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Contest: Predict the album sales of T.I.'s Paper Trail

September 30, 2008 8:45 a.m. by Dave Park
T.I.'s Paper Trail will be one of the biggest hip-hop albums of the year. Lil' Wayne set the bar incredibly high, by topping over a million sales in the debut week of Tha Carter III, any chance TIP can match that?

 

For this week's album sales contest, predict where T.I.'s latest album Paper Trail will chart in its debut week and also guess how many units it will sell. 


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:
  • Predict in the comments where TI's new album, Paper Trail, will chart.
  • Also predict how many copies of Paper Trail will be sold during its first week.
  • Predictions after Sunday (October 5, 2008 will be disqualified). 

Prize:
  • $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com

Additional Notes:
*Check out the Week in Preview feature to see what else was released.
**Whoever correctly guesses where T.I. charts and is closest to actual sales figures from Soundscan wins. No Price Is Right rule 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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70 Responses

September 30, 2008 at 8:46 a.m.

#1 - 600,000
September 30, 2008 at 9:03 a.m.

700,000 FTW! I think the new T.I. album is fire.

There's even a blog I wrote about it on my site: http://blog.savankong.com/2008/09/paper-trails-the-best-ti-album/
September 30, 2008 at 9:10 a.m.

575,000
September 30, 2008 at 9:36 a.m.

Number 1, 725,000
September 30, 2008 at 9:55 a.m.

543,000
September 30, 2008 at 11:23 a.m.

#1, 500,000
September 30, 2008 at 1:54 p.m.

The album will chart #1 by selling 635,500 units
September 30, 2008 at 3:29 p.m.

Number 1......1,210,000
September 30, 2008 at 5:58 p.m.

The album will chart # 1 with 330,00 units sold the first week.
September 30, 2008 at 6:56 p.m.

#1...750k
September 30, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.

#1 475,000
September 30, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.

800,000 CUZ IT GOT LEAKED 2 WEEKS EARLY
September 30, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.

#1 in charts and will sell 10000000000000
September 30, 2008 at 9:13 p.m.

650,000 on the 1st day
September 30, 2008 at 10:03 p.m.

2 million in 3 days
September 30, 2008 at 11:38 p.m.

I think his album will sell in a week 475,000 units, and his album will be #1 in the country.
September 30, 2008 at 11:43 p.m.

#1 - 650,000
October 1, 2008 at 1:14 a.m.

#1 album in country - 280,000 records the first day. 900,000 records the first week
October 1, 2008 at 7:31 a.m.

I think he will sell atleast 550,000 copies in the first week. I just bought floor seats to his concert at Patriot Center in DC area. I think this will be his last concert in our area for a long time beacuse he will be serving his sentence.
October 1, 2008 at 7:31 a.m.

#1 in the country - 280,000 on the first day. 900,000 the first week
October 1, 2008 at 7:31 a.m.

you guys...no one buys CD's anymore.

he will be #1 but with 350 K
October 1, 2008 at 7:31 a.m.

#1 in the country - 280,000 the first day. 900,000 the first week
October 1, 2008 at 8:46 a.m.

Already #1 in the country, he will sell close to a million in a week even though we are in a recession so that's equivalent to 2million.
October 1, 2008 at 10:13 a.m.

#1 in the country; he will sell 1,500,000 copies but I hope he does 2million!!! Paper Trail is the best album released in years!!! Nothing this serious since Urban Legend...stop sleeping on the KING!!
October 1, 2008 at 10:17 a.m.

430 000
October 1, 2008 at 10:29 a.m.

around 430 million, dont be to optimistic
October 1, 2008 at 1:20 p.m.

1600000 sixteenswords.com sirx16
October 1, 2008 at 4:02 p.m.

In the 1st week Paper Trail will be number 1 on the charts and he will sale 580,000 records
October 1, 2008 at 5:27 p.m.

No One Buys CDs... All People Download It From Internet... So #1 With 400,000 ... Be Realist !
October 1, 2008 at 5:53 p.m.

100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 t.i. is the king also BEST RAPPER ALIVE i meam wayne good to but he got so many question marks on him right now but t.i. da realest he gone sale out lets do dis!!!!!!!!
October 1, 2008 at 5:53 p.m.

Atleast 250k...def not more than my nigga Jeezy.
October 1, 2008 at 7:41 p.m.

#1 525,000....good album but the recession best album 08'
October 1, 2008 at 7:41 p.m.

850,000-900,000
October 1, 2008 at 8:22 p.m.

1 million
October 1, 2008 at 10:17 p.m.

i think the album will debut at #1 with 1.2 - 1.5 million...
October 1, 2008 at 11:14 p.m.

