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T.i. COVERS FLAUNT, SELLS 568K iN 1ST WEEK

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 , under , , , , , , , , |







The pics above are of rap superstar T.I., who has a great spread in the latest issue of FLAUNT, "the edgy Los Angeles-based fashion bible whose almost-monthly editorials featuring black and Latino models and actors have become required reading," according to Rod 2.0

And securing hip-hop's position at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 ALBUM charts this week is T.I.'s Paper Trail, which has officially been certified gold selling over 568,300 copies after only seven days in stores! Congrats to the King of the South!

MARiAH PASSES ELViS WiTH 18 #1 HiTS

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 , under , , , |



With Mariah's new single "Touch My Body," reaching the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, Mariah has now surpassed Elvis Presley and stands only behind The Beatles, with 18 #1 hits. Congrats (and happy belated birthday) Mariah!

"I really can never put myself in the category of people who have not only revolutionized music but also changed the world," Carey told The Associated Press on Tuesday via phone from London. "That's a completely different era and time ... I'm just feeling really happy and grateful." - Mariah Carey

ATLANTANS DOMiNATE BiLLBOARD THiS WEEK

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 , under , , , , , , , , , , , , |




Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart reads like a who's who in Atlanta this week; R&B superstar Usher’s “Love In This Club,” featuring rapper Young Jeezy and produced by consistent hitmaker Polow Da Don has made rare long jump from #51 to #1 on the singles chart.

The song is now the first single from Usher’s June release — “Here I Stand” — is also SoundScan’s top digital track, as well as iTunes’ #1 during the first week of its release. That makes Usher’s 8th #1 single.

And, to boot, pop queen Janet Jackson’s new CD “Discipline” sold more than 181, 075 copies its first week, rocketing it to the top of The Billboard 200 albums chart. The last time Jackson did those kind of SoundScan numbers was her “All For You” album released in May of 2001.

WTF: WINEHOUSE TO PERFORM VIA SATELLITE @ GRAMMY'S

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, February 8, 2008 , under , , , , |




Billboard.com confirmed that "Amy Winehouse will perform during Sunday's Grammy Awards via satellite from a London studio, organizers announced today (Feb. 8)."

"I'm raring to go and really excited to be performing at my first Grammy Awards," Winehouse said in a statement. "I'd like to thank everyone for their support over the last couple of weeks. I'm really sorry I can't be there but I appreciate that I'm being given a second chance via satellite. "The artist, who recently spent time in rehab due to drug abuse, was denied a visa to travel to the Los Angeles ceremony by the American Embassy in London.

What a double-standard we have in our society where average working joe's who abuse drugs are fired and removed forcibly from their employment but a musician known to be addicted to illegal drugs is given the opportunity to peform at the Grammys. Its sad because it shows that we value the dollar above all else, even human life. After the example that Amy has set over the past year, is this an artist we want in the spotlight?


I guess if there's money to be made....

Billboard: Kanye West Tops 50 Cent In First Week Sales Projections

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 , under , |




According to Billboard, executives with three major record labels, whose job duties include projecting first week scans based on early store sales reports, are projecting that Graduation could tally up sales in the 575,000-700,000 copies range, while Curtis is being projected to come in at the 500,000-600,000 copies range. While these figures are merely estimates of what each album will sell, the actual finalized sales statistics will be computed on Sunday at midnight when the Nielsen SoundScan week officially ends.


The two mega-stars both appeared on BET's "106 And Park" yesterday (September 11) to promote their respective albums. While Kanye won the battle of the surprise guests, bringing Jay-Z out on stage with him after his performance, both premiered new videos - with 50 showing off his clip for his Robin Thicke collaboration "Follow My Lead" and Ye revealing his visual interpretation to his T-Pain collaboration, "The Good Life." (VIDEO IN LAST POST)

Billboard Hot 100 - Rihanna, Shop Boyz, T-Pain & Carl Thomas??

