Total Sales of Jay Z’s ‘Decoded’ – 54,983

Sandra Rose December 2, 2010

According to USA Today’s Best-selling books list, Jay Z’s biography slash memoir Decoded fell 3 spots from #18 to #21 one week after its debut.

Since hitting bookshelves on November 16, Decoded has sold 54,983 total copies in all 50 states.

The book scanned a measly 27,113 copies last week, just barely breaking the $1 million sales mark for total sales (based on Amazon.com’s list price of $18.88).

The USA Today‘s bestselling list is based on actual book sales ~~rather than who you know over at the NY Times~~.

Decoded was ghostwritten by gifted author Dream Hampton, the former editor of VIBE magazine. It’s a narrative of Jay Z’s journey from common street hustler to corporate boardroom hustler told through a collection of his rhymes.

Former president George Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, tops the list scanning 189,386 copies last week for a total of 885,891 books sold.

Photo by Kevin Mazur/ Wireimage.com

Nika405

Told ya East. WE don’t buy books. I’ve seen FIVE random people reading GW’s book.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

lol of course we dont that and most people thinking they know what the book about before they read it.
StillASassyOne

@Nika

That is so true. I’ve actually told somebody about a book by Akil that would be a really insightful read, and they told me that they don’t do books that don’t come on “audio.”

Mind you- this person is unemployed (and has been for a year now) so it’s not like their day is soooo long & busy that they can’t fathom some time to focus on reading instead of multi-tasking while “listening.” SMDH.
http://twitter.com/jaysreallife Jay Bee

I think ppl are beginning to realize the value of money…lol
the economy is broken or maybe some ppl purchased the book on those new devices (where u can upload/download money books/pages…. (I forgot what it is called) would that count as a sell????
PAHairston

Hello All. How does that old joke go: Want to hide something from a Negro? Put it in a book.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

no jay bee the book hasnt gone digital yet so it wont be available on digital format until next week. im sure that will cause the numbers to go up when people can get them on their ipads and kindles as thats what i would have preferred had it been available when the book first dropped.
http://twitter.com/jaysreallife Jay Bee

Thanks east….
Redeemed777

Nobody is buying it because everyone knows what this evil soul is up to.

Nobody wants demons in their house.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

sandra where you get these sales totals from you seem to be the only one with these numbers
CFREE

Im just simply not interested
ALBoy

@Redeemed isnt the book cover Illuminati related? it reminds me of the lions on both sides with the crown but just an abstract version
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

lol of course they gonna make it illuminati related like they do everything else but the book cover from an Andy Warhol painting
kwall

I am a book fiend. Always. Since I was four. If there is something I want to read really bad I will go out and buy it. Any book by a President is number one on all the sell lists most times almost automatically. Not sure why that shocks some folks… I am going to get to President Bush and his book sooner or later…but will probably wait for it to get to my local library first. Not gonna buy it like I did President Obama or President Carter’s books.

And poor Shawn Carter…is not even on my “to read list”…so needless to say…I am hella NOT interested. Decode THAT
http://twitter.com/jaysreallife Jay Bee

uhhh ohhh …
Zephyr1979

I always enjoy a good book. I’m not a JayZ fan so I definitely won’t be buying this book. I might read it if somebody else that I know has it but I won’t spend my cash on it.
Redeemed777

@ ALBoy

It supposedly comes from the Rorschach Ink Blot Test which psychologist use to examine a person’s personality characteristics and emotional functioning…

you can still see the Baphomet as clear as day; the female reproductive system; and what seems to be ( at the left and right bottom ) individuals getting their heads chopped off.

I do kinda see the lion image ( British Coat of Arms ) that you mentioned tho.
xcal86

Nobody reads illuminati except for illuminati. No wonder the sales are low. Go figure..
Redeemed777

@eastpointvet

I’ll pray for you to see the Truth, because clearly you think these celebs are as innocent as regular folks.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

i see celebs as who they are and what they suppose to provide for us and thats entertainment. what they do in their spare time has nothing at all to do with me or my salvation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8yWbL0KE4c CorporateQueen

19 eastpointvet says:

i see celebs as who they are and what they suppose to provide for us and thats entertainment. what they do in their spare time has nothing at all to do with me or my salvation.
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https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

eastpointvet says:

sandra where you get these sales totals from you seem to be the only one with these numbers
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Let Google be your friend, my son.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

Redeemed777 says:

Nobody is buying it because everyone knows what this evil soul is up to.

