Rap-Up.com || Tyga’s ‘Careless World’ Makes Top 5 Debut

Tyga scores the highest debut of his career with his latest album Careless World: Rise of the Last King. Despite a recall of CDs, the Young Money rapper still managed to land in the top 5.

Careless World, featuring the hit single “Rack City,” enters at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 61,000 copies in its first week. Sales were less than predicted due to its late availability at physical retailers. An uncleared sample of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech forced it be pulled and re-shipped to stores. According to Billboard, digital downloads accounted for 83 percent of sales.

Meanwhile, Adele continues her chart reign. After cleaning up at the Grammys and BRIT Awards, the British singer’s album 21 moves an additional 297,000 units. It is now the longest-running No. 1 since Prince & the Revolution’s Purple Rain soundtrack, which held the top spot for 24 weeks.

The late Whitney Houston returns to the charts with three top 10 entries including her self-titled debut (No. 9, 30,000), The Bodyguard soundtrack (No. 6, 47,000), and her Greatest Hits compilation (No. 2, 174,000). Meanwhile, hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang slides in at No. 8 with its debut Breakfast (31,000).

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63 Comments

Jordan
February 29th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Good job Tyga despite the problems. I hope he sells more this week.

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A Realist
February 29th, 2012 at 10:49 am
How dreadful.

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C94B
February 29th, 2012 at 10:49 am
Nowadays, moving almost 300 000 units in a single week is outstanding. But doing this for 20+ weeks is incredible. Adele has already made history. 18 million worldwide. I ain’t even a fan. Damn.

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#THEKING
February 29th, 2012 at 10:50 am
*Singing* Flop City bitch, FLOP,FLOP,FLOP City BITCH!!!! Poor YMCMBisexuals…..ROTFL

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#teambreezykiki Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 7:37 am
@#THEKING, it wasnt a flop his albums was not in stores so it to still be in top 5 and not being in stores only on itunes is pretty good

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Mike
February 29th, 2012 at 10:50 am
I’m surprised Birdman didn’t buy 100,000+ in his first week like he does for the rest

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Truth Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 11:31 am
@Mike, maybe because birdman doesnt buy his artists albums. Why would he do that in the first place like he said “Thats hustling backwards”.

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_iamjones Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@Truth, be for real dude birdman buys wayne drake and nicki shit the other clowns on the label he could care less what the rest of them sell

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cibadumad Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
@_iamjones,do u not realize how much money he’s spending buying those cd’s??? u all sound dumb who’s saying he is he’d go broke for buyin all of 1 artists cd’s let alone 3 dummies

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_iamjones Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@cibadumad, no you sound even more dumb how is he goin broke dumb ass and betting 2,5 million bets on finals and superbowls no matter how matter they so call sell it goes right in his pockets they make their off show money do your research before you make a comment

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MrUnhateable Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
@_iamjones, No actually ur a complete idiot who is so blind by hate. Do you have any proof of birdman buying albums? Just even a little?? No?? Didn’t think so. Your claim birdman buying Wayne, nicki, and Wayne albums is purely based off hate. You can’t STAND the fact ymcmb selling records that you make up shit. So what’s next? Birdman calling every radio station in the country to play ymcmb songs? Oh birdman must have also created a clone machine and buys all the concert tickets to sell out show too. Ur a hater, go support someone u actually like damn

_iamjones Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
@MrUnhateable please genius better explain how im a hater where in anything i said hate when all labels do the same shit go look how much an artist makes purely off a cd then call me a hater facts are facts no matter how much you sell the label marketing get back they money and where did i say he buys tickets stupid read before speaking

Truth Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
@_iamjones, If Birdman was buying his artists albums im sure it would have been the top story on every blog site idk where u get your info from but im guessing Mediatakeout. Instead of hating why dont u just accept the fact that Wayne, Drake are two of the biggest artists on that label. The fanbase alone is crazy u would be a complete dumbass to think Birdman bought all those albums. If that were the case why didnt Tyga’s album do better in Itunes sales? Careless world was strickly taken off shelves due to the Martin Luther King clearance issue. Get your facts straight.