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, June 15, 2007 , under , |






Rihanna begins a third week at #1 "Umbrella," which is the chart's greatest gainer at radio. The Def Jam album from which it is drawn, Good Girl Gone Bad, debuted yesterday at #2 on The Billboard 200 (albums chart). "Umbrella" remains ahead of Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar," which is #2.The next three slots on the chart remain unchanged, with T-Pain's "Buy a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" at #3, Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" at #4 and Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" at #5.

Justin Timberlake's "Summer Love" remains at #8, as well as Huey's "Pop, Lock & Drop It" hold at #9. Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" is at #10 thanks to 78,000 digital downloads. She also re-enters the chart with "You Know I'm No Good" featuring Ghostface Killah at #78. At #12 resides Lil Mama's "Lip Gloss."

Rihanna's new track "Shut Up and Drive" is at #88, Hurricane Chris' "A Bay Bay" at #95.
"Buy a Drank" continues to dominate Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it is #1 for a 7th week. "Umbrella" climbs to #8 and is the chart's greatest sales and airplay gainer. Elsewhere, crooner Carl Thomas has the top debut at #71 with "2 Pieces," the first appearance on this chart in three years for the former Bad Boy artist.

Billboard Hot 100: Rihanna & Shop Boyz

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, June 1, 2007 , under , |





Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" rocket to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. "Umbrella" soars to #1 with 277,000 digital sales, the highest debut week sum since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking downloads in 2003. Meanwhile, "Party Like a Rockstar" is at #2 thanks to sales of 173,000 digital downloads. For Rihanna, this is the second #1 of her young career, following "SOS" in 2006.

Last week's Hot 100 #1, Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder," is at #3 this week. T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung Joc is at #4. Justin Timberlake's "Summer Love" is at #6. Huey's "Pop, Lock & Drop It" is at #10. American Idol winner Jordin Sparks has the Hot 100's top debut with "This Is My Now" at #15. Runner-up Blake Lewis debuts at No. 18 with his version of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name."

Also new to the Hot 100 this week are T.I.'s "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" at #30, Gwen Stefani's "4 in the Morning" at #76."Buy U a Drank" remains #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The top debut on is Keyshia Cole's "Let It Go" featuring Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim.

Billboard Hot 100

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, May 25, 2007 , under |




T-Pain is still riding high at #2, while "Buy U a Drank" remains #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Timbaland's "Give It to Me" featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake is at #4. Huey's "Pop, Lock & Drop It" is up to #6, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "I Tried" featuring Akon is at #7. Justin Timberlake's "Summer Love" is at #9, and Fergie's "Glamorous," is at #10. Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" re-enters the chart at #72.

Billboard Hot 100 Singles Charts

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, May 18, 2007 , under |



T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week to earn the Atlanta transplant his first chart-topping hit! The cut has been the chart's greatest airplay gainer for seven straight weeks, the longest streak since Beyonce's "Baby Boy" featuring Sean Paul had a run in 2003. "Drank" is also #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a third week in a row.

Timbaland's "Give It to Me" featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake is at #4. Ne-Yo's "Because of You" folows up at #5, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "I Tried" featuring Akon rises to #6. Rapper Huey scores his first top 10 hit with "Pop, Lock & Drop It," at #7, while Fergie's "Glamorous" featuring Ludacris is at #8. Akon's "Don't Matter" is at #9. 50 Cent scores the week's top debut with "Straight to the Bank" at #32. The first single from his upcoming album, "Curtis," is the rapper's highest debut on the singles chart as a lead artist. Bobby Valentino's "Anonymous" featuring Timbaland debuts at #52, Eve's "Tambourine" debuts at #72 and R. Kelly and Usher's "Same Girl" debuts at #79. That track is also the greatest airplay gainer on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it moves to #11.

