T-Pain Beats Rihanna In #1 Chart Battle

In news that many would not have forseen, singer T-Pain’s latest album ‘Epiphany’ has outsold Rihannna’s ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ to secure the #1 position on the Billboard 200 chart. Though mid-week sales indicated neither artist would be in contention for the top spot (Paul McCartney looked set for the position), T-Pain charted at #1 with 171,000 copies sold and Rihanna at #2 – selling 161,000 copies.

Now that the numbers are out, I can’t see Rihanna’s label, Def Jam, being pleased with this. Yes it’s her highest debut yet, but with ‘Umbrella’ being so successful (currently #1 on the Billboard Hot 100) many expected her to move more units than she did. I guess people weren’t buying into the hype.