Claim: Lil Wayne's sixth album sold a million and a half copies in the US in its first week.
Evidence: Wayne gained more prominence with his sixth album Tha Carter III -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , which became his most successful album to date , with first-week sales of over one million copies in the United States.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart , selling 1,005,545 copies in its first week.