Posts Tagged ‘Ryan Leslie’

Who’d have thunk it? On the strength of “There Goes My Baby,” Charlie Wilson saw his latest offering enter the charts at number two just behind country sensation Taylor Swift and selling over 58,000 copies. Go ‘head Uncle Charlie! Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and India Arie also hold strong in the Top 10 at the number five, six and seven spots respectively. Here’s a random sampling of how everyone else is doing:

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Lil’ Wayne, The Carter III - 3 million
Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad - 2.4 million
Beyonce, I Am…Sasha Fierce - 1.9 million
T.I., Paper Trail - 1.7 million
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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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In a year of albums from big names like Beyonce, Kanye, 50, and the comebacks of Eminem, Brandy, and Maxwell,  I never would’ve thought that Ryan Leslie’s would be one to look forward to.

But if he keeps dropping bangers like this new joint featuring Jadakiss, that February release date can’t come soon enough.

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Ryan Leslie has just announced that the release date for his debut album has been moved to February ‘09. 

Though the producer’s singing voice and eye for talent are not the best — after all, he did unleash Cassie on us – his beats are actually pretty good. Plus, he gets points for not pulling the old “my label stiffed me on promotion” routine after his tracks stalled on the charts. On his YouTube channel, he explained: (more…)