With the passing of Amy Winehouse having heavy impact on the Billboard 200 last week and the long awaited release of Kelly Rowland‘s ‘Here I Am’ making its way to the world this week, it has certainly been an interesting last few days for music lovers.
For many have been curious to find out exactly how these two events would play out when this week’s sales figures rolled in.
Now they must wait no more.
Sales figures and chart positions below…
With 77,000 units sold, Rowland’s ‘Here I Am’ is one the highest selling debuts the entertainer has ever scored as a solo artist, much to the delight of her ever loyal ‘Rowldawgs’. The LP makes its debut at #3.
At #2 is Adele‘s ‘21′ with 83,000 copies sold in the US in the last week and two places below her is Amy Winehouse with ‘Back To Black‘ with a sales increase of 44% in just seven days with exactly 54,000 units moved in the last seven days.
Elsewhere on the chart, ‘4‘ by Beyonce holds it top ten position by charting at #6. The LP which recently received a platinum certification, generated sales of 41,000 units in this chart week.
Adeles sales figures up again!!
I bet there will be a lot of Kelly Rowland bashing for her sales. And a few happy faces.
GO GO GO GO Kelly we are here for you!!!
I’ma need yall to know ya stuff! Kelly Rowland’s biggest debut was her 2nd album “Ms Kelly” with just over 86,000
“Here I Am” did about the same as her debut “Simply Deep”
Adele is slaying still six months later wow.
QUEENBEY 😀
Kelly’s fine. wonderful numbers for someone who is “RE-EMERGING” in mainstream music for the first time since 2002.
Kelly could’ve did a better job with this album….all this time & she came out with this crap…….I love “Keep it between us” the rest……AHHHHHH NEXT!
#LIES!
“With 77,000 units sold, Rowland’s ‘Here I Am’ is the highest selling debut the entertainer has ever scored as a solo artist, much to the delight of her ever loyal ‘Rowldawgs’. The LP makes its debut at #3. ”
“Simply Deep” Sold 77K
“Ms Kelly” Sold 87K
You worded it to make it seem like this wasn’t a FLOP when in actaually it is!
How do you have a #1 song heard all over the radio and can’t crack 100K first week?
Ohhhh I know…..NO PROMO!!! Stop trying to make her happen…Her and her team are responsible for this Brick!
Congrats everyone
As for Kelly…she did fine considering she was lazy,in terms of promo.
Congratulations to all 🙂
F*** KELLY FLOPPY ASS ALBUM !!!!!!
I JUST HERE FOR BEYONCE !!! ‘
CONGRATULATIONS TO ADELE AND AMY !!!
BEYONCE IS THE BEST 🙂 F*** KELLY !!!
Good Job Kelly
THIS IS 2011 IDIOTS!!!! Sales figure ARE NOT what they used to be FOR ANYBODY
Stay broke, haters!!!!!!!!!
i’m upset w/ kelly not doing much promo, no capitalizing off of motivation w/ 2nd video, her always have club appearances, and now her having time off from the UK X Factor appearing in Beyonce’s new “party” video *instead of on her own s***……… I believe Kelly don’t want or care about being a superstar like she could be, she really has potential to be a household name Mainstream like Beyonce, for she is like the dark skinned version of Bee…. Kelly is just satisfied w/ making baby steps, but instead of striking the iron while its hot ……she’ll just flop. And now Jay Z and Kanye about to blowup the charts, next week Here I Am will not even be in the Top 10. SAD
I love Here I Am. Go Kells!!!
^^^^You are clearly mad beyonce is falling down the charts lol
77k omg what a horrible flop and with a more then likely 50% drop next week its gonna struggle to hit 100k
gowsh
@THE NAKED TRUTH- LMAOOOOO
@ISTAN4GAGA- LIES!!!!
Adele had very little promo and she still sold (and selling) s*** loads of records!!
Ppl are just not into Kelly’s music and some ppl need to accept that..
