September 11, 2007

Sales of Kanye West’s Gradution Appear to be Ahead of 50 Cent’s CURTIS

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50 vs. KanyeMomentum seemed to be building in Kanye’s favor over the last few weeks in this, the great hip-hop battle of the millenium, but now we have actual statistics to back it up (albeit a pretty small sample from a completely unknown source). HHNLive.com is reporting today’s sales figures at all Best Buy stores in the US show Graduation selling 42,438 copies as of 4pm EST; CURTIS has sold 32,640. Not bad.

iTunes has reflected these numbers as well, with pre-orders for Graduation outselling CURTIS all week. Currently, Graduation is lodged at #1 and #4 (the latter being a deluxe edition) with CURTIS at #5; similarly, on iTunes’ singles charts, West’s “Stronger” is at #1, with 50 Cent’s “AYO Technology” at #5.

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