Young Money/Republic RecordsLil Wayne is cashing in on his long awaited Tha Carter V album.
Weezy’s 13th studio album achieved the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album with 433 million streams, according to Billboard. Drake holds the record with 746 million streams for Scorpion.
Tha Carter V sold 480,000 units in its first week. Only Scorpion, with 732,000 units, and Travis Scott’s Astroworld with 537,000, sold more in its debut week this year.
Tha Carter V is Weezy’s fourth number-one album, following Tha Carter 1V in 2011, I Am Not a Human Being in 2010, and Tha Carter III in 2008. It features 23 tracks, with guest artists including Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Reginae Carter, Ashanti, Mack Maine, Travis Scott, Nivea, Sosamann, and the late XXXTentacion.
Tha Carter V was originally scheduled to
