I just want to say congrats to Chris Brown for entering the charts at #1! But we all knew that would happen. BUT ALSO congrats on NEXT TO YOU entering the charts at #10 on the Digital Charts.
Despite his controversial release day yesterday (Mar. 22nd), R&B singer Chris Brown’s fourth studio album, F.A.M.E is still shaping up to win. According to HitsDailyDouble, the crooner is predicted to land the No.1 spot on next week’s Billboard 200 Album Chart with sales from anywhere between 250-275k. Brown’s last album, 2009’s Graffiti, sold less than half of that, with 102,500 copies.
If these projections are true, F.A.M.E will be Brown’s first number one album, beating out this week’s R&B competitors Jennifer Hudson and Bobby V.
Brown recently assured his followers that, “F.A.M.E. is me giving fans every aspect of who I am as far as my art, my culture, and my concepts.”
In support of the album, Brown will embark on his F.A.M.E Tour beginning in Australia in April 2011.
It has just been announced that Chris Brown has received a nomination for this years American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male. Chris is up against Usher and Trey Songz so Team Breezy needs to pull together and show our presence and the return of Chris Brown!
Usher recently sat down with BBC Radio 1 to discuss his upcoming UK tour and during the interview he was asked to explain his reasons behind the recent cancellation of a proposed tour with Chris Brown and while doing so, he hinted that the two might work together in the future and that there might be a surprise guest on the UK leg of the OMG Tour.
Talking to BBC Radio 1 Usher revealed, “The tour wasn’t cancelled there was a conversation, nothing more than a conversation. We may work together on something in the near future. I think it would be really incredible if we did do something. ”
When asked about his UK tour Usher announced, “We’ll be back in the UK so stay tuned as maybe a surprise will come out of that.” When we push him and ask if he means Chris Brown he got all coy: “I didn’t say anything, all I said was there may be a surprise worth waiting for.”
The Internet lit up with reports of a possible joint tour between Usher and Chris Brown, but it never came to fruition. The “Deuces” singer is keeping it real, revealing why the tour didn’t go down and why he doesn’t keep many friends in the industry.
Breezy appeared on Angie Martinez’s Hot 97 radio show on Wednesday to discuss the canceled outing. “We kinda had different views on the tour—no beef,” explained Chris. “We both have two different promoters, so whoever would get the tour would have to work it out and I think they didn’t see eye to eye. I think we rushed into it. We were in love with the idea more than the actual [business part of it]. We couldn’t get ready for it. Hopefully in the future, we might work something out.”
While Usher may have gone with his other R&B peer Trey Songz, Chris doesn’t hold a grudge, but does admit that he and Ursh don’t have a close relationship. “It’s whatever, we cool. I’m cordial and that’s with everybody,” said Chris. “I don’t have friends in this industry. I have my circle and I have my people who’ve been with me through the bad times and the good times. Everybody else is just wallpaper.”
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