The most anticipated hip-hop album of 2008 was officially released today. How many albums will Lil Wayne's Tha Carter 3 sell in its debut week? The highest debut this year is Mariah Carey's E=MC2, which sold a massive 463,000 albums. Will the early leak of the album by DJ Chuck T last week significantly hurt Lil' Wayne's album sales?
For this album sales contest, predict how many copies of Tha Carter III will sell this week. The prize is a $20 Amazon gift certificate and bragging rights for the week. Please note that only registered users will be in the running.
Contest:
Prize:
- Predict in the comments where Lil Wayne's new album, Tha Carter III, will chart, as well as how many copies will sell during the first week.
- Predictions after Sunday (June 15, 2008 will be disqualified).
- $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com
Additional Notes:
*Check out the Week in Preview feature to see what else was released.
**Whoever is closest to actual sales figures from Soundscan. No Price Is Right rules in effect (i.e. you can still win if your guess is over the actual sales figures.)
***This contest is open to everyone, including Prefix staffers.
****If you are not registered on the site, your entry will be disqualified.

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I'm going with 305,000.