Watch the Throne breaks 1st Week iTunes Sales Record with 290,000 Downloads

Superstar rapper Jay-Z and Kanye West have launched their first collaborative album and as expected it is a mega success. Watch The Throne is number one according to Soundscan with 436,078 albums sold in the first week. Additionally Watch The Throne broke the record for the all-time highest 1st week sales on iTunes in the U.S. with nearly 290,000 units sold, besting the previous record held by Coldplay and hitting #1 on iTunes worldwide in all 23 global territories within 24 hours.

The Watch the Throne launch campaign kicked off with a four-day exclusive on iTunes before being made available to all retailers on Friday, August 12th.  A deluxe physical version with extra tracks is available exclusively at Best Buy until August 22nd.

Watch the Throne is available on iTunes.

Updates

Jay-Z and Kanye West – review

Source: The Guardian Music

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Full article at: The Guardian Music  More like this  7 hours ago, 6:06pm CDT

Jay-Z and Kanye West 'Watch the Throne' sequel in the works

Source: Digital Spy

Jay-Z and Kanye West are set to reteam for a sequel to their popular album Watch the Throne. The rappers released the album last year, with singles like 'Otis' and 'N**gas in Paris' catapulting the record to the number one sp ...
Full article at: Digital Spy  More like this  10 hours ago, 3:15pm CDT

'Watch The Throne 2': Producer Says Sequel To Kanye West & Jay-Z Album Is in The Works

Source: The Huffington Post

Jay-Z and Kanye West will re-team for a sequel to Watch The Throne . According to Mike Dean, a veteran producer who worked on the first collaboration album, r ap's royalty will go back into the studio together . "I'm working o ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post  More like this  14 hours ago, 11:12am CDT

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