Billboard Hot 100 and other chart listings

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, May 11, 2007 , under |





Ne-Yo's "Because of You," has climbed to #2 and is the chart's fastest growing digital track, according to Billboard, and T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," is at #3 and is the fastest growing track at radio for a sixth week.
Timbaland's "Give It to Me" featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake is at #5. Fergie's "Glamorous" featuring Ludacris is at #7. Akon's "Don't Matter" moves up to #8, and the the African crooner also occupies the next two slots as a guest, first on Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "I Tried," which is at #9, and Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape," which is at #10.
"Buy U a Drank" is No. 1 for a second week on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, on which R. Kelly and Usher score the chart's best debut since 2004 with "Same Girl." The track, which will be found on Kelly's upcoming Jive album, Double Up, opens at No. 16. The new album's first single, "I'm a Flirt," recently peaked at #2 and is #3 this week.

T.I. vs TIP - The Struggle

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Saturday, May 5, 2007 , under , |




Billboard Magazine's Hillary Crosley has posted a GREAT interview with rap king T.I. and I strongly suggest you check it out! Also make sure you cop T.I. vs TIP, with features Timbaland, Eminem, Danja Hands, Swizz Beatz, the Runners, Just Blaze, Scott Storch, Akon and Wyclef Jean. TIP even jumps on the boards and does production on the album!!
Below are some the excerpts:
"Much of the public knows T.I. as the ultra-suave, super-stylish rapper, the guy who guests in Justin Timberlake videos and makes the ladies swoon. But hip-hop heads and those closest to T.I. know he's a man fighting demons and thus fighting to hold onto his blistering career momentum."

"'I can never go pop -- the hood is in me,' T.I. says. 'I'm just going for a different audience than I usually target. It's not fair to me to keep talking about the same things. I've gone so far past the hood that I've got to talk about other things.'"

"The only question remaining is whether the rapper will be focused enough to stay out of trouble and promote his album. In other words, all his Grand Hustle signings, his executives at Atlantic and those closest to him will be waiting to see the winner of 'T.I. vs T.I.P.'"

BILLBOARD UPDATES - Joe, Akon & Amy Winehouse

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, May 4, 2007 , under |



Debuting at #1 on the charts this week is R&B crooner Joe with his sixth solo album Ain't Nothing Like Me, with 98,400 units moved. Akon holds on tight to his #6 spot with his hit single "Don't Matter." the Senegalese bred crooner is still winning fans over. Konvicted shifts 45,300 units this week, pushing the album's total sales to 2,230,800.


At #11 is Amy Winehouse. Back To Black moved 34,300 discs this week, bringing her total units moved to 297,100. Fergie is at #12 with The Dutchess. She has moved 33,800 units, bringing her total to 1,810,800. R&B music is holding it down at #13 with Robin Thicke. The Evolution is still moving units with 33,300 discs this week. The album's tally stands at 1,015,300. Congrats, Mr. Thicke, on the platinum status!!

Timbaland slips four spots to #14. Shock Value ropes in 31,100 units this week to total out at 267,800 copies. Poppin' in at #15 is Beyonce. B'Day moved 29,260 copies to top off at 2,610,970 after 34 weeks. Coming around at #17 is Justin Timberlake as Future Sex/Love Sounds pushes 26,000 units this week. To date, the album has sold 3,170,900 copies.

Sliding a level down to #26 is Corrine Bailey Rae. Her self-titled album moves 22,100 units this week, bringing the album's total sales to 1,450,500. Young Buck is at #30 this week. Buck The World moved 19,200, bringing the five-week total to 270,260 copies. At #32 this week is Murder Inc's Lloyd. Street Love pushed 18,700 units this week, bringing the album's tally to 333,400.

Paul Wall is at #33. Get Money Stay True hauls in 18,100 units this week to move a total of 175,000 copies. Musiq Soulchild's at #35 with Luvandmusiq moved 17,100 discs this week, pushing the album's total sales to 323,600. Meanwhile, MIMS is hot at #38. The self-titled album moved 15,000 units this week and now tallies 176,700 after 5 weeks on the charts.

Rounding out the charts are:
Rich Boy's @#50-12,400 copies, 269,600 total.
Young Jeezy @#69- 9,700 copies, 1,034,100 total.

