TOS sold 96k first week, from then up to now its at 200k

deadwrong03 · 01-22-2009, 12:52 AM

i thought tos did 110k the first week

thastickiesteva · 01-22-2009, 01:13 AM

tos is not at 250,000 they didnt sell shit worldwide LMAO CLOWNS

TOS IS PROLLY@ 220,000

Shyne · 01-22-2009, 12:15 PM

Movie was great, good to see it doing so well considering it wasnt in many theaters. The soundtrack is pretty great too, I copped it and have been playing it none stop since I got it, good to see it move a few records as well.

ALittleBitCooler · 01-22-2009, 12:24 PM

i might buy the soundtrack

01-21-2009, 03:26 PM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	“Notorious” Soundtrack Debuts High On The Charts, Luda Offically Goes Gold “Notorious” Soundtrack Debuts High On The Charts, Luda Offically Goes Gold “Notorious” Soundtrack Debuts High On The Charts, Luda Offically Goes Gold With the release of the Biggie biopic Notorious hitting theaters last Friday (Jan. 16), Christopher Wallace fever is in full effect as fans picked up enough copies of the accompanying soundtrack to have it land at the no. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 sales chart this week. According to the Nielsen SoundScan the compilation, which features unreleased demos from the beloved Brooklyn rapper as well as new tracks by Jay-Z and Jadakiss, managed to move 42,950 discs off the shelves in it’s debut week. The movie has been all over the news as of late. The Los Angeles Times reports that it pulled in $21.5 million over the 3 day weekend despite several negative incidents that marred one screening in Greensboro, North Carolina and an unofficial after-party for the premiere in BK. Just today reports also surfaced describing an old domestic abuse case involving Gravy, the rapper turned actor who portrays Big in the flick, and his wife. Following the Notorious Soundtrack is Kanye West who’s 808s and Heartbreak falls down two spots to the no. 5 position on the charts. West, who performed at yesterday’s Youth Inauguaral Ball in celeration of the Presidential induction of Barack Obama into office, sold and additional 39,530 albums this week. This brings the Chi-Town super producer/rapper’s total sales figures to 1,184,870. Further down the charts is hip-hop hookman Akon’s third full-length project Freedom, sitting at the no. 12 spot. The album moved 23,290 more units off the shelves this week, making his complete sales stand at 400,470. Four spots down is the “King of the South” T.I.. His latest opus Paper Trail continues to keep registers ringing with 20,180 bar codes scanned this week and 1,596, 820 CDs sold thus far. Lil’ Wayne and Ludacris round out the rappers in the top 40 this week. Weezy, who’s Tha Carter III landed at the no 23 spot, added 15,355 discs to his impressive tally of 2,933,530 albums sold to date. After 8 weeks, Luda’s Theater of the Mind finally scored a gold plaque with an official total sales number of 504,120. Sitting at the no. 25 slot, the rapper’s 7th CD moved 14,860 albums this week. With no new rap releases dropping this week look for Kanye to continue his dominance on the charts next week. – Elan Mancini Source: xxlmag __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

01-21-2009, 04:09 PM	#2
shade45radio King of Kings Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TDOT Posts: 423 Repped: 15 Repped 734 Times in 85 Posts Neg Reps: 17 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 4 Posts	how is 42,950 discs a high debut. TOS sells 200k nd its considered flop..:S __________________

01-21-2009, 04:10 PM	#3
Young Starkky Why You Hate The Game? Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,077 Repped: 423 Repped 41 Times in 18 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Good for Luda,, propz. __________________

01-22-2009, 12:15 PM	#9
Shyne Sons Of Liberty Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,552 Repped: 3 Repped 2,054 Times in 849 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 151 Times in 95 Posts	Movie was great, good to see it doing so well considering it wasnt in many theaters. The soundtrack is pretty great too, I copped it and have been playing it none stop since I got it, good to see it move a few records as well. __________________ myspace.com/vocabthemc http://coldglassofoj.blogspot.com

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ALittleBitCooler Grown Kid Syndrome Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Saturn Posts: 833 Repped: 70 Repped 376 Times in 135 Posts Neg Reps: 5 Neg Repped at 61 Times in 32 Posts	i might buy the soundtrack __________________

01-21-2009, 07:46 PM	#5
cmrcr12 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jerz/NYC Posts: 422 Repped: 74 Repped 207 Times in 36 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 4 Times in 3 Posts	250,000 1st tOS...........is there ay news article about how the NOTORIOUS movie did terrible in the box office and opened up at the number 4 spot??? ill post it people wana read it...the movie was average and ppl have to admit it wasnt good and the charcters were off minus kim and faith and mrs wallce..made 22mill that sucks for a much hyped up movie especially from Puffy. all of th epeople who made the movie dont knwo anything about movies.

01-22-2009, 12:52 AM	#7
deadwrong03 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 226 Repped: 78 Repped 93 Times in 23 Posts Neg Reps: 2 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 3 Posts	i thought tos did 110k the first week

01-22-2009, 01:13 AM	#8
thastickiesteva Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canoga park Posts: 666 Repped: 3 Repped 96 Times in 71 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 99 Times in 66 Posts	tos is not at 250,000 they didnt sell shit worldwide LMAO CLOWNS TOS IS PROLLY@ 220,000

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