#1 on billboard..... Album will sell around 550,000........
October 2, 2008 at 2:01 a.m.

t.i that nigga if it wasnt for bootleggers e would do 1.5 ill give him gold first week plat by second week
October 2, 2008 at 3:04 a.m.

#1 1.2 million email is electro3000z@hotmail.com
October 2, 2008 at 3:04 a.m.

Im the biggest TI fan ever i been listening too this aldum sine the 12 of Sept, its hot but i say 540,000
October 2, 2008 at 4:26 a.m.

#1, 655,000 copies sold first week.
October 2, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.

1,110,500
October 2, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.

#1 1.1 million the first week
October 2, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.

1.3 Million in the first week ........i just know its going to exceed a Million in the First week.........Beating Tha Carter 3
October 2, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.

Maybe 800,000 to 1 million: Since people don't by CDs anymore, LimeWire messed up him selling more than 5 million. But it is a GREAT album I just purchased it. Listen to that "56 bars and "Im Illy". T.I. is the KING homie
October 2, 2008 at 3:20 p.m.

Guys, women and girls buy albums. men don't. t.i. will hit the million sale mark in a week because he made a smart move with "whatever you like" for the women. you'll see. most of you guys doubting are males, and you won't buy albums. lil wayne got white folks and women to buy his albums.
October 2, 2008 at 3:20 p.m.

#1 goes to da Real
October 2, 2008 at 5:26 p.m.

I think T.I. will atlest 900,000 copies at the least. If the Carter3 can sale a million Paper Trail can do the same if not more. T.I has a sound unlike no other a flow thats so sick how could it not.
October 2, 2008 at 7:47 p.m.

900,000 Im from the N.O and nobody go sale more den wayne!but T.I hott too!
October 2, 2008 at 11:07 p.m.

675,000 copies.
October 3, 2008 at 4:01 p.m.

#1 850,000
October 3, 2008 at 4:01 p.m.

I believe he top wayne 1.1 million will be sold
October 3, 2008 at 5:45 p.m.

I think will debut on Billboard hot 200 with 1,300,000 copies sold
October 3, 2008 at 6:42 p.m.

I Think its gone sell 95,ooo first week
October 3, 2008 at 6:42 p.m.

780k albums, #1 in the country of course.
I mean, if every person who listened to it had to buy it, I think it would sell more like 3 million in a week. But the fact is that most people get it from the internet, and the underground hip-hop community has had this album since September 15th or so.
Also, I think T.I. put out too many hot singles before the album. With the 6 of the hottest tracks already out, I was a little disappointed in the rest of the album.
October 3, 2008 at 9:42 p.m.

1.2 million
October 3, 2008 at 9:42 p.m.

1.2 million first week beating tha carter III
October 4, 2008 at 4:26 a.m.

Juat above Wayne.... Since wayne is overrated TI shows how it to do not just a verse w/metaphores but an entire song
October 4, 2008 at 2:45 p.m.

This will be the best sellin album!Paper Trail gonna outsell Carter 3..Paper Trail will sell bout 900,000 n a week
October 4, 2008 at 3:09 p.m.

#1 sells: 525000
October 4, 2008 at 6:43 p.m.

Debuts #1 selling 470,000 copies the first week.
October 5, 2008 at 3:38 p.m.

#1 420000
October 5, 2008 at 9:15 p.m.

T.I. debuts #1 with 343,000 the first day, 623,000 first week
October 6, 2008 at 3:55 p.m.

675,ooo
October 6, 2008 at 4:19 p.m.

6
October 7, 2008 at 11:20 p.m.

yall need to stop talking about how many it will sell and buy it!
October 8, 2008 at 4:44 p.m.

I think about 5.6 million sales
October 8, 2008 at 7:48 p.m.

He sold 568,000 according to www.billboard.com

Go & Cop it!
October 12, 2008 at 10:44 p.m.

2.5 million records sold
October 29, 2008 at 11:32 p.m.

fuk yall t.i weak az hell he's not that lyrical,hes aight on certain songs far from da king of da south & any-1 that thinks that small dont know their south rapp history da south got some tru spiters & fuk what yall say waynes auh vet got years on tip in da game waynes paid his dues ya'll just started listenig to rap huh ,,shorty lo punkd dat nigga,,50 calld him a snitch,,luda ate his ass up & flip got on his ass n houston 05,,,dat nigga is a str8 crash dummy wit a record deal ,,,da only thing tip got on niggaz in da game iz going to jail on gun charges,,didnt shoot ,or stab ,,hell he aint got no violent charge on his record for that matter,,,but like 50 say you so tough.....lol
October 31, 2008 at 10:20 a.m.

85 million

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