The cover of Melanie Fiona's 'The MF Life' album.

Melanie Fiona has exceeded expectations by cracking the top 10 of the Billboard 200 with her ‘The MF Life’. album. However, despite landing among this week’s top-selling albums in the US, there is no denying that she has suffered a disappointment.

‘The MF Life’ has debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 with only 34K copies sold. The LP was supported by the singles ‘Gone & Never Coming Back’ and ’4 AM’, which peaked at #37 and #8 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, respectively.

Strangely, the sales of ‘The MF Life’ represent an increase for Fiona and she technically has not fallen victim to the sophomore slump. Indeed, her debut album, ‘The Bridge’, entered at a lowly #128 with a 4K copies sold in November 2009.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Various Artists – ‘The Hunger Games’ – 175K (debut)

2. Adele – ’21′ – 130K (total: 8.37 M)

3. Shins - ‘Port of Morrow’ – 75K (debut)

4. One Direction – ‘Up All Night’ – 55K (total: 231K)

5. Odd Future - ‘The OF Tape Vol. 2′ – 40K (debut)

6. Bruce Springsteen – ‘Wrecking Ball’ – 37K (total: 292K)

7. Melanie Fiona – ‘The MF Life’ – 34K (debut)

8. Various Artists – ‘Now 41′ – 31K (total: 547K)

9. Whitney Houston – ‘The Greatest Hits’ – 28K (2.41M)

10.  Esperanza Spalding - ‘Radio Music Society’ – 25K (debut)

Billboard Hot 100

1. fun. – ‘We are Young (Ft. Janelle Monae)’

2. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’

3. The Wanted – ‘Glad You Came’

4. Gotye’s – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’

5. Nicki Minaj – ‘Starships’

6. Adele – ‘Set Fire to the Rain’

7. Flo Rida – ‘Wild Ones (Ft. Sia)’

8. Katy Perry – ‘Part of Me’

9. Drake – ‘Take Care (Ft. Rihanna)’

10. David Guetta – ‘Turn Me On (Ft. Nicki Minaj)’

Watch the video for Fiona’s ’4 AM’ from ‘The MF Life’ below:

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