Snoop Dogg @#71- with debut of compilation The Big Squeeze- 9,600 copies
Ciara @#78- 8,800 copies, 1,130,200 total.
Baby Boy Da Prince @#92- 77,100 total.
Pretty Ricky @#95- 7,300 copeies, 430,170 total.
Diddy @#96- 7,300 copies, 624,900 total.
Next week for Ne-Yo to make an impact on the Hip-Hop and R&B Charts.

Timbaland Holds At #1 On The Hot 100

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Saturday, April 21, 2007 , under |






Timbaland's "Give It to Me" featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake begins another week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, fending off Akon's "Don't Matter," which is #2 for a second week. Fergie's "Glamorous" featuring Ludacris stands at #4, while Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" featuring Akon drops to #5 and Mims' "This Is Why I'm Hot" moves to #6.

T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung Joc is at #7 and is the chart's greatest gainer in digital sales and airplay, the 1st song to earn that double award since Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" in December. Another B'Day track, "Beautiful Liar" with Shakira, is up to #8 this week, and Diddy's "Last Night" featuring Keyshia Cole is at #10.

Robin Thicke is #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a tenth week in a row with "Lost Without U." The T-Pain song is the greatest airplay gainer on the tally but holds at #4. Elsewhere on the chart, Eve's "Tambourine" debuts at No. 73. It's the lead-off single from her 1st album in 5 years, Here I Am, due Aug. 7 from Geffen.

BILLBOARD: Hot 100 - Akon, MIMS, Beyonce & Shakira, T-Pain

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Saturday, April 7, 2007 , under , |




Akon's "Don't Matter" begins a second week at #1 on the Hot 100, and also rises to #7 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. MIMS' former Hot 100 #1, "This Is Why I'm Hot," inches up to #3, while fellow ex-chart-topper "Glamorous" by Fergie featuring Ludacris is down to #4.

A week after making the largest jump in Hot 100 history (#94-#3), Beyonce and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar" drops to #6. Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" is up to #8. Diddy's "Last Night" featuring Keyshia Cole moves 12-10.

Billboard's fastest growing track at radio is T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung Joc, which jumps to #14 and to #5 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Among the other Hot 100 debuts this week are DJ Khaled's "We Takin' Over" featuring T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Lil' Wayne and Baby at #75.

BILLBOARD Albums Charts - Young Buck, MIMS, Akon, Redman @ Co.

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Young Buck debuts at #3 this week with his sophomore album Buck The World. The album, which features appearances from 50 Cent and Young Jeezy, moved 140,300 units according to Nielsen's SoundScan.


MIMS also debuts this week at #4, thanks to his single, "This Is Why I'm Hot." His album Music Is My Savior moved 77,600 copies in its first week.

Akon regains the #5 spot on the albums chart. Konvicted moved 66,800 discs this week. To date, the album has sold 1,999,000 copies.

Also making a debut on the charts this week is Redman at No 13. Funk Doc's fifth album, Red Gone Wild: Thee Album, shells out 44,400 units in it opening week. The set features appearances from Method Man, Nate Dogg, Keith Murray and Biz Markie.
OTHERS:

Lloyd is @ #22. His sophomore set, Street Love, rings in 33,200 discs this week total 233,400 units moved.
Rich Boy's latest single, "Boy Looka Here" @ #25 this week as his self titled debut registers 31,800 units. To date, the album has sold 192,700 copies.
Marques Houston at #38. His latest album, The Veteran, hauls in 23,800 copies this week to total 92,500 discs after two weeks.
Young Jeezy's The Inspiration continues to be a hot seller (#47). The rapper's sophomore set has sold 983,800 discs thus far, with 15,800 representing the week-in total.
Notorious B.I.G.'s Greatest Hits plummets twenty spots to #49 this week. The compilation hustles 15,500 units in its fourth roll on the charts. So far, the album has sold 178,700 copies.
8Ball & MJG @ #50 In its 3rd week on the charts , Ridin' High moves 15,200 copies to total 91,100 discs thus far.
Ciara @ #57. Evolution sells 14,200 discs this week, bringing its tally to 1,086,600.
The Atlanta-bred Crime Mob are @ #64. Their sophomore set, Hated On Mostly, bags up 13,100 units this week, adding up the album's tally to 35,300.
Beyonce continues to keep trucking despite falling fifteen slots to No. 69. B'Day, which has moved 2,373,300 copies thus far, shifts 12,600 this week.
Wrapping things up at #108 is Diddy. Press Play scans 8,500 copies this week The total for the album reads off at 592,400.

