Chris Brown F.A.M.E Sales On His First Week

Chris Brown is back! The singer/songwriter’s ‘F.A.M.E’ nabbed the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 this week, outselling its nearest competitor, Jennifer Hudson’s ‘I Remember Me’ by more than a whopping 100k copies.


‘F.A.M.E’ sold over an outstanding 273k at retailers, granting Brown the very 1st #1 album in his career. These figures represent more than a 150% increase in sales from the 102k that his previous LP, ‘Graffiti’, sold when released in December 2009.

On the other hand, Hudson’s ‘I Remember Me’ didn’t make quite the splash that as her last album. The record entered the chart lineup at #2 with 167k units sold. Her self-titled debut also premiered in the #2 position but sold more than 50k copies more with 217k.

Elsewhere on the tally, Adele’s ‘21′ continued to sell consistently with sales exceeding 96k at #3 (less than a 2% drop from last week) and Kirk Franklin’s ‘Hello Fear’ surpassed all expectations by debuting at #5 with 87k. Rounding out the top 10 were Bobby V’s ‘Fly On The Wall’ with 87k at #9 and Justin Bieber’s ‘Never Say Never: The Remixes’ at #10 with 29k.

Sad to say Chris Brown was not able to reach his goal Platinum for his first week sale, but from the way it looks like Chris might hit platinum.

NEWS: Jennifer Hudson Pushes Album To 2011

Jennifer Hudson’s eagerly awaited sophomore LP is the latest to join the slew of releases delayed until next year.


In a recent interview with Billboard, the 29 year old confirmed that she is still hard at work on the record (which was due for release before this year’s end). She recently wrapped the shooting of new movie ‘Winnie’ in South Africa.

Speaking on what we can expect from the album, which is still in its early stages, the mother of one said:

“I definitely want it to be more personal than the first album, and just more me — whatever that is, I don’t know yet but I’m going to find out. More flexible, more diverse”.

Luckily for Hudson, her case is markedly different from many of her chart counterparts in that she has been pre-occupied with a movie, and the album never had a set release date. Even with that, it’s been confirmed that the likes of Alicia Keys, Swizz Beats, and Rich Harrison have already made contributions to the record.

In any case, it’s great to see that Ms. Hudson is looking to explore a more dynamic sound this go round. For, her first album (save for a few tracks) was somewhat of a snoozer. Here’s hoping she delivers with this new LP.

Randomness: Has anyone else noticed that Hudson’s J Records label-mates (Fantasia, Monica, Jazmine Sullivan) have been serving up some of the year’s best material thus far? Fingers crossed Jenny continues the trend.

~Love,Dummie~

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