On this day 29 September 2007, rapper 50 Cent was beaten by rival rap star Kanye West in the standoff to claim the best-selling album in the US. West’s ‘Graduation’ shifted 957,000 copies in its first week of sales while 50 Cent’s album, Curtis, only sold 691,000. Before the albums went on sale 50 Cent vowed he would retire from making solo albums if West outsold him. 50 Cent axed his forthcoming European tour and a performance at London Mobo Awards the Vodafone Live Music Awards in London, as well as at an MTV show in Germany.