The Massacre (original title The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: it was renamed because the album's release was delayed until after Valentine's Day, and he thought the name became inappropriate) is an album by the rapper 50 Cent. It was released on March 8, 2005 - five days ahead of the original release date of March 13, due to Internet leakage.
The album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart that year (the re-release helped it re-climb to #2 in the US). The album sold 1.15 million copies in its first four days of release, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan, making it the sixth fastest-selling album since SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991. It became the third-best selling album of 2005, with 4.85 million copies sold.
The Massacre was re-released on September 6, 2005, this time with a remix of "Outta Control" (see "Outta Control (remix)"), featuring Mobb Deep. The re-release also included a bonus DVD (with music videos for all of the songs, and the trailer for the movie Get Rich or Die Tryin') and excluded the G-Unit remix of "Hate It or Love It".
"The Massacre" was nominated at the Grammy Awards of 2006 for Best Rap Album, but lost to Kanye West's Late Registration.
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