Next week look for Timbaland, Paul Wall and Beyonce's Re-Release of B'day to make an impact on the charts.

BIG CAT RECORDS' CEO RELEASED - Gucci Mane signs 7-figure deal

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Monday, April 2, 2007 , under , , , , |



If you don't know the name BIG CAT RECORDS, you probably are just more familiar with the artists on the roster. With Gucci Mane ("So Icy," "My Chain," "Pillz," "Freaky Gurl"), Rasheeda ("Bubble Gum" and "Georgia Peach), and Maceo ("Hoe Sit Down" and "Nextel Chirp") lining the ranks, label CEO Marlon Rowe can take his label to the next level.


Well it appears he is poised to do just that, as he brokered a seven-figure deal with Atlantic Records (T.I., B.G.) for Gucci Mane after serving a 14-month sentence in federal prison on a gun charge. "I've had a lot of time to think and I'm a lot wiser now," says Rowe. His label was most recently lauded by Billboard Magazine for being one of the Top 15 R&B and Hip-Hop labels of 2005.
We wish Mr. Rowe and Big Cat Records much success in the future. With several hits on Gucci Mane's latest Hard to Kill, it is no suprise that labels would be breaking their backs to sign such a proven talent. Stay informed as we hope to speak with Gucci, Rasheeda and other Big Cat artists in the very near future.

BILLBOARD - Musiq, Lloyd, Rich Boy on TOP!

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 , under , , , |






The south still is running it! Thank God this isn't the CIVIL WAR!

While Philly's (shouts out to my home town, Central High baby!!) own Musiq Soulchild scores the top spot, moving 149,000 units of Luvanmusiq, Decatur, GA's own Lloyd claims the #2 spot with his sophmore set, Street Love. He moved 144,000 (special number, so expect BIG things from him) units, far greater than the 67,000 units he moved of his debut album Southside. Also representing the south (Alabama stand up!) is Rich Boy, whose self-titled debut moved a strong 112,000 units to claim #3 and Tennessee's own 8Ball & MJG moved 50,000 units to land at #8 for their latest, Ridin' High.

Check out the full Billboard article HERE.

FRIDAY FOLLOW UP - MIMS is HOT! B.O.B. is on Cloud 9!!

Posted by DJ Plan.B on Friday, March 2, 2007 , under , , , , , , , , , |





What up? First, let me congratulate Capitol Records artist MIMS (acronym for Music Is My Savior). His single "This Is Why I'm Hot" made a #32-#1 jump on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts! Now, that's HOT! Also, I must note that T-Pain's "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" debuted No. 84, Marques Houston's "Circle" at No. 88 and Huey's "Pop Lock and Drop It" at No. 98.

Also, check the video clip of Atlantic Recording's B.O.B. performing "Cloud 9" at the Sho'Biz showcase on Tuesday night. Check for his song "Haters" as I will be posting it soon! We are really gonna ramp it up in March so stay tuned as we hope to have some exciting an innovative features for brisonent/thastroke!! Get at me! - B.Smoke


Oh yeah and go buy ya boy Gucci Mane's album, Hard To Kill, in stores now!
Have you heard the tracks "Pillz" and "Freaky Gurl?" Bangers! Ya boy is UNDERATED!

Songs and Video Below:



T-Pain - Buy U A Drank





B.O.B. - Cloud 9