Watch when Rita’s album comes out she gone outsell all these chicks
LOVE FOR KELLY!!! I GOT HERE I AM TODAY
BUT WHAT THE HELL CRACK IS ADELES OLD ASS CD ON, TO BE STILL SELLING LIKE THIS?
KELLY IS A FLOP !!!!!!!!
BEYONCE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ROWLAND`S HERE I AM !!!!!
🙂 YES BEYONCE !!
🙁 NO KELLY !!
Considering the context some singers should be f****** embarrassed at those sales figures.
@ Rita Ora Stan Who`s Rita !?
AND YOUR GAY QUEEN BEY
IS
FALLLLLING DOWN TOO
:(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEY
FLOP
SAY
#6?!
@ BEFLOPSE B**** SHUT THE F*** UP
BEYONCE IS NOT FALLING….KELLY FLOPLANDD IS !!!!!
Final
— 3 KELLY ROWLAND UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 76,399
HERE I AM
not even 77k!
beyonce flopping and now kelly flopping
Kelly needs a new team. This is ridiculous. Why isn’t she doing a lot of promotion?
*HereIWas……….*ThereYouG0……..*HereIAint………..she gonna flop harder than Ciara did, and Kelly is suppose to be a Veteran. In the words of SkorpionShow “ByeGirl Fly Girl”
I think 77k in the first week is good – and as Kelly said in an interview, what’s the point in moving forward as an artist when people make comparisons to the past. As Whitney once said, you start at #1 – where do you go? Down? And Kelly wants longevity with this record…
As for promo – I think Kelly did very well… How do you know how political the promo was? (i.e. perhaps she couldn’t get a spot on some big name shows… maybe now this record will succeed and break down doors for her to do more ‘big name’ shows…..)
At first I was skeptical about Adele’s album sells, but it seems ppl really do like her music.
In my opinion….
The U.S is one of the toughest markets to make it in, so wen an artist is succesful in the U.S, they officially made it.
@Yo- Mamma
So explain Adele, beyonce, Lady gaga?
Adele= Raw talent
Beyonce= Hard worker/ EXCELLENT performer
Lady Gaga=Hard worker/EXCELLENT promoter!!!
So don’t give me that “Records don’t sell no more BS” her and her team was LAZY!!!
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@beyflopsey lmao!!!
GOOO KELLY U DOING GOOD HUNNI;)
Also…. people constantly blame HER “TEAM”. Who knows what they are doing behind the scenes? Last time around people complained she wasn’t getting big name producers… now she has big names like Rodney – what are you guys complaining about???
Leave her team to do what is in Kelly’s best interest. I’m sure the promo strategy isn’t over… and it’s part of an ongoing plan. Let the record live, spread word of how good the record is which is better than promo – when it comes from the ‘fans’ view….!!!
Listen to the record & enjoy. I know y’all want the best for Kelly but she’s doing her best. She said she’s grown as an artist – and I’m sure if her team weren’t pulling out the stops (infront or behind of the scenes) she would be business minded enough to say so…..
🙂
#RowlDawgs!!! x
Damn, Kelly!
I’m not saying this is a flop BUT…
A #1 R&B song, a “show-stopping” performance at the BET awards, the support of Bey, her DC family, Diddy and err’body else and their momma, a bunch of KellyRo Stans who came out of nowhere …
And she sold less than Keri Hilson, Jennifer Hudson, and even newcomer Big Sean !!!
At least she sold more than J-Lo. “Love?” is still the biggest flop of the year so far.
DAMN just saw Adele is officially triple platinum in the US.
@Queenbey O.O I know kelly had some magazine covers but other than the BET awards…
HIGHEST SELLING DEBUT??? NO NO NO…GET IT RIGHT SAM….
Ignore the TROLL
BEYONCE`S BLOOD >>>>>>>>>>>>> KELLY`S ALBUM !!! 🙂 !!!
hahaahahhaahhahahhahahahaha 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
…..last point!