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_iamjones Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
@Truth, no get yours together only two companies took them down target and best buy you could buy them elsewhere and to be real if the clearance issue was a problem why wait so close to it came out hmmmm aint that why take care got push back but why do you think wayne on some many features why you think drake ghostwrite so many songs and the list goes with different artist not just ymcmb ALL labels buys their artists cd but to you im lying

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187JoshM187 Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
@_iamjones, Actually it was ALMOST all stores that took them out because they had a note on the album saying it cannot be sold at FYE so now you sound even more stupid. And you still haven’t said any FACTS about birdman buying their cds.

James Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
@Mike, maybe it’s because i buy 100,000 copies of all there albums lol

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Nicki Stan!!!!! Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 7:50 am
@Josh your wrong I purchased his album from F.Y.E for $13 on sale and it has the speech on “Careless World” the 1st song on the album so I’m gone need proof that F.Y.E took his CD out the store

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cedric.logan
February 29th, 2012 at 10:50 am
that is a shitty debut stop trying to dress it up..young money serves crap they get crappy music…people want realness ish and wont pay for anything less

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nojusthenry Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 11:59 am
@cedric.logan,
ummm doesnt lil wayne always sell around a million first week… didnt drake sell like 700,000 his first week… im pretty sure that if it is crap…. a lot of people are supporting it..

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Kayla
February 29th, 2012 at 10:59 am
Despite everything that happened Tyga still had a Top 5 debut! I’m so proud of him!

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reasonable doubt
February 29th, 2012 at 11:02 am
well……eh he got time to gain more fans!

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CarlosBonegro
February 29th, 2012 at 11:02 am
look at rap-up tryna act like this wasnt a flop
this was a flop dont try hide it
and it has nothing to do with the re shipping if you go the store and the cd isnt there or its broke then youd just go home and buy it on itunes instead
i didnt think he should of release an album anyways he doesnt have any proper fans or following

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#THEKING Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 11:11 am
@CarlosBonegro, You better Preach!!!!

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X Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 11:42 am
@CarlosBonegro, are you a dude? cause you sure sound like a female. calling people “flops” … what have you done with your life?

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_iamjones Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
@X, um it was a flop watch next week and say the same thing

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SdotB Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
@_iamjones, so therefor you’re calling whitney’s cd’s flops too since two of hers weren’t in top 5, and you’re calling everyone at no. 5 and below a flop…hmmm, interesting.

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_iamjones Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
@SdotB, one his cd sold was basely off itunes cuz of it was took off shelves and he loss there two whitney has nothing to do with it cuz after an artist death their sales always go back up ‘pac,biggie,micheal whitney’and three no more what anyone sells it drops the very next week and the only one person that excludes is adele so interesting as you think your comment was it wasnt facts are facts

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SdotB Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
@CarlosBonegro, are u serious?? it has A LOT to do with re-calls and re-shipping!! I went to two different stores in attempt to buy the cd and couldn’t b/c they weren’t able to sell it. And for ur info, not everyone has iTunes or wants to buy the electronic version. I actually prefer to buy the hard copy then upload it to my iTunes and iPod. I’m sure there are plenty of others who prefer the same. This album is good and I’m sure it’ll be successful regardless of 1st week sales.

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#teambreezykiki Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 7:40 am
@SdotB, i agree with u they are not stores and everybody doent want to buy on it itunes like me i want the hard copy i think alot folks waniting on the hard copy instead of buying it on itunes this is not a flop tyga album is going to sell

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ralph
February 29th, 2012 at 11:09 am
top 5 tyga!

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KeepItReal
February 29th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Girl, this album is a FLOP wait until next week, it’ll be out of the top ten

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Miszi
February 29th, 2012 at 11:17 am
I love it, knew it would be good but it even beat my expectations :D . Gonna buy a physical copy on amazon.

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cal
February 29th, 2012 at 11:23 am
meanwhile drakes album debuted with nearly 700k lol stay scheming

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SdotB Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
@cal, ok then declined about 80% the following week. Besides, Drake was already a much established artist by the time that album dropped. This is Tyga’s first album, give him some time to make a name 4 himself and he’ll most likely do better in the 1st week the next time around (assuming there’s no more re-calls and issues).

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RDK
February 29th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
i wish him the best hope he pick up more next week keep doing you tyga.

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HeavyHeavy Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@RDK, So do i, i was hoping for a better debut cause i wanna see him do good. He is still building a fan base doe. Proud of Tyga anyway!!