Nobody wants demons in their house.
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Not all narcissists are evil demons.
http://twitter.com/jaysreallife Jay Bee

yall kno the industry is derty derty.. ask Ray J…lol lol lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8yWbL0KE4c CorporateQueen

Heeeey What up SR Fam

I’m still debating on whether or not I will buy the book.
https://sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

ALBoy says:

@Redeemed isnt the book cover Illuminati related? it reminds me of the lions on both sides with the crown but just an abstract version
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The cover is actually a print of a Andy Warhol painting of a Rorschach test. Jay Z knew if he put his black face on the cover his targeted market (white people) wouldn’t buy it.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

im your nephew and i did google and it all points back to your article and another article that either you copied from word for word or they copied you
http://twitter.com/jaysreallife Jay Bee

whos plagarizing……..
TruGemini

Well, I do read…and I do buy books. But I’m just really not interested in any book “written” by Jay Z
aqtpie

@Sandra!!!

I know that’s right East!!!

I’m not interested in any celebrity’s autobiography nor a president’s but get it Jigga you have sold 54,983 more than myself.
intensemocha

JAY Z JUST LANDED A GREAT DEAL WITH SEVERAL AIRPORTS TO HAVE HIS 40/40 CLUBS FEATURED

NO MATTER HOW MANY ATTEMPTS TO KNOCK HIS HUSTLE, YOU GOTTA RESPECT IT-LOL! NEVER THAT, TO MANY BLACK FOLKS HATE, ENVY, ANYBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM AND ARE DOING BETTER THAN THEM, SO THEY DELIGHT IN THEIR MINISCULE EFFORTS ON-LINE TO MINIMIZE ANYONE ELSE’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

I AINT MAD ATCHA JAY, YOU’RE A BUSINESS MAN FOR SHO, WHILE PEOPLE STAY BUMPIN THEIR GUMS, YOU STAY MAKING MOVES
MUNCHOSGIRL

I AM STILL AT A LOST OF HOW DREAM IS A GHOST WRITER, WHEN EVERYONE KNEW SHE WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS PENNING THE BOOK. I BOUGHT THE BOOK AND HAVE ENJOYED IT, ALL THIS ILLUMINATI TALK IS JUST AS ENTERTAINING AS THE ARTISTS THAT ARE BEING ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN IT. JAY ACKNOWLEDGES DREAM AND HER HARD WORK IN THE BOOK.
Redeemed777

@intensemocha

We will see where those moves land him at the end of it all.
Redeemed777

If those moves aint for Christ and Christ’s own it means nothing.
Redeemed777

It aint about the book. It’s about this lost soul aiding reptilian blood in destroying creation. That’s what it’s about.

HE IS AN EVIL SOUL POINT BLANK.
http://twitter.com/eastpointvet eastpointvet

so how about u pick up the book its a whole chapter on his religious views at least know what you talking about beyond what you have watched on some youtube videos i prefer to believe whats coming out of the horses mouth not what somebody made be believe
Redeemed777

@eastpointvet

I’m sure you are aware that there are books ( including the Bible ) detailing to the ‘ T ‘ the things these so-celebs are into. It’s been prophesied already.

Now, any celeb claiming to love God cannot in-no-way-shape-or-form deliberately mimic the things out of satanic teachings AND CALL IT JUST ENTERTAINMENT.

NOPE. THAT CANNOT WORK. EVER!
Redeemed777

No need to pick-up the book.

No need to read his lies.

His father now is the father of lies, and he’s been coached to lie, lie, and keep lying.
Redeemed777

You either love God and do His commandments OR you love satan and keep getting rich.

You can’t be lukewarm.
Redeemed777

Get it together eastpointvet.
MUNCHOSGIRL

REDEEMED777 YOU ARE ALWAYS JUDGING THESE PEOPLE WHOM YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW, ARE YOU OF GOD? I AM NOT A BIBLE THUMPER BUT I DO KNOW IT TEACHES ONE NOT TO JUDGE OTHERS, FOR THAT IS THE LORD”S JOB.
Redeemed777

^^^^

There’s goes another one….

making excuses to keep living foul.

GOD SENDS MESSENGERS TO HIS PEOPLE TO CORRECT, REBUKE, AND REPROVE….

PLEASE READ YOUR BIBLE, SO THAT YOU ARE APPROVED OF BOTH GOD AND MAN.

AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION ‘ THOSE ‘ PEOPLE ARE WORKING FOR SATAN 24/8 TRYING TO DESTROY YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN.

READ SOMETHING.