A good record is a good record. Regardless of sales!! A #1 doesn’t define a good album!! Lets hope the album isn’t a flash in the pan like most #1s which are there due to overexposure and not because it’s good…….. !!! x
DA F*** IS RITA??? LMAOOOOOOOO *DEAD*
CONGRATZ KELLY AND BEY……I HOPE 4 REMAINS STABLE….UNTIL THE NEXT SINGLE DROPS
@SAM HAS A SMALL EGO (QUEENBEY)
Album sells???? Or Album Sales???? For someone who criticises other people mistakes I expect you to be top notch!!!! What are the words for Beyonce’s single Best thing I never had: What goes around comes around.
@Matt This is her teams fault. The promo should’ve started at least 2 months ago. She does not have a following (a la Sade) where she can just drop an album and people will buy it.
Who is Rita !?
Another nickname for Rihanna !?
@MISHKA
LOVE? Sold 83,000…..I’m not trying to bring Kelly down but its the truth….
@Wildchild
OK – I agree but then they were doing right by striking while the iron is hot with Motivation! Plus this way the album will “breathe” hopefully giving it longevity…. Plus if she dropped TOO early it woulda leaked earlier… I think labels are doing a ‘release as soon as it’s promoted’ strategy to counteract leaks having impact to sales…. 🙂
@ISTAN4GAGA- LOL
I hear u but this was suppose to be Kelly’s comeback album-
Kelly had alot of supporters that wanted her to succed just to see QUEENBEY fall.
But her supporters didnt go out and purchase her album.
Which means ppl are jus not into Kelly’s music
idk….but based on Itunes positions, HERE I AM is gonna have a BIG drop…
@YEABEY IS SCHOOLIN’ LIFE
Oopsie My bad ^^ , I thought J-Lo did less than that…
Well, I tried, Kelly. I tried.
I like Motivation and Commander probably the only songs from her that i liked !
I`m that chick is so stupid !!! that aha aha part is so blah !
LOL @ Jamir21
I love I’M DAT CHICK ….!!
Twitter:MattLewisArtist
Ooops, didn’t mean to post a twitter name in my post… damn mouse pad/paste operation. How do I delete it? lol
@MISS IMPARTIAL- Thanks for correcting me but….
I NEVER criticize ppl mistakes, and while ur trying to correct me, U have a few errors in ur comment.
Friendly advice:
STOP stalking my comments, it just proves how much of an ass U are 😉
@SAM HAS A SMALL EGO (QUEENBEY)
You were non stop criticising my comments. And I see you got the message with the stalking bit I commented on last time. Lol.
Actually Kelly album isn’t a flop, how many R & B acts starting in the end of 2010 sold more than 200,000 other than Rihanna, Chris Brown, Beyonce. None.
OK all the R & B acts who came out with an album under 200,000, Keri Hilson, R Kelly, Keisha Cole, Neyo, Gwinne, Jill Scott, Lllod,Jamie Fox, Cee Lo Green, Ginuwine, Jennifer Hudson, Miquel, Bobby V, Marsha Ambros, Musiq Soulchild, Kelly Price and it will more this year will fall below 100,000 and 200,000.
Honestly, is anyone surprised….atleast she didn’t do as bad as ciara or soulja boy.
But I do find it funny how the same people who called beyonce a flop when she sold 300k, so what is kelly then.
Anyways, IT’S NOT THE TEAM OR PROMO’S fault because look at adele no promo now but still outselling everyone.
KELLY CHOOSE TO DO THIS POP/ DANCE ishh and that’s the problem, motivation was alright but it couldn’t save the album from flopping. Next time kelly stick to what you know.