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John
February 29th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Wayne debuted with 964K, 1 Million for Carter IV & Carter III
Drake debuted with 600K for Take Care
Nicki debuted with 400K for Pink Friday

They all had huge hits (Top 10 hits) & Platinum selling singles

Stop hating on YMCMB I admit they aren’t the best I agree but to hate on them is just low ! They are run & successful and what are you !?? Thats what I thought ;)

For the record I’m an Eminem fan !

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John Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
@John, rich*

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SdotB Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
@John, Drake debuted at “700K” for Take Care!!

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maya Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 5:37 pm
@SdotB, no, 600k. Get your facts straight.

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reasonable doubt Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 5:55 am
@John, get a life

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Triniti
February 29th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
I didn’t expect 61K.

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draya
February 29th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
yes tyga

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truth b told
February 29th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Congrats Tyga! Don’t understand the hate and how is it a flop? You haters are really something…you act as though you know alot about Birdman and how he spends his money! People are buying Tyga’s album…hell I bought it, I work for a living…hating does not pay the bills, get a clue!

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Dre
February 29th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
The album was good what fucked him up was the repackaging i don’t think they should of did that atleast wait till it drop and take it to the courts but 61k not I see Alote of rappers do that

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James Reply:
February 29th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
@Dre, the cd wasn’t repackaged it got messed up because they didn’t clear a mlk speech so his cd got recalled

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Last King.
February 29th, 2012 at 5:22 pm
All I see is niggas hating.
Congrats to the team.

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kam
February 29th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
when you say top 5 thats sounds ok…but when you say 61k thats horrible. it will be a month when he hit 100k

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@IamEricaNdao
February 29th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
60,000 is considered Top 5 numbers? o__O

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James
February 29th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
are u ppl dumb or what tyga cd is a top 5 hit without the physical copy of the cd those sales are all off of i tunes since his cd got recalled. If he would’ve had physical copies he would’ve sold 300,000-400,000

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Drew Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 12:57 am
@James, no he would’ve sold 100- 120….No way he would sell that much

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James Reply:
March 1st, 2012 at 8:17 am
@Drew, well they said he would’ve easily sold over 200,000 copies

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James
February 29th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
@dre the cd wasn’t repackaged it got messed up because they didn’t clear a mlk speech so his cd got recalled

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GolfWang
March 1st, 2012 at 12:15 am
G.O.O.D.

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maya
March 1st, 2012 at 7:00 am
weak album, weak rapper, weak numbers.

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Oh Bitch You Tried It
March 1st, 2012 at 7:04 am
Sicki Garbaj NEXT

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#teambreezykiki
March 1st, 2012 at 7:43 am
Stop hating tyga if u dont like him y are u on his post…… i’ll wait for a response anyways this cd is not a flop it was re called so how he gone sell when everyone does not do itunes or just want a hard copy yall just being aters take a sit\_

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Nicki Stan!!!!!
March 1st, 2012 at 7:57 am
I think they’re good numbers his expectations were 70-80 thousand so he good and 83% were from iTunes so next week he might cross the 100,000 mark so good luck to him and the album was good IMO

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E-Piff
March 1st, 2012 at 9:15 am
Tyga album is real good and surprised me regardless of the issues he made a quality cd people argue to much on the internet its shows you have no control of your emotions grew up.

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Eriq
March 1st, 2012 at 4:45 pm
The shit is still a FLOP. tyga please go quit the industry and work at burger king. Your music is crap. I wouldnt be surprised if yu hade to suck STD lil’ wayne dick to geta record deal. Nikci sold 376,000 & drake sold 631,000 units Youra flop. You betta hope you next single is a smash because if not you album will be on the charts for only a month. Aint nobody checking for you. Go somewhere please. I’ll be happy. Bye bye FLOP. #NEXT

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menzi Biyela
March 4th, 2012 at 8:21 am
Big Up Tyga! Tyga!…F the haters…They must get a life…they can’t even push 500 Copies…That’s why they aint shit…B*tches!

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Jo Jo
March 6th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Flop, only sold 20,000 his second week too.

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FUCK YOU PAY ME BITCH
July 12th, 2012 at 10:11 am
ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP HE STILL MADE
TOP FIVE…STOP HATTIN ON WHAT YOU CAN’T
DO HE PROLLY GOT MORE MONEY THAN ALL
YOU BITCH ASS PEOPLE GOT YOU PROLLY CAN’T
AFFORD CHRISTMAS,SO IF YOU NOT SELLIN MIND
YO DUCK BEUSSENESS!>:~O

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