Week # 3 Sales Of Kanye West vs. 50 Cent

Week 3 Sales
Kanye West - 133,000, Total: 1,316,000
Curtis- 71,000 Total: 905,000

Wow...Curtis has yet to even reach platinum. CD sales are definitely in a slump!! Kanye is still holding strong.

New Video: Kanye West's Drunken Rant On Wendy Williams Show

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New Video: Kanye West "Stronger" Revisited

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Kanye West gets Timbaland to reconstruct the drums in "Stronger" after being frustrated with the first 11 mixes!

You can check out Kanye's newly relaunched site here: kanyeuniversecity.com

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50 Cent Accuses Def Jam Of Rigging Sales Numbers

50 Cent Accuses Def Jam Of Rigging Sales Numbers

After being defeated by Kanye West on the UK album charts, 50 Cent has accused Def Jam of rigging Kanye's album sales.

"He's never had a fraction of the sales 50 Cent has. They (Def Jam) could have one scan and have it count four times. West's entire career hasn't sold half what I sold on my first album" 50 told UNCUT.

West's single 'Stronger' has also beaten 50's 'Ayo Technology' - charting at three and five respectively on the singles charts.

Sean Kingston's 'Beautiful Girls' remains at number one on the singles chart for a third week running. source

Kanye West Still In The Lead With 930k+ Sales Of 'Graduation'

Kanye West Still In The Lead With 930k+ Sales Of 'Graduation'

Weekend sales figures shows Kanye West’s IDJ album Graduation at the top of the class, with the numbers now topping 850k and approaching 900k, while 50 Cent’s Shady/Aftermath/ Interscope album Curtis isn’t doing too shabby itself, with a one-week total that will top 625k and could go as high as 650k. SBMG Nashville star Kenny Chesney is trailing the two, with a still-impressive number hovering around 425k. Disney’s High School Musical 2 will also be in six figures, with around 115-120k insuring a #4 finish. source

Recent numbers state that Kanye is officially up 930k+ for the week and 50 (Curtis) is at 660k.

New Video: Kanye West Suprise Performance At Justin Timberlake Concert

Man that crowd looked waaay hyped!! Kanye is on his promo sh*t right now...where's 50 at? LOL!

New Video: Kanye West On The Emmy's

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New Video: Kanye West Performs On Jimmy Kimmel

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Kanye West Leading In Album Sales Against Rival 50 Cent

Kanye West Leading In Album Sales Against Rival 50 Cent

***BREAKING***
Billboard has learned that today's SoundScan Building Chart indicates first-day sales of 437,000 for West's "Graduation," 310,000 for 50 Cent's "Curtis" and 107,000 for Chesney's "Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates."

September 12, 2007 -- Kanye West is making chump change out of rival 50 Cent.

The preppy singer's CD was handily beating his Queens-born rapper foe's in online sales on several sites as both albums debuted yesterday.

West's "Graduation," the latest installment in his college-themed trilogy, soared to the top of the charts on Amazon.com, while "Fitty's" landed at a disappointing No. 6.

With iTunes, West's new album was ranked as the second best seller of the day.

"This album is simply amazing," one customer posted. "Buy it now and forget about 50 Cent for a while."

On the same site, 50 Cent's "Curtis" CD - his real name is Curtis Jackson - landed in the ninth spot.

Fitty famously boasted he would stop making solo records if West beat him in first-week album sales.

Still, at local stores, the matchup appeared to be fairly even.

"They're pretty close," said Eclipse, the manager of Fat Beats in Manhattan. "I'd say we probably moved more Kanye than 50, but it's pretty neck-and-neck."

As for the rivalry between West and Fitty, it seems to be good for business for both of them, which may explain why Fitty seemed awful chummy with his supposed rival at the MTV Music Awards Sunday night. source

New Music Video: Kanye West Ft. T-Pain - "The Good Life"

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New Video: Kanye West Interview On Hot 97

Kanye speaks out on MTV's VMA's, his song about Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and more. Be sure to cop Kanye's 3rd solo effort, Graduation, released today (9/11).

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New Music: Kanye West Ft. Mos Def, Al Be - "Goodnight"

Download: Kanye West Ft. Mos Def, Al Be - "Goodnight" (Japanese Bonus Track)

This should've been a U.S. album track. Graduation drops on 9/11.

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Kanye West Accepts 106 And Park Debate With Against 50 Cent

Rapper Kanye West has accepted 50 Cent's challenge to appear live on BET's countdown show 106 & Park on Tuesday, September 11, the day both of their highly anticipated albums are released.

Terrence and Rocsi will host a "battle" during the show, where 50 Cent will perform singles from his upcoming album Curtis, while Kanye West will perform songs from his upcoming effort, Graduation.

ESPN's Stuart Scott will deliver commentary and a statistical breakdown of both 50 Cent and Kanye West.

"How could I not come to 106 & PARK on the day my album comes out? I'm definitely coming," West stated, while 50 Cent said ominously: "Just make sure that Kanye West shows up."

50 Cent and Kanye West will appear live on 106 & Park on Tuesday, September 11 at 6:00 PM.

New Pics: Kanye And 50 Cent Face Off On Rolling Stone

Photos: Albert Watson

“This is a rock & roll moment right here,” says Kanye West on the set of his Rolling Stone cover shoot with 50 Cent. Watch the two hip-hop heavyweights get camera-ready at photographer Albert Watson’s New York studio, discuss the Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier confrontation that inspired them, chat about what it means to be on the cover of Rolling Stone and more as the two gear up for the September 11th releases of Curtis and Graduation. Check out excerpts of the 50 Cent and Kanye West interviews, too.

