50 Cent

The battle between Kanye West and 50 Cent to see whose album would sell the most in the first week has a winner.  The winner is Kanye West!  Both artists decided to launch their albums on the same day setting off a battle that was well publicized.  Kanye sold 957,000 copies of "Graduation" which is in the number one spot according to Nielsen SoundScan. 

50 Cent didn't do too bad coming in at the number 2 spot with 710,000 copies of his album "Curtis".   Kanye's graduation also topped the charts in the U.K., Canada, Japan and set a new single-week record for digital sales with more than 132,000 downloads.The week's Top 10 albums are as follows: Graduation, Kanye West   Curtis, 50 Cent   Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, Kenny Chesney   High School Musical 2 soundtrack, various   Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus   The Dutchess, Fergie   All the Right Reasons, Nickelback   Coco, Colbie Caillat   Now That's What I Call Music! 25, various   FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake