Keith Sweat Scores Billboard Top Ten Debut, #1 R&B/Hip Hop Album in The Country
By Njai Joszor
Posted on 05/24/08
Keith Sweat made a serious splash on the Billboard charts this week. The veteran R&B singer’s new album “Just Me” debuted atop the R&B/ Hip Hop Albums Chart besting new albums from Cherish and Foxy Brown.
“Just Me,” Sweat’s first release since 2002's Rebirth, featuring the top 10 single “Suga Suga Suga” also landed at #10 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart with just over 37,000 copies sold.
According to the singer’s website since 1988, Sweat has sold over 15 million albums worldwide, racking up six #1 R&B hit singles, with close to 30 chart entries, three multi-platinum, three platinum and two gold albums; Keith Sweat has proven to be unstoppable when it comes to producing classic hits.
Elsewhere on the charts, R&B girl group Cherish released their sophomore effort “The Truth.” Led by the single “Killa,” the new disc debuted at #6 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart.
- Download Keith Sweat’s Just Me on iTunes - Download Cherish’s The Truth on iTunes
thank you keith now its without a doubt singing and r&b is back fa sho....cherish just goes through the nu nu assembly line that stuff wont work for everyone ....but real singing and r&b does because its based on the heart not a room of people pumping each others egol
tracie
5/24/2008 4:56:12 PM
this is awesome..Independent labels and artists stand up!!!!
Maz
5/24/2008 11:24:58 AM
Knile...I think you need to read the second paragraph again. The 37,000 is referring to Just me, his current album, and not the 2002 release.
Knile
5/24/2008 10:56:14 AM
Maz, That was his 2002 album that had 37,000. It doesn't say what he did this time around.
=Knile=
Maz
5/24/2008 9:20:12 AM
Damn! If Sweat sold 37,000 independently that means Cherish's album really tanked. Plus she had a major release with 2 videos and enough radio play. That sucks!