Click Here to watch the behind the scenes video of the Kanye & 50's Rollingstone Photoshoot. More pics from the photoshoot below:

New Music: Kanye West Ft. Chris Martin - "Homecoming"

Kanye West Ft. Chris Martin (Coldplay) - "Homecoming"

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Graduation Drops on 9/11...

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50 Cent - 'Curtis'



Kanye West - 'Graduation'

Once again...9/11 is going to be a huge day for Hip-Hop!!

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New Pics: Official Kanye West 'Graduation' Cover

Rumors are flying about Kanye West's new album, Graduation, whose cover features a Takashi Murakami flying teddy bear spewing out of a giant mouth. The teddy bear is wearing the McFLY 2015's worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II.

The McFly 2015 project aims to entice Nike to release the futuristic shoes worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II’s 2015 scenes. The project has gained some headway, recently discovering that Nike actually patented the shoes back in 1990. Now it seems that everybody’s getting into the act. source


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New Video: Kanye Speaks On Battle With 50 Cent

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New Video: Kanye Previews "Big Brother" And "Champion"

Can't wait until Sept. 11th!

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New Music: Kanye West Ft. Lil Wayne - "Barry Bonds"

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Kanye Speaks About "Barry Bonds" & Graduation LP

OK, so Kanye West has had a change of heart — there will be one rapper on his upcoming Graduation LP after all. Lil Wayne has made the final cut and will appear on a track called "Barry Bonds," Roc-A-Fella/ Def Jam confirmed Tuesday (August 14).

Bonds — Major League Baseball's controversial, newly crowned home-run king — is apparently a metaphor for how big West thinks the record will be. The chorus goes, "Here's another hit, Barry Bonds."

As he's been doing on "Can't Tell Me Nothing," its remix and "Stronger," West uses "Barry Bonds" in part to proclaim his continued evolution as one of the top lyricists in the game.

"You should go 'head and bow so hard that you knees hit your fo'head," he raps over slow synths. "And the flow just hit code red/ Top five MCs, you ain't gotta remind me/ Top five MCs, you gotta rewind me/ I'm high up on the line, you could get in behind me/ But my head's so big, you can't sit behind me."

Weezy F. Baby does his usual stylized guest-vocal spazz outs. "My teeth and my ice so white like Shay Day/ The ice in my teeth so reee-frig-er-ated/ I'm all about my Franklins, Lincolns and Reagans/ Whenever they make them."

"Barry Bonds" isn't the next official single from Graduation, however — that'll be "Good Life," which features singer T-Pain. Kanye samples Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T." and speaks up reveling and celebrating. Chris Martin of Coldplay has also been announced by Roc-A-Fella/ Def Jam as a collaborator on "Homecoming."

Graduation — despite some Internet rumors to the contrary — is still dropping September 11 and will face off against 50 Cent's Curtis LP. source

50 Cent Bets His Career Against Kanye West

50 Cent Bets His Career Against Kanye West

50 Cent recently bet his career as a rapper that he'd outsell Kanye West when their albums drop next month.

Despite holding a more successful track record, skeptics are questioning whether 50 Cent's Curtis will outsell Kanye West's Graduation come September 11. Ask 50 and he'll tell you there's no way he'll come in second. In fact, he's ready to wager his career on it.

"They would like to see Kanye West give me a problem because I've worked myself into a space where I've become the favorite," Fif told SOHH exclusively. "Everybody roots against the underdog when he goes against the favorite.

"Put it like this," 50 continued. "Let's raise the stakes. If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I'll no longer write music. I'll write music and work with my other artists, but I won't put out any more solo albums.

"And I bet this, when Kanye West's sales come in, he's gonna have a 70% decrease [the second week] 'cause Def Jam is gonna buy records to keep him closer to 50 Cent," the Queens rapper added. "So watch the first week and then watch the second week. Watch his @#* drop off the planet. We keep our angles covered before we make a decent bet." Read More

Official 'Graduation' And 'Curtis' Album Tracklistings

1. Good Morning
2. Homecoming (Featuring Chris Martin)
3. Stronger
4. Champion
5. Good Life (Featuring T-Pain)
6. I Wonder
7. Even More Broke Phi Broke (Skit)
8. Can’t Tell Me Nothing
9. Drunk and Hot Girls (Featuring Mos Def)
10. Evrything I Am (Scratches By DJ Priemier)
11.Good Night (Featuring Mos Def & Al Be)
12. Big Brother
13. Graduation (Skit)
14. The Glory
15. CRS (Featuring Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell) [Pre-Order Only]




1. Intro
2. My Gun Go Off
3. Man Down
4. Still Will Kill
5. I Get Money
6. Bring Em In
7. Ayo Technology (Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
8. Follow My Lead(Featuring Robin Thicke)
9. Movin on Up
10. Straight to the Bank
11. Fully Loaded Clip
12. Amusement Park
13. Peep Show (Eminem)
14. Fire (Nicole Scherzinger & Young Buck)
15. All of Me
16. 187
17. Smile (I Am Leaving) {Bonus} [Pre-Order Only]

New Video: Kanye West Interview; Talks Album And Fashion

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Kanye Says No Features On 'Graduation'

Kanye Says No Features On 'Graduation'

Kanye West is ready to graduate. With his LP dropping, West recently spoke on a few things and said a few things that could get him in trouble.

This time around, he decided to not let any artists on the album, aside from a Jeezy adlib. Why?

"I don't have any rappers on my album...Not just because I'm trying to make a statement of being an MC — I want people to get into my album and zone out. You never asked Marvin Gaye, 'You have such and such doing a background track?' I do have an ad-lib from [Young] Jeezy. That's because he has that line, 'Hey Snowman, can I get an ad-lib?' So I asked for an ad-lib. Where the rappers do appear is on the remixes," Kanye said. source

New Music Video: Kanye West - "Stronger"

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New Pic: Official Kanye West 'Graduation' Album Cover