Kanye Wins

In the Kanye West vs. 50 Cent contest to see who's album would be #1 tomorrow, the winner is overwhelmingly Kanye West, who's Graduation moved nearly 1 million copies, beating the almost 700,000 sold by 50 Cent's Curtis. Word is out on whether 50 Cent will honor his promise to retire--something tells me he won't. According to Billboard, Kanye's total of 957,000 is the 15th best one-week sales week for an album since Soundscan starting tracking album sales in 1991. The last artist to sell as many copies of one album in one week was 50 Cent, with his 2005 release, The Massacre. We'll find tomorrow whether the releases push these artists current singles up the Hot 100, at #2 last week, Kanye West's "Stronger" looked like a good contender for #1.