IT’S A BROWN OUT
Barry Weiss certainly didn’t leave the cupboard bare at Jive/RCA when he split for UMG.
The label group will have the top four debuts on next week’s chart, with Jive/JLG’s Chris Brown album, F.A.M.E., leading the way, boasting a total of in the 250-275k range. That would make it the second-largest of the year after Adele’s 351k. If you didn’t know, the acronym stands for “Forgive All My Enemies.” Nice.
19/J/RMG’s Jennifer Hudson sophomore album, I Remember Me, bows this week with 150-175k in sales, which is about what she dropped in weight.
RCA/RMG’s The Strokes album, Angles, their first in four years, will do in the 85-100k range, good for a #3 debut.
Gospocentric/JLG’s Kirk Franklin rounds out Jive/RCA’s impressive week with a #4 debut for Hello Fear, his first new studio effort in four years, which will debut with between 80-95k.
Adele’s album, down only about 10-15%, will give Sony Music a clean sweep of the Top 5.
Decaydance/FBR/Atlantic’s Panic at the Disco is next up with a target of 55-65k for Vices & Virtues, their third album.
Capitol/EMI R&B singer Bobby V’s fourth album, Fly on the Wall, should do between 30-45k.
Yellowcard’s indie debut on Hopeless, When You’re Through Thiking, Say Yes, their first since 2007’s Paper Walls, is looking at between 25-30k, the same amount as Reprise’s Green Day live CD/DVD, the gloriously titled Awesome as Fuck.
Warner Bros. rapper Gucci Mane’s The Return of Mr. Zone 6, should bow with between 20-25k in first-week sales.
For the fifth week in a row, album sales beat the corresponding week from last year. The market was down 8% vs. last week, up 1% vs. same week last year and now down 6% year to date. Next week, the chart will go up against Justin Bieber‘s My World 2.0, which opened one year ago with 283k.
SOURCE: HitsDailyDouble
Yeah 3X was officially certified 3x Platinum in Australia this week! The hit single taken from Chris’ fourth studio album F.A.M.E., has sold over 210,000 copies down under and is one of Chris’ highest certified single to date in Australia, matching ’Forever”s 3x Platinum certification, and besting ‘With You’s 2x Platinum certification and ‘No Airs’ Platinum certification.
Congratulations Breezy!
Source: ARIA.
Chris Brown’s Yeah 3X has rocketed up the Irish charts leaping 24-9 in its third week on the chart! It’s Chris’ first Top 10 entry since 2008 when ‘Forever’ peaked at #1! Also, ‘Champion’ the new single by Chipmunk feat. Chris also made it’s debut on the Irish Top 50, entering the chart at #14.
We can also reveal that ‘Champion’ is almost certain to debut at #1 on the Official UK Singles chart this coming Sunday.
Oh yeah…… #breezydoesit.
Source: IRMA
Chris Brown‘s comeback is ‘looking’ better than ever.
The R&B/pop star’s latest single, “Look At Me Now” featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne, debuts at No. 11 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The track, which Breezy premiered on January 1, makes its splashy start thanks to 158,000 digital downloads sold in its first week of availability in online music stores.
The accomplishment on its own is a great one for Breezy, but when put into broader perspective, it’s downright amazing. “Look At Me Now” is his highest-charting single on the Hot 100 since 2008 when his pop smash “Forever” peaked at No. 2.
Article Source: NeonLimeLight
Lets make it #1 #TeamBreezy!
Buy it on iTunes: HERE
Request it on the radio: HERE & HERE
Congrats Chris!
- Sharrod
The official UK mid-week chart has been released today and it looks likely that Champion will debut at #1 on the official UK singles chart this Sunday. Currently sitting at the top of the chart is Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown with ‘Champion’ and moving up 9-5 is ‘Yeah 3X’. According to some sources, Champion is ahead of last week’s #1 ‘Price Tag’ by Jessie J by over 6,000 copies so it looks certain that it’ll debut at the top of the charts this Sunday. If it does, it’ll not only be Chris’ first #1 in the UK but will be added to the exclusive list of songs which have entered the chart at #1. As always we’ll keep you posted.
Source: BBC Radio 1.
‘Look At Me Now’ the second official single taken from F.A.M.E. has now been released to the US iTunes store and Amazon.com for digital download. The single has already cracked the Top 50 on the main iTunes chart so lets make it rise higher by purchasing the single using the links below.
* Look At Me Now – iTunes
* Look At Me Now – Amazon
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — “No BS,” the second successive hit single from Grammy nominated, multi-platinum recording artist and actor Chris Brown, still holds the #1 position on the Urban Mainstream radio airplay chart for two consecutive weeks. The track, produced by The Bizness and co-written by Brown, is the second song to peak to # 1 on the chart in three months. His previous track was the break up song “Deuces” featuringTyga and Kevin McCall.
Among the top mainstream R&B radio stations spinning “No BS” in heavy rotation are Power 105, New York; WERQ, Baltimore; WOWI, Norfolk; WBTJ & WCDX Richmond; WHAT & WVEE, Atlanta.
“No BS” is another standout track from Brown’s Fan of a Fan collaborative mix-tape, hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar. Fan of a Fan is a joint effort between Brown and Young Money rapper Tyga, featuring a mix of polished R&B tunes and raw hip-hop numbers with contributions from Lil Wayne and Bow Wow.
Brown‘s feel-good and high-energy dance track, “Yeah 3X” (produced by DJ Frank E ((Justin Franks)) and co-written by Brown), is also currently enjoying success currently in the Top 5 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic radio airplay charts. The track has sold nearly one million combined digital/mobile sales to date.
His recently released street single “Look At Me Now” featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes is building momentum on the Urban Mainstream radio airplay chart.
Brown’s fourth album F.A.M.E. (Jive Records) is slated to be released March 22nd.
Source: PR News Wire / JIVE Records.
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