The Numbers Game: R. Kelly Is #4 + Juvenile Debuts
I was so close to not putting up an image of R. Kelly; it just seems wrong. But he did release an album that landed in this week’s Top 5 and I guess it’s the right thing to do. Hey, at least I didn’t have to put up a picture of Susan Boyle (I hate but her debut album, I Dreamed A Dream, sold over 500,000 in the first week!). This is a mean and awkward intro huh? Let’s start…
R. Kelly‘s 9th album Untitled landed at #4 this week. I honestly haven’t had any urge to listen to this album. It’s almost like the brilliant R. Kelly is nowhere to be found anymore (Word to Trey Songz!). Maybe y’all can tell me your thoughts. Untitled moved over 114,000 units last week.
Juvenile also made a debut last week with his 8th album Cocky & Confident. This is another victim of the “can’t review all of ‘em” game we sometimes play at nappyafro. Sorry (I also have not heard this album). Juve sold over 20,000 albums and lands at #43. Good job.
And now the numbers:
#4 R. Kelly/Untitled (Last Week: NA) – 114,300; Total: NA [Debut]
#8 Michael Jackson/This Is It [OST] (Last Week: #11) – 75,100; Total: 965,500 (Gold) [6 Weeks]
#14 Rihanna/Rated R (Last Week: #8) – 59,000; Total: 240,400 [2 Weeks]
#20 The Black Eyed Peas/The E.N.D. (Last Week: #21) – 49,600; Total: 1,490,500 (Platinum) [26 Weeks]
#35 50 Cent/Before I Self Destruct (Last Week: #19) – 29,500; Total: 256,500 [3 Weeks]
#38 Jay-Z/The Blueprint 3 (Last Week: #28) – 27,900; Total: 1,365,100 (Platinum) [13 Weeks]
#43 Juvenile/Cocky & Confident (Last Week: NA) – 23,100; Total: NA [Debut]
#45 Beyonce/I Am..Sasha Fierce (Last Week: #41) – 22,700.; Total: 2,556,100 (Platinum) [55 Weeks]
well… my opinion of the Untitled album? I actually wrote a review for a German mag like 2 weeks ago and to tell it in a nutshell, its okay. When the LP starts with “Crazy Night” you’d expect the album to be much worse than it is, and when Kellz jumps on a dance record (“I Love The DJ”) and does a crazy 70′s disco track (“Be My #2″) you wanna revise b/c that’s worse than you’d expected
You def don’t wanna hear shit like this from a person who did “I Believe I Can Fly”, but in between these tracks he did a solid job, even it’s awkward to hear Robert still talk only about sex – especially since the legendary tape I’ve got pictures in my head I can’t get rid off…
R. Kelly’s album is pretty good still. I don’t listen to it a lot but it’s good. There is just too much other shit to listen to.
I don’t know why, I’ve been on my R&b shit lately, and Kellz new album is not bad. I know I should be ashamed, but that OJ song is decent (Though Trashman still doesn’t say shit in a song that I can hear or understand) I was intrigued with some of the songs, specifically the “Be My #2,” sounding like some Basement Jaxx, if you guys listen to that.
You kept that Juiceman song? I deleted that shit with the quickness! Shit was wack.
Can anyone put up Wale’s numbers for this past week ???