to promote the label's first collaboration album, "we are young money", young money artists embarked on the young money tour. the collaborative album was released on december 21, 2009, and debuted at number nine on the us "billboard" 200 chart, selling 142,000 copies in its first-week sales. the album was certified gold by the recording industry association of america (riaa) for selling over a shipments of 500,000 copies in the united states.