Jul

8

2012

UK Charts: Chris Brown Notches First Number One Album

Written by Trent | Filed under Charts,Chris Brown

Chris Brown’s ‘Fortune’ deluxe edition cover.

Chris Brown’s fans have a reason to celebrate today as the singer’s new album, ‘Fortune’, has topped the UK Albums Chart. Shockingly, however, the LP is only Brown’s first #1 entry of his career to date, despite numerous hits in that territory.

‘Fortune’ capped the UK Albums Chart and outsold its nearest competitor, Maroon 5′s ‘Overexposed’, by more than 11K copies. Brown’s previous best-performing album on the UK charts was his 2007 release, ‘Exclusive’, which peaked at #3 on the lineup and it has thus far been certified platinum.

In the US, ‘Fortune’ is also on track to enter the Billboard 200 as Brown’s second #1 album in that region. However, it is projected to sell less than 140K copies; 130K less than the 270K opening figures of his previous release, ‘F.A.M.E.’.

Brown has logged a pair of top 10 singles on the Official UK Singles Chart from ‘Fortune’. ‘Turn Up the Music’ landed at #1 on the ranking whereas ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ reached #2. Watch the video for the latter song below:

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10 Comments

1. >_- says:

   July 8, 2012 at 4:38 pm

   when the whole album sounds like ONE song. its sole audience must have been a bunch of 12 year old teenage girls. his only good album was his first one. musics turned to crap.
   congrats though… i guess :S
2. Dani says:

   July 8, 2012 at 4:44 pm

   Well… regardless to what it sells, it will be number one in the UK and US… that’s what matter’s the most!
3. Mobbie says:

   July 8, 2012 at 6:02 pm

   YEAH 3X for Christopher M. Brown much maligned but never defeated! I am so in love with Fortune right now. My favs are: Mirage, Tell Somebody, 4 Years Old (Joe Jonas’s favorite track), Remeber My Name, 2012 and the list goes on. Just about ever song could be a singles hit. I’m really proud of Chris and #TeamBreezyUK for this one.
4. Mobbie says:

   July 8, 2012 at 6:03 pm

   @>_-

   Hating b**ches are so sad! LOL cheer up…
5. JULZ says:

   July 8, 2012 at 7:18 pm

   FORTUNE is all I’ve been listening to! Congrats CB
6. nadia says:

   July 8, 2012 at 9:07 pm

   @ >_- his album didn’t even sound like one song. I hate how people said they only like chris’ old songs. Yes, old songs from back in the days are better than what you hear on the radio these days. But it’s like people like you only saying that because of the 2009 incident.
7. Lyn says:

   July 8, 2012 at 9:52 pm

   Congrats Chris!
8. BreezyTaughtME! says:

   July 10, 2012 at 1:14 pm

   Trent… Fortune is too FIRE!!!!! Why cant his FANS enjoy his album without all the negativity. I love Fortune just as much as I love FAME. It is too soon to know my favs but Party Hard bangs!!!! I love 2012, Mirage, Don’t Judge Me, fuck I love the whole album, and so do his peers. I could care less about numbers, he will always have fans and I will always be one as well!!
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