Posts Tagged ‘Jennifer Hudson’

Cam’Ron debuts in the #3 spot this week with his comeback disc Crime Pays. After surprising everyone with her #1 debut last week, Chrisette Michele’s Epiphany slips to #8 with 113,000 units sold to date.  Rick Ross follows with over 270,000 sold of Deeper Than Rap, and Ciara’s Fantasy Ride rounds out the Top 10 with 107,000.

Unfortunately, all the positive press hasn’t helped Asher Roth at the cash registers. After over a month in stores, his Asleep in the Bread Aisle has only moved 112,000 copies. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing: (more…)

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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Despite mixed reviews from fans and critics alike, Beyonce and Kanye West still managed to eek out platinum certifications for their latest CD’s. I Am…Sasha Fierce is the top R&B album for the week with over 1.6 million sold, while 808’s & Hearbreak comes in just under 1.2 million. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing:

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Alicia Keys, As I Am - 3.7 million
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Although he was arrested recently for the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s family, Michele Davis Balfour continues to defend her baby boy, William.

Now, she says that Shante, one of his three girlfriends while married to Julia Hudson, lied to police about him being the murderer because she was upset that he broke up with her. (Hold up. Didn’t she say the same thing about Julia?)

Gotta give it to Mrs. Balfour. She definitely has some choice quotes when the cameras are around:

“William had three girlfriends - Shante, Tasha, and this girl Diana, right? (more…)

We had one thought when news first broke of the tragic murders of Jennifer Hudson’s family – yet another tragic case of kid makes it big, mama chooses to stay in the hood.

After all, who hasn’t encountered some set-in-their-ways old folks at one time or another?

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In the investigation of last week’s murder of Jennifer Hudson’s family, The Chicago Tribune just confirmed that the gun discovered near Jason Hudson’s missing SUV is in fact the same weapon (more…)

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:

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Kanye West, Graduation - 2.2 million (more…)