The day is almost over and it’s already Thursday in some parts of the world but come hell or high water Way Back Wednesday will happen! For today’s late special, we will take a look at perhaps the most difficult type of singing – a cappella!
Elle Varner’s promotional efforts have resulted in an unexpected yet welcome high ranking of her ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ album on the US charts. In fact, the LP has locked a position in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 with sales exceeding initial expectations.
Rick Ross’ strategy of appearing on everybody’s songs and clogging the radio airwaves with his grunting has paid off as his new album, ‘God Forgives, I Don’t’, has topped the Billboard 200. In fact, the heavyweight rapper has notched a personal best with the highest opening sales of his career.
Jennifer Lopez experienced a career resurgence on the US charts since accepting her now former judging role on ‘American Idol’ but that success has been proven to be limited to the Billboard Hot 100. Indeed, similar to her ‘Love?’ album, the diva’s ‘Dance Again: The Hits’ has flopped.
Frank Ocean’s ‘channel ORANGE’ debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of digital sales alone and many predicted that when the record was made available in physical form that it would maintain its chart lead. However, Nas ended all hopes of that occurrence as his ‘Life is Good’ set has nabbed to top slot [...]
It has been another major week of commercial achievements on the US charts, and Frank Ocean, Pink and Adele were all among the big winners. From an impressive debut of one artist to the everlasting success of another, the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 were action packed!
The sales projections for Chris Brown’s ‘Fortune’ album were right on target as the record has indeed topped the Billboard 200 with less than 140K copies sold. However, there was another artist who managed to exceed all expectations on the Billboard Hot 100 with the success of one of her biggest hits.