It's official Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV has sold 964,000 in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, therefore it was able to debut No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It's his third No. 1 album following "Tha Carter III" and "I Am Not a Human Being." Carter IV just earned the biggest sales week for a hip-hop album since Carter III bowed the charts with 1.01 million on the June 28, 2008 . "Carter IV" also marks 2011's second-biggest frame, behind Lady Gaga's 1.11 million debut with "Born This Way."
