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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Jay Z and Kanye West "Watch The Throne" Record Sales Break iTunes Record



Billboard has confirmed the first week sales of Watch The Throne. According to Nielson Soundscan, Jay and Kanye sold 436,078 copies in total,  including both digital and physical CD sales. 321,000 of those units were through downloads. They also broke iTunes records for first week sales with 290,000 downloads, beating out Coldplay’s previous record set in 2008 with their LP, Viva La Vida.



WTT marks the 12th #1 album debut at Soundscan by Jay-Z, and the 5th #1 album debut by Kanye West.







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