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  • Nov
    14
    2012

    US Charts: Ne-Yo Exceeds Expectations With ‘R.E.D.’

    Written by Trent | Filed under Bruno Mars,Charts,Flo Rida,Ke$ha,Ne-Yo,Rihanna
    Ne-Yo RED TheLavaLizard

    The cover of Ne-Yo’s new album, ‘R.E.D.’.

    Early sales predictions indicated that Ne-Yo’s ‘R.E.D.’ album would have started on the US charts with the lowest first week sales of his career. Despite being almost accurate, there was a small ray of light in the life of the singer as the actual number wasn’t as low as projected.

    ‘R.E.D.’ entered the Billboard 200 this week with sales of 66K copies, thus exceeding the 55K cap predicted last week. Still, although they earned him his 5th consecutive top 10 album, these figures represent the lowest of Ne-Yo’s career with little over half of the 112K units that his previous LP, ‘Libra Scale’, sold upon entry on the chart in 2010.

    Elsewhere, on Billboard Hot 100, Rihanna and Ke$ha resumed their battle for chart supremacy as both their singles climbed closer to the #1 spot. Thanks to her performance of the song on ‘SNL’ and the release of its accompanying video, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ advanced to #2 on the lineup whereas Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’ rebounded from #6 to #3.

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

    Billboard 200

    1. Taylor Swift – ‘Red’ – 196K (total: 1.75 M)

    2. Various Artists – ‘Now 44′ – 99K (debut)

    3. Rod Stewart - ‘Merry Christmas, Baby’ – 74K (total: 162K)

    4. Ne-Yo – ‘R.E.D.’ – 66K (debut)

    5. Aerosmith – ‘Music From Another Dimension’ - 63K (debut)

    6. Jason Aldean - ‘Night Train’ – 48K (total: 644K)

    7. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’ – 41K (total: 1.06 M)

    8. Meek Mill - ‘Dreams & Nightmares’ – 41K (total: 206K)

    9. Kendrick Lamar - ’Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City’ – 40K  (total: 344K)

    10. Third Day - ‘Miracle’ – 29K (debut)

    Billboard Hot 100

    1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

    2. Rihanna – ‘Diamonds’

    3. Ke$ha – ‘Die Young’

    4. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

    5. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

    6. Bruno Mars – ‘Locked Out of Heaven’

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

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

    9. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

    10. Flo Rida – ‘I Cry’

    Watch the video for Ne-Yo’s ‘Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)’ from ‘R.E.D.’ below:

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    6 Comments to “US Charts: Ne-Yo Exceeds Expectations With ‘R.E.D.’”

    1. Vote -1 Vote +1Ugh
      says:
      November 14, 2012 at 5:21 pm

      i want to see Bruno take the #1 spot in the hot 100 chart.

      Reply
      • +3 Vote -1 Vote +1JOHNVIDAL
        says:
        November 14, 2012 at 5:26 pm

        Me too. One of the few who deserves it nowadays

        Reply
    2. +5 Vote -1 Vote +1JOHNVIDAL
      says:
      November 14, 2012 at 5:25 pm

      Sad numbers for everybody except for Taylor Swift (and I still can´t understand it). We are aproaching the biggest peak of the year and lots of big releases and the only album doing above 100,000 copies is the #1. Really sad
      And don´t get me started with the crap singles charts reigning these last years. This week for example. Kesha? Riahanna coming for her 12th #1? What the fuck is this? That girl deserves to have 1 or 2 with luck and that´s it

      Reply
    3. +3 Vote -1 Vote +1MC
      says:
      November 14, 2012 at 7:08 pm

      WTF is going on??? First Brandy then Ne-Yo and now Christina?

      Reply
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      November 15, 2012 at 10:12 am

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    5. Vote -1 Vote +1New Song: Ke$ha - 'C'Mon' :: The Lava Lizard
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      November 15, 2012 at 7:13 pm

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