Chrisette Michele scored her first no.1 album at Billboard Wednesday !
Michele's anticipated sophomore set "Epiphany" slid past both Hannah Montana (The Movie Soundtrack) and Ciara thanks to sales near 83,000 copies.
"Epiphany," a follow up to Michele's Grammy-winning debut, features collaborative efforts from Ne-Yo, Claude Kelly and Bei Maejor including the lead single of the same name ("Epiphany").
Ciara, on the other hand, debuted a little further down the chart at no.3. Her third album, titled "Fantasy Ride," moved just under 81,000 copies after enduring a troublesome release schedule.
While Ciara was spotted out promoting the album and sharing the intensive behind the scenes making of the effort, this album ends up being her lowest selling effort to date. According to Nielsen Soundscan the former "Goodies" singer sold 125,000 copies of her debut and later sold 338,000 copies of the second (2006s "The Evolution") during each efforts respective debut week.
"Fantasy Ride" features the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs climbing single "Love Sex Magic (Justin Timberlake)" and the Young Jeezy assisted "Never Ever".
In related news, Billboard says Chrisette Michele's debut, while strong for her, is the lowest selling no.1 debut in Nielsen Soundscan's 18-year history.
Taking in the news, Chrisette Michele tells Singersroom "I'm really honored to be a part of the soul legacy. I'm happy that that's at the top of the charts right now". (Watch her response right here at Singersroom)
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I DONT THINK CIARA LOST FANS BECUASE OF THE NAKED VIBE COVER,HER SONGS LEAKING OR HER ALBUM PUSHBACKS.
THE REASON SHES NOT SELLING IS BECUASE OF THE RECESSION.
CUZ IF THE RECESSION WASNT HERE CIARA WOULD HAVE EASILY SOLD 1 MILLION FIRST WEEK.
EVERYBODY LOVES CIARA.
ITS FUNNY BECAUSE CIARA(I FEEL) ORIGINATED DANCING,I BELIEVE THAT SHE INSPIRED MICHEAL JACKSON,I MEAN,SHE THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIME SO I DONT KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
I MEAN THIS IS CRAZY BECUASE EVERYONE LIKES CIARA SO I CANT UNDERSTAND HOW SHE DIDNT SELL ALOT OF RECORDS.
AND ITS FUNNY BECAUSE I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT AALIYAH,JANET JACKSON AND MADONNA COPIED OFF OF QUEEN CI BUT WHY DIDNT CIARA SELL?
I MEAN WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO CALL CIARA A SLUT?
IF BEYONCE CAN SHAKE HER AZZ ON STAGE I AND LOOK SLUTTY ,I DONT SEE WHY CIARA CANT DO THE SAME.
SEX SELLS.
This means nothing, Ciara cd is still better. She will still sell more albums than Chrisette, just not in the the first week. Ciara will be just fine. Rihanna has never had a #1 album and she is the hottest female in the game (based on what the media says). People are not buying albums anymore, because they don't have to when you can get the music free or cheaper online.
Ciara new cd is hot...Sorry rory... But i think they sold so low because of the recession. And a lot of people use limewire these days. But I did buy Ciara's cd and I enjoyed it. I dont think Ciara will be around much longer unless she goes back to her old producers
I'm happy for Chrisette, her album is really good and so was her performance on Letterman. I like Ciara and I loved The Evolution, but Fantasy Ride was really disappointing; especially for something that took so long to be released. The songwriting on most of the tracks was awful; it sounded like she was just trying to make words rhyme for the sake of it.