It also broke the US ITunes stores single week album sales record with around 345,000 sold via ITunes.
“Tha Carter IV” album was illegally leaked on the Internet 5 days before the album official release date. Lil Wayne was not concerned about his album leaking because he new it would still do good. According to MTV, Lil Wayne stated,
"We did real good this time, real good," Wayne told MTV News correspondent Jim Cantiello after his show-closing performance at the VMAs in L.A. on Sunday. "It just means people want to hear it," he said. "I mean, 'cause there're people's albums that come out that can be leaked and don't leak, so I'm glad mines leaked."
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/lil-wayne-s-carter-iv-debuts-at-no-1-with-1005340572.story
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16764/lil-waynes-tha-carter-iv-nears-platinum-in-its-first-week/
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670206/lil-wayne-tha-carter-iv-album-leak.jhtml
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