Rap-Up.com || Lupe Fiasco Lands First No. 1 Album

Lupe Fiasco is beaming. The Chicago rapper has scored his first No. 1 album and best sales week yet with his third LP Lasers, which debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart.

The “Show Goes On” MC managed to sell 204,000 copies in his first week, the most units throughout his career despite label drama and his indifference toward the populist record. His last album, The Cool, bowed at No. 15 with 143,000 in 2007, while his debut Food & Liquor entered at No. 8 with 81,000 sold the year prior.

Elsewhere, Marsha Ambrosius slides from No. 2 to 8 with her debut Late Nights & Early Mornings, selling an additional 41,000 units. Justin Bieber also takes a hit with Never Say Never: The Remixes, which drops from No. 4 to 9 (40,000).

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16 Comments

Diamante
March 16th, 2011 at 8:59 am
He desrves it!!!! Lasers, we did it!!!!

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t
March 16th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Congrats Lupe

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40aintthenew20
March 16th, 2011 at 9:02 am
welcome back baby. you deserve it.

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Cass
March 16th, 2011 at 9:03 am
It was only natural, L.A.S.E.R.S. is the truth!

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jimscreechie
March 16th, 2011 at 9:05 am
Congrats to Lupe…………….long time.

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ALLEN
March 16th, 2011 at 9:10 am
congratssssss well deserved

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Mr. Ventura
March 16th, 2011 at 9:13 am
Its funny how u didn’t say who he took the #1 spot from , hmm…I guess

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Thandi Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
@Mr. Ventura,
He took the spot from Adele ‘s 21…shed bn there for 3weeks!:) love her! Bt congrats to Lupe,dude came soaring in!:)

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speechless
March 16th, 2011 at 9:28 am
congrats to him

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LASERSSSSS
March 16th, 2011 at 9:52 am
we did it …
illuminati couldnt stop.
#LASERS

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Lovely
March 16th, 2011 at 9:54 am
” Not too smart and you can be a superstar,
And if you dumb it some maybe you can be #1″

- State Run Radio – Lupe Fiasco – Lasers

Damn he just proved himself and Atlantic records right by dumbing his album down. Sad but I’m still happy for the man. Now onto F&L II.

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DRB
March 16th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Is madame Adele not important enough to mention *shocked and appalled*

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Kyle
March 16th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Lupe definitely deserves to have a #1 album in his career. So glad he accomplished this and hopefully this propels him to keep making music for years to come. GO LUPE!!!

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Lisa
March 16th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
That’s what I’m talking about! He deserves it.

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GRRRR
March 16th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
CONGRATULATIONS, LUPE!

And thank you to all the fans for being by his side. I really didn’t see this coming, perhaps he didn’t either but his work is finally paying off.

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unplugged
March 16th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
look…lupe deserves to be number one……but he had to sell out in a way to get that spot. i mean lupe couldnt even put his stamp on his OWN album…saying his indifferent….i mean really…i think “the COOL” and “Food and Liquor” were doper than this effort.

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