![]() (New York) - The battle is over: Kanye wins.According to Nielsen Soundscan, Kanye West sold 957,000 copies of his "Graduation" album, versus 691,000 copies of 50 Cent's "Curtis" album.West told a crowd at the GQ 50th anniversary party in New York, "To be a champion, you've got to take out a champion." "Graduation" is the best-selling debut of the year, beating out Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" album, which sold 623,000 copies when it debuted in May.50 Cent says in a statement he's excited to have participated in one of the biggest album releases in the last two years and he calls the past week "a great moment for hip-hop music." He doesn't mention whether he'll make good on his promise to stop making solo albums if West outsold him in the first week.
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