I just wish the album was better. I love Kelly, support her ( I actually bought the “Motivation” single and I don’t buy singles, I buy albums), I enjoy her performances, but I don’t love “Here I Am” like I thought i would. “Keep it Between Us” is, hands down, the best song on the album. I wish this song, along with “Motivation” were the benchmark songs, so I could see where she could have gone from there. 🙁
Anyway, I’ll continue to support Kelly but Imma need that music to get better. Leave that sub-par R & B alone…please. If you are going to do R & B- do it–don’t play with it.
As far as Adele is concerned, damn!!!! I LOVE “21” but I never thought it would be a smash like this. It’s all about word of mouth promo for her. I told my homegirl about it- she bought it. She told her homegirl about it- she bought it, etc………Do it Adele! The album, no doubt, is great.
So everyone agrees that “KEEP IT BETWEEN US” is the best song? SAME HERE! It shows the most growth for Kelly as an artist!
YAY FOR ADELE!!!
@Zanie
Plz lets not start making up excuses…
adele might be white but her music is rnb/ soul…..
kelly is pop and rnb and a lot of rnb album’s sale more than 100k and 200k but the problem is if a lot of rnb album’s are not good like ciara, keyshia coles ect should people buy it because it’s rnb.
what about trey songs, sade, hardly any promo but sold more than 200k…..even keri hilson did over 100k. R kelly over 100k .
But those like ne-yo who went from rnb to pop flopped. libra scale only managed to get over 100k but year of the gentlemen got 250k first week.
It’s not rnb thats the problem it’s the music.
@MISS IMPARTIAL-
Girl IN EVERY POST UR ass is ALWAYS commenting on my comments-
And its ‘criticize’ not ‘criticise’…..
#GIRLBYE
@REACH I said at the end of 2010 like starting in 11/2010, most R & B artist album didn’t sell very well and only Rihanna, Chris, Beyonce sold over 200,000.
So out of all the R & B acts who came out with an album under 200,000, Keri Hilson, R Kelly, Keisha Cole, Neyo, Gwinne, Jill Scott, Lllod,Jamie Fox, Cee Lo Green, Ginuwine, Jennifer Hudson, Miquel, Bobby V, Marsha Ambros, Musiq Soulchild, Kelly Price, music wasn’t good?
@SAM HAS A SMALL EGO (QUEENBEY)
It is criticise in English aka UK. Not everyone uses American English. And for the other thing that is disputable as you always comment on some of my comments. Any way it is only friendly banter. Don’t take it to heart will you.
Over 15 R & B albums came out and none of their music was good, then they need to get better R&B song writers, if everyone sucks.
WHO EVER SAID KELLY’S ALBUM IS A FLOP NEEDS TO SHUT THE F*** UP AND KICK ROCKS. THAT S*** F**** WITH ME WHEN SOMEBODY SAY’S YOU A FLOP AFTER THE 1ST WEEK. SHE STILL CAN SELL MORE ALBUMS IT ONLY BEEN OUT 7 DAYS. I THINK YOU ARE A FLOP IF YOU ALBUM BEEN OUT FOR 6 MONTHS AND YOU ONLY SOLD 77K. THAT S*** YALL TALKING SOUNDS STUPID. LET HER DO HER NO ONE NO’S WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE. SHE MITE JUST HIT HIGH NUMBERS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR EVEN A MONTH. I NEVER COMMENT ON THESE POSTS CAUSE EVERYTIME I LOOK AT A KELLY POST THE SAME ONES BE ON HER BASHING THE F*** OUT OF HER AND DONT EVEN NO HER, SEEM’S LIKE YALL JUST DONT HAVE A LIKE AT ALL AND YALL FIGHT TO GET TO THE #1 SPOT ON THE POST BUT YOU DONT LIKE THE PERSON THAT S*** IS CRAZY YO.
its clear that this blig is full of punks and children….what a shame..anyway congrats Kelly Rowland..You will reign
@ Chillin Whats a blig !?
