Filesharing Stats Suggested Big Opening for Tha Carter III

According to the NY Times, filesharing stats from BigChampagne prior to Tha Carter III leaks revealed the depth of interest in Lil Wayne's mixtape appearances and indicated a potentially huge opening for Tha Carter III:

"In April, before his album was leaked, Lil Wayne was the most pirated artist on file-sharing networks, going by BigChampagne, a company that tracks peer-to-peer online activity. Fans who downloaded Lil Wayne songs took an average of 10 of his tracks; fans of other pop artists only took an average of two per act."

"That speaks to the quantity of his output, which is plentiful, as well as the depth of his audience's engagement," said Eric Garland, BigChampagne's chief executive. "If you're a fan, you're most likely a serious fan. And while people who like an individual song are not going to open their wallets for you, people who like 10 songs will."

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