CLEAN. 2013 release from the Grammy winning, multi-million selling Hip Hop superstar. Since his solo career began in 1999, Lil Wayne has released nine studio albums. To date, he has sold over 13 MILLION albums in the U.S. alone., the biggest of which was 2008"s release of Tha Carter Ill -- selling 3.7 million albums in the states. In late 2012, Wayne surpassed Elvis Presley for the most Hot 100 singles by a solo artist. Lil Wayne has had 1 7 Top 1 0 hits, split between his hits where he"s the lead artist and hits where he"s the featured artist such as Game"s "Celebration".