50 Cent's new album Before I Self Destruct is set to sell just 160,000 units which is significantly lower than his previous albums, all which nearly sold 1million units in it's first week.  50 Cent recently spoke about the situation, claiming that the poor album sales could be attributed to the fact that the album was leaked onto the internet about 5 weeks early.

"With the actual outcome of the project, once the record leaks from the international plant, what more can I do," 50 explained in the interview. "I can't, I held the record long enough to get it to them, to mix and master it and for them to ship it and then it leaks from the plant internationally, I'm like come on, then that's it. They lost the ball. You know what I mean, if the numbers look funny to me, it's they fault."

In a similar interview, 50 Cent did mention the positive aspects of putting out an album that at least is well-received despite low sales: the fact that fans still purchase tickets for live shows.

"All you gotta do is get the response," he explained. "The response is so well, so good, that I know the record is a hit. So whether they consumed it from actually purchasing it or they got it off the web or wherever they got it from, when they hear it and enjoy it, they end up at the show. How can I focus on album sales now when it's to the point where my record is released four weeks before schedule. The marketing, everything that's planned to sell the actual record, is happening four weeks late, now that the record is out a month early. You know, those things are happening after they had an opportunity to hear it and it's confirmation to the doubters that the record wouldn't be good."

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