50 Cent Addresses Low Album Sales
50 Cent says leaks and bad timing are to blame for the lackluster first-week sales of his latest disc, Before I Self Destruct, which moved only about 160-thousand copies.
Speaking with a satellite radio show last week, he said, “I look at the numbers and am like, ‘What is this?’ I’ve already assessed that the album has been out a month before its actual release period [which was prompted by an online leak]. So when you got that, you go, ‘Well, what did you actually expect?’”
Still it’s got to be a blow to his ego — since 2003, 50 has consistently opened atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of no less than 500-thousand copies.
50′s rivals are taking the opportunity to rub it in his face. At a recent concert for D-J Khaled’s birthday, Rick Ross told the crowd, “We’re celebrating [50's] demise. R-I-P to the donkey, we buried him.”
Speaking of albums, Sony confirms that Sade is in fact prepping a new disc, Soldier of Love, set for release February 8th. The follow-up to the band’s last effort, Lovers Rock, is their first new offering in a decade. It’s only Sade’s sixth studio album in a 25 year career. She’s been M.I.A. for almost a decade.
Lovers Rock reached number-three on the Billboard 200
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Not shocking about 50! His albums always have hard hitting debut singles but Baby By Me didnt have the same impact as In Da Club. Disco Inferno/Candy Shop or I Get Money!
As for Sade, I know I might be askin much but, I hope she has a HUGE First Week like Maxwell did! No disrespect to Maxwell, but I’m still shocked by how well his sales did, with his hiatus & all!
Agree With KB… But Is it just me, or does 50 Cent look EXTRA Photoshop’d in that AD.. Hmm… Just Sayin’