Mehn! It is all about
Jay-Z right now. The hype is serious. I have had friends that I know don't listen to Rap music ask me for the
Magna Carta album. I'm not saying the album didn't match the hype, it is a good album, but the hype for it is crazy right now. It already sold a million digital copies (thanks to Samsung Mobile for the purchase,
Jay already got his Platinum Plaque from R.I.A.A), but the buzz for the physical copies (which hits stores yesterday) is also crazy.
Hits Daily Double just projected, based on first day sales that Jay-Z's
Magna Carta Holy Grail album is on its way to selling between 475-525k first week. Whoa! Add that to the million copies already sold, and you have 1.5 million copies sold in 1 week. Congrats to
Jay-Z.
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YOUR NEW RELEASES: Well, there's Jay-Z and everyone else this week.
Magna Carta Holy Grail's chart-topping first week should best the bows
of his previous three releases, Watch The Throne (436k), Blueprint 3
(476k) and American Gangster (425k). Looks like Samsung's marketing
campaign is paying off for everyone. Here are this week's key debuts:
Jay-Z (Roc Nation) 475-525k
Ciara (Epic) 55-65k
Skylar Gray (KidinaKorner/Interscope) 15-18k
Donell Jones (eOne) 10-12k
As of this writing Magna Carta remains the #1 album on the iTunes chart
in its "explicit" form, while the "clean" version occupies the #5 spot.
Lead single "Holy Grail" featuring Justin Timberlake is #2 on the
singles chart, while "Tom Ford" (an early fave among hip-hop heads) has
bounced to #13. (7/10p) (HITS Daily Double)
