Kanye West vs. 50 Cent - Who Won?
It was like an old fashioned boxing match. You had Kanye West, the Muhammed Ali of his day. He’s boisterous, arrogant, talks his mind and dresses for success. 50 Cent is more like Joe Frazier. He’s a brawler, an underdog, and has a throng of fans who don’t like West’s style of music.
Last Tuesday, Kanye West released his third LP, Graduation. It’s a synth/soul record which samples Daft Punk and Michael Jackson. On the same day, 50 Cent released Curtis, a record that has been pushed back a few times this year, and one that 50 has gone back and recorded new songs for after not liking the response his first singles had been receiving. The question people were asking was, “Who is going to sell more records in the first week?” Was it going to be Kanye West, whose best first week sales were for his second album Late Registration? Or was it going to be 50 Cent, who sold over 1 million units during the first week of his sophomore album, The Massacre? The only thing certain is that it was going to be a great day for hip hop in the music stores.
The sales numbers are in. It was really no contest. According to Billboard.com, Kanye West’s Graduation outsold 50 Cent’s Curtis, 957,000 units to 691,000 units. 
In many years, the first week sales numbers will be forgotten and music lovers will only remember each album for it’s lasting impression based on the quality of the music. So far, Kanye has the lead on that as well. According to Epinions.com, Kanye’s album has 11 reviews, with an average rating of 4 1/2 stars (5 is the maximum). 50 Cent’s album has only 4 reviews, with an average rating of just 2 stars.
Who’s next? Mariah vs. Janet?
Kanye West vs. 50 Cent - Who Won? : Celebrity News Corner says:
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September 20th, 2007
Sarah says:
Fiddy! You will always be my NUMBER1!!
September 29th, 2007
Hollywood » Kanye West vs. 50 Cent - Who Won? says:
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September 30th, 2007
johni says:
What!!! i can’t belive 50 lost this one!
October 2nd, 2007
C.C. says:
I knew Kanye would win!!! I love both artists equally and I have great respect for both, BUT honestly people you can’t be shocked that 50 lost. You can’t base your opinion upon who you like or on previous albums. You should base it upon which album has the more or better hits.
October 4th, 2007
Hollywood » Kanye West vs. 50 Cent - Who Won? says:
[…] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptYou had Kanye West, the Muhammed Ali of his day. He’s boisterous, arrogant, talks his mind and dresses for success. 50 Cent is more like Joe Frazier. He’sa brawler, an underdog, and has a throng of fans who don’t like West’s style of … […]
October 6th, 2007
Carlo$.. says:
..it doesnt matter…50cent will aaaaaalways be number 1….
October 9th, 2007
SINCE says:
WHAT YOU ON ABOUT ALAN, ITS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE HIM SOME MORE MONEY BECUSE HE CARNT MAKE NO MORE SONGS AS KAYNE WON, JUST ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE MONEY,
October 26th, 2007