Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' First Week Global Sales

Jay-Z sold 527,000 first week copies nationally of his Magna Carta Holy Grail album. But, globally, he sold 632,000 copies first week (which means he sold 105,000 copies in addition to his American sales). This is the highest Jay will sell outside the U.S his entire 12 album career. The buzz of this album and the Internet, and the million digital copies Samsung bought really helped out. Salute to Jay-Z for always re-inventing himself in the business side of things.




















Let me explain things a little more, so that I don't lose you guys. Jay-Z has never been a big seller outside the U.S. For example, his last album before Magna Carta, The Blueprint 3 sold 476,000 first week copies in the U.S, and 489,000 globally. This means that he sold a total of just 13,000 copies in other countries outside the U.S first week. His 2006 album, Kingdom Come holds the record for his highest selling first week sales of any Jay-Z album; it sold 680,000 copies first week in America, and 695,000 globally. This means he only sold 15,000 copies outside the U.S. Rappers like Eminem, Kanye West, 50 Cent and even Game have always been bigger sellers than Jay-Z in the international market, so I think this achievement is really good for Jay's career.