@zanie
Atleast they could reach 100k first week, it’s sad when an artist can’t even reach 100k….a shame.
and from you’re list only Keri Hilson, R Kelly, Keisha Cole had decent album but not their best in my opinion the rest of ur list’s albums sucked and evidence to that is their sales numbers.
People like to blame people for not buying music but why should they buy music when it’s not great or good. Look at past albums like jamie fox, keyshia coles lloyd or genuwine. Compare their previous albums and their last, not looking at sales but the actual music. You will see it’s most likely worse
People like rihanna,sade or beyonce and Adele are selling because their music is good. Period.
THE ALBUM IS THE S***. WELL ALL BUT THE FAST Commander AND EACH OTHER, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I F**** WITH IS MY FAV IS “FEELING ME RIGHT NOW” AND I KEEP THAT ON REPEAT IN THE CAR. “ALL OF THE NIGHT” WOULD BE SECOND
1 FEELING ME RIGHT NOW
2 ALL OF THE NIGHT
3 TURN IT UP ( THAT S*** SWEET) I CAN HEAR THAT ON THE RADIO
4 KEEP IT BETWEEN US
5 MOTIVATION
6 HEAVEN & EARTH ( SOUNDS LIKE IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HER )
7 LAY IT ON ME
8 IM THAT CHICK
9 WORK IT MAN
10 COMMANDER REMIX FT NELLY
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE TRACK LIKE BUT ITS STILL A GOOD ALBUM, BUT I CAN DO WITH OUT.
1. COMMANDER
2. DOWN FOR WHAT EVER
3.EACH OTHER
4. MOTIVATION ( REBEL ROCK REMIX )
its her highest chart dedut because she is #3 on billboard 200. She has never debuted that high b4 !!!! tho its not her highest first week album sales. Who cares about first week sales anywho???
LMFAO! THIEFonce has fallen yet another spot. The h** is washed up 🙂
& 4closure is not platinum. It has sold 1 million ww..there’s quite a difference.
FLOP FLOP FLOPPPP
Congrats KING B !!
Adele is annoying now 😕
Go Kelly
@Reach
BEYONCE ABLUM IS GOOD, BUT I NO PEOPLE WHO GOT THE ALBUM AND DONT LIKE IT. LETS BE REAL BEYONCE SOLD THAT MANY ALBUM JUST FROM HERE NAME ALONE CAUSE SHE HAS A BIG FAN BASE. SHE CAN COME OUT WITH A ALBUM WITH A ALBUM THAT SUCKS AND HER SHE STILL WILL SELL ALOT CAUSE HER FANS IS GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPENED FOR HER.
I F***** UP ON THAT ONE BUT YALL NO WHAT I MEAN LOL
BEYONCE ISN’T PLATINUM IN THE US…HER ASS IS ONLY. SELLING AROUND 45000 A WEEK!
@ BitchICantEvenSpellWelfare
Love the new Avi! Kate Bush is one of my favorite artists! ICON! And, the Dreaming album is the s***!
@at don’t talk that shii
300k can’t be sold because people are just you’re fans.Beyonce from her first solo album has always delevered a good album and don’t forget her album leaked a month before and many people got a chance to listen to the album and many realised yes, it was different from anything on now but it was an amazing album. That’s why it sold as it did.
As for kelly, this album has been delayed for a year now and you don’t really know what you are getting with her. Is it going to be a pop album or what…There are singles which are promoted and then their not even in the album……it was very messy.
I got Kelly’s album, and I love it. I have to say though, the promo for the album has been very lazy! I agree she needs a better team! She should have been everywhere the last month. I still support her. Just dishearten by the lack of appearances/ performances…. Sigh….
@YeaBey and @ QueenBey
*waves*. Hi guys!
@MISFIT, right! LOVE that album! ICON indeed.
I’m also glad that you’re feeling Kelly too. 🙂
@CHILE PLEASE!!
I’m with you, Keep it between us is the only song im now checking for. The album doesnt have longevity stamped over it and its also not an album of a 30 year old (lyrically) or an album to define a career.
