Posts Tagged ‘Ashanti’

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India Arie and Bobby Valentino make respectable debuts in the Top 10 this week at the number three and seven spots respectively. India’s third release, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love and Politics sold 76,000 units, while over 64,000 fans copped Bobby’s independent offering, The Rebirth.

Despite claims made on his Twitter page about his album selling out “all over,” the latest Soundscan shows that rookie Ryan Leslie was in fact only able to move a paltry 24,000 copies of his own release.

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T.I.’s Paper Trail is holding strong as the #3 album in the country. With over 971,000 units sold so far, it looks like Tip will have another platinum plaque for his mantel in no time. Mary Mary debuts at #7 with The Sound, while Jennifer Hudson saw a boost in sales for her self-titled release, bringing her grand total to 355,000. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing:

PLATINUM AND WATCHING YOU GET DIZZIER
Kanye West, Graduation - 2.2 million (more…)

You may have heard murmurs about a new Ashanti album dropping soon called The Vault and wondered, “Why is the album coming out now and how far back do these ‘unreleased’ songs go?”

I’m not really an Ashanti fan, but in the name of journalism, I headed to New York’s Chung King Studios for the listening session on Tuesday to find out the real deal. (more…)