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    24
    2012

    US Charts: Brandy’s ‘Two Eleven’ Starts Slow & Rihanna Cracks Top 10

    Written by Trent | Filed under Brandy,Charts,Justin Bieber,Ke$ha,Miguel,Ne-Yo,Pink,Rihanna
    Brandy Two Eleven Deluxe TheLavaLizard

    Brandy’s ‘Two Eleven’ album cover.

    The US charts have been printed and as usual, they depict a mix of up and downs. This week, Brandy’s ‘Two Eleven’ album finally impacted the Billboard 200 and despite scoring a top 5 slot on the lineup, the sales were far from impressive. On the other hand, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ shined extra bright on the Billboard Hot 100.

    ‘Two Eleven’ debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 65K copies, representing an 8K dip from the 73K sold by Brandy’s last album, ‘Human’, when it entered the lineup in 2008. None of the singles from ‘Two Eleven’ have cracked the top 40 of the Hot 100, although Brandy performed on several television shows during the last couple weeks.

    Meanwhile, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ continued to gain momentum on the Hot 100 this week. The record launched into the top 10 to become the Barbadian’s 23rd such hit since her ‘Pon de Replay’ debut in 2005. Ke$ha still leads the race to the top of the Hot 100, though, as jumped to #5 on the chart.

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

    Billboard 200

    1. Jason Aldean - ‘Night Train’ - 409K (debut)

    2. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’ – 74K (total: 938K)

    3. Brandy – ‘Two Eleven’ – 65K (debut)

    4. Scotty McCreery - ‘Christmas With Scotty McCreery’ – 41K (debut)

    5. Jamey Johnson - ‘Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran’ - 32K (debut)

    6. Pink – ‘The Truth About Love’ – 31K (total: 494K)

    7. Miguel - ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ – 22K (total: 123K)

    8. Little Big Town - ‘Tornado’ – 22K (total: 273K)

    9. Adele – ’21′ – 21K (total: 9.92 M)

    10. Dethklok - ‘Metalocalypse: Dethalbum III’ – 20K (debut)

    Billboard Hot 100

    1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

    2. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

    3. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

    4. Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’

    5. Ke$ha – ‘Die Young’

    6. Justin Bieber – ‘As Long As You Love Me (Ft. Big Sean)’

    7. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

    8. Rihanna – ‘Diamonds’

    9. Ne-Yo – ‘Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)’

    10. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

    Watch the video for Brandy’s ‘Put It Down (Ft. Chris Brown)’ below:

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    21 Comments to “US Charts: Brandy’s ‘Two Eleven’ Starts Slow & Rihanna Cracks Top 10”

    1. +6 Vote -1 Vote +1domo
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 2:24 pm

      hopefully she’ll aim 4 gold b4 moving in to the next album like everyone else. she can at least go gold.

      Reply
    2. +3 Vote -1 Vote +1sawa
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 2:25 pm

      wow, jason aldean did very well for this music climate

      Reply
      • Vote -1 Vote +1CheSkellington
        says:
        October 26, 2012 at 12:18 am

        He is a country artist, of course he would do well.

        Reply
    3. +7 Vote -1 Vote +1CheSkellington
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      Adele is STILL in the top 10? Shit! lol

      Thats still a good look for Bran. Hopefully it will do better with all her promo.

      Reply
    4. +1 Vote -1 Vote +1AM!R
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      Even though this is a slow start I think word of mouth for Two Eleven will go far, so look out for her to be in the top 10 for a least a couple more weeks….

      Reply
    5. +1 Vote -1 Vote +1Girrrl
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 2:38 pm

      Poor Brandy. Hope her album has legs. Yaaaas to by girl Rihanna! ! I’m still not here for that sing being classified as R&B but I’m glad it’s a hit.

      Reply
    6. +6 Vote -1 Vote +1LouLou
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 3:02 pm

      Brandy, girl, I know you read the blogs. I’m rooting for you. This is just the beginning. Your albums never start off doing well. I have faith in this era. R&b needs you. Keep ya head up.

      Reply
    7. +3 Vote -1 Vote +1Ugh
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 3:20 pm

      Brandy deserves so much more. hopefully sales will increase significantly

      Reply
    8. +1 Vote -1 Vote +1pineapple
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 5:17 pm

      surprised at Rihanna accomplishing this without a video. that seems rare these days, no?

      Reply
    9. +2 Vote -1 Vote +1Yeah.
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 6:58 pm

      I have a feeling her sales will increase. This is not the end!

      Also, I can’t believe that RIDICULOUS ‘Gangnam Style’ is still in the charts smh.

      Reply
    10. -2 Vote -1 Vote +1Karma
      says:
      October 24, 2012 at 9:41 pm

      Flop

      Reply
    11. -6 Vote -1 Vote +1GorlBye`
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 1:35 am

      This is what you call a flop? She put it down but NOBODY fell in love. She died just like her idol! Oh and btw even Monica’s New Life first weeks sold 69,500… This is really DEAD on Arrival!

      Reply
      • -1 Vote -1 Vote +1CheSkellington
        says:
        October 26, 2012 at 12:21 am

        Sandra Rose…is that you, bitch? Get ya life.

        Reply
    12. +2 Vote -1 Vote +1theman
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 2:29 am

      Brandy will be fine. More than likely the album will be steady. It’s about consistency.

      Reply
    13. -2 Vote -1 Vote +1Karma
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 7:56 am

      3 flops in a row. Put a fork in her, she’s done.

      Reply
    14. +5 Vote -1 Vote +1Kenneth
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 8:12 am

      I don’t like how people already call this a flop, If you do your research Brandy never goes out big int he first week. The biggest she has ever done in first week sales was Never Say Never and that was only about 155,000 in the first week I think and that was in the 90′s! This album will stay consitently in the top 10 and she will have a platinum record. You wait and see, it won’t be gold it will be platinum. Word of mouth is the best advertisement. Yea you’ll have some that get a burned copy but people will go an buy it. The album is that good. I think the song “With Out You” will take her to the next level its R&B, POP, and even a little Country. Don’t count her out yet, slow and steady wins the race.

      Reply
    15. +1 Vote -1 Vote +1LouLou
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 9:56 am

      You can’t determine a flop by first week sales. Look at Miguel’s last album. Look at Brandy’s never say never album. Less than 200,000 in first week and now more than 4 million. Brandy is one of the top ten best selling r&b acts in r&b with no big first week sales. The album is awesome, so that alone makes it successful.

      Reply
    16. Vote -1 Vote +1SangLikeMe
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 12:39 pm

      Brandy will be fine. Wildest Dreams video should be premiering any day now and that will boost sales. This album is really good and people will buy once they notice.

      Reply
    17. +2 Vote -1 Vote +1dub t
      says:
      October 25, 2012 at 3:22 pm

      Flop! The album is boring, the sales are low, and they will continue to decline (actually they already are). Interesting how ppl talked much shit about Monica’s New Life, but it sold 5k more than 2/11 and remains 2012′s top R&B/soul album by a female artist. Lol

      Reply
      • +1 Vote -1 Vote +1Karma
        says:
        October 27, 2012 at 9:05 am

        True!

        3 flops in a row!

        Reply
    18. Vote -1 Vote +1knowswhatimtalkinabout
      says:
      October 28, 2012 at 4:32 pm

      I wanted to see what the headlines for her sales would be on this website, when Monica’s “New Life” debut with higher numbers than this, the headline was something about “Dead on arrival….” but with this bullshit ass two eleven you say “starts slow” bitch please, she is DONE!!! But i understand that she is your fave, so reach bitch, reach

      Reply

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