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Swift present holds the grounds for the astir single-week income for an album.
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50 Cent knows a happening oregon 2 astir monolithic first-week sales. 2003’s Get Rich oregon Die Tryin’ earned 872,000 medium units and helium joined the seven-digit nine erstwhile The Massacre earned 1.15 cardinal medium units successful a shortened opening acceptable successful 2005.
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The G-Unit mogul spoke to Complex on Friday (Oct. 17) astir plentifulness of topics, including Taylor Swift’s record-breaking first-week sales, which came successful astatine conscionable implicit 4 cardinal album-equivalent units earned for The Life of a Showgirl.
“It’s breathtaking to spot for artists to make worldly that resonates that strong,” helium said. “She got a large audience. How bash you marque the close euphony for an assemblage that large?”
50 Cent was besides connected the receiving extremity of a shout-out from T-Swift on “Ruin the Friendship,” which helium ties backmost to Swift’s acquisition successful the aboriginal 2000s erstwhile 50 was dominating music. “That was cool,” helium said. “I deliberation the shout-out is astir that play successful music. The Get Rich oregon Die Tryin’ is coming and you can’t miss me.”
He continued: “I’m a portion of what transpired successful that play for her. It’s magic, actually… People disagree connected truthful galore things, but they’ll hold to person a bully clip erstwhile the close euphony comes on.”
Midway done “Ruin the Friendship,” Swift sings: “And it was not an invitation/ But arsenic the 50 Cеnt opus played/ Should’ve kissed you anyway.”
50 reposted Swift’s medium to societal media on with his excited reaction. “@taylorswift s–t is popping close now. she outcry maine out, she don’t outcry you out. LOL. THIS IS FOR BIG TIMERS ONLY,” helium wrote. “I’m the lone outcry retired connected the full album.”
Released connected Oct. 3, Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl topped the Billboard 200 and ended up earning 4.002 cardinal units successful its debut week, with 3,479,500 of those coming successful sales. Both figures are single-week records for an medium released successful the modern epoch (since 1991).
Watch 50 Cent’s afloat interrogation below. Talk astir Taylor Swift takes spot astatine 1 minute.