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   The Week in Music Sales: George Strait Debuts at No. 3 on Billboard 200

   1:48 pm 9/14/2011

   • by Keith Caulfield, Billboard

   Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" easily holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week. Read more

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   Grammy Attacker and Hip-Hop Ad Man Steve Stoute on the 'Tanning of America' (Q&A)

   10:58 am 9/8/2011

   • by Jeff Weiss

   In his new book, the music exec-turned-marketing game changer explains "how hip-hop created a culture that rewrote the rules of the new economy."Read more

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   Lil Wayne Leads BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations With 18

   7:16 am 9/8/2011

   • by Lindsay Powers

   Comedian Mike Epps returns to host the show, which will be broadcast on Oct. 11.Read more

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   Is Lil Wayne a Pop Star?

   2:58 pm 9/7/2011

   • by Sophie Schillaci

   Wiz Khalifa, Busta Rhymes, RZA and more weigh in on the rapper’s success and consider how the Young Money founder transitioned from underground artist to mainstream mega star.Read more

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   Cash Money Founders on Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ Debut: ‘No Record is Safe From Him’

   1:48 pm 9/7/2011

   • by THR staff

   Moving 964,000 albums in its first week "is a tremendous accomplishment," say label founders Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Baby” Williams of Wayne’s latest.Read more

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   The Week in Music Sales: Lil Wayne's 'Carter IV' Debuts at No. 1

   1:18 pm 9/7/2011

   • by Keith Caulfield, Billboard

   It's official: Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" has sold 964,000 in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.Read more

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   Lil Wayne's 'Carter IV' Debuts at No. 1 With 964,000 Sold

   4:29 pm 9/6/2011

   • by Keith Caulfield

   The album earns the biggest sales week for a hip-hop album since the rapper’s “Carter III” bowed with 1.01 million in 2008. Read more

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   Lil Wayne Beats 'Watch the Throne': 'Carter IV' Breaks iTunes Single-Week Album Sales Record

   3:15 pm 9/5/2011

   • by Keith Caulfield

   The highly anticipated album shattered Jay-Z and Kanye West's numbers after a mere four days on the market.Read more

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   Lil Wayne on 'Tha Carter IV': 'I'm Glad' it Leaked

   12:48 pm 9/2/2011

   • by THR Staff

   With his latest album hitting the web 5 days before its official street date, Weezy is still expected to move between 850,000 and 900,000 copies of his highly anticipated release in its first week.Read more

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    The Week in Music Sales: Game's 'R.E.D.' Bows at No. 1

    12:22 pm 8/31/2011

    • by Keith Caulfield, Billboard

    Last week's No. 1, Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Watch the Throne", slides to second place on the Billboard 200 while Barbra Streisand's "What Matters Most" -- her 31st Top 10 album -- lands at No. 4.Read more

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