Before I Self Destruct Projected To Sell Only 160,000 Units First Week
We thought by now that 50cent would have changed up his formula by not beefing with artist’s that really have no relevance to his record sales or career for that matter. Those tactics were cute back in the Ja Rule days but those days are over. Hit’s Daily Double has projected that Fif may only sell 160,000 in the first week, which is the lowest sales he has ever had in a first week up to date.
According to sales projection site hitsdailydouble.com, the G UnitCEO latest project will land behind chart topper John Mayer’s new LP Battle Studies (projected to push 275,000-300,000) and possibly albums from songstress Norah Jones, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, and Christian band Casting Crowns.
Before I Self-Destruct has been plagued by numerous pushbacks over the last year. Since an initial release announcement in February 2008, 50 has released 4 singles, including 2 that did not make the final tracklisting: “Get Up,” “I Get It In,” “Ok, You’re Right,” and “Baby By Me.”
Additionally, the album leaked a whole month early on October, prompting the Queens native to push up the release date from November 23 to November 16 after gauging positive feedback from fans.
If the projected numbers hold, Before I Self-Destruct will be 50 Cent’s lowest debut week, following 2007’s Curtis (695,000), 2003’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (872,000), and 2005’s The Massacre (1.5 million). Because the album hit iTunes a week early, those digital sales will be added to the rapper’s total tally.
To date, the latest single “Baby By Me” has peaked at #28 on Billboard’s Top 100.
At press time, the mogul’s next single will be “Get It Hot,” featuring Lloyd Banks.
On a side note: I guess Fif need to stick to acting and selling vitamin water and who are those kids in the picture above?
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