Last time I checked this was a Kelly post! How did Bey get into the post? You must be really pressed, it’s certified by RIAA which mean it is Platinum through shippings, idiot!!! They do that with ALL the artist, beyonce isn’t different! Stop trying to discredit Beyonce! People love to hate her.
Falling down? Bey still have a year of promo for this album!! This is her highest critically acclaim album, so get off Bey’s tit!!
Go Kelly, Good job!!
Nowadays Europop is in and R&B is out, I can’t wait until R&B comes back.
Who talked about Rihanna? She’s only a SINGLES artist, she NEVER had a number 1 album so get real..
Top females artist with TALENT
adele
Lady gaga
Beyonce
Kelly
Monica
Marsha
@BITCHICANTEVENSPELLWELFARE
I love me some Kelly! 🙂
Um and can someone tell me if there is such a thing as a world sales certification? I have searched and I haven’t found it!
I’m a Bey fan, but Sam is once again reaching with the platinum cert for “4”. Show me the link/ reciepts/proof! You might be telling the truth, but I doubt it. Straight stanning Sam, should be your name.
To biased to be an effective journalist…
@Reach
YEA THE PROMO WAS MESSY BUT ITS STILL A GOOD ALBUM. WE DONT NO WHERE THE ALBUM WILL GO. AND YEA BEYONCE ALBUM LEAKED BUT SOME EVERYONE THE PAID FOR HER CD DIDNT HEAR THE ALBUM. I AM A KELLY AND BEYONCE FAN, A TRUE FAN WILL GET WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DO. ILIKE I SAID I NO SOME PEOPLE THAT IS DIE HARD BEYONCE FANS AND DONT LIKE THE ALBUM TO WELL CAUSE THEY JUST DONT LIKE THAT TYPE OF MUSIC THEY WANTED THE OLD BEYONCE. SO NOT EVERYBODY BUT TRUST ME BYONCE CAN SELL ALBUMS EVEN IF IT WAS A MESS CAUSE OF HER FAN BASE.
Ok I see on wiki that the album is certified platinum in the US. I guess due to shipments. So Sam was right. Mea culpa
@MISFIT- HEY, How are U????
Did u see QUEENBEY is shooting a video for Party???
*patiently waits for Countdown and EOT*
@jamir21..rita ora is the new artist that is signed to jayz rocnation label..she is like the younger version of beyonce she can sing too….bey.jay,ye liftoff coming out soon …
@Melia
LMAO….your SOOOO funny!! *SideEye* ANYWAYS…f*** outta here!
The album has done fine, she has a nice chart position next to her name.
What I can’t stand is the ridiculous Kelly Rowland propaganda on TGJ.
Such as
– the overpraising of the lip-synched BET performance which would have been ripped apart if it had been certain other artists.
– the feeling that this patchy album would have been given a great review even if she’d farted on the CD for an hour.
– Comments like this album had “one of the highest selling debuts of her solo career” when in fact it’s the lowest – it sold less than Simply Deep which debuted with 77k, and Miss Kelly which did 86k in its first week.
This blog could be great, but unfortunately Sam insists on ruining it with his own personal vendettas and agendas.
Like we didn’t know this would happen…
*** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwZbhWb-SQs ***
Congrats Kelly! Keep shining girl!
4closure still hasn’t sold 600k yet. TRAGIC when it debuted with 310k. LMFAOOO 😛
45k per week=Definite flop flop flop
2 million ww= final sales
Why is Rihanna name in this post………..Rihanna is at 5million………………..Congrats Kelly Here Iam with 77k sold ,should go gold by this time next year…
DEAD ….Adele is STILL slaying the gurls!!
Even over Fresh new releases, I cant! LOL
But its not even shocking anymore, You dont know how many random ppl Ive seen purchase an Adele album or have her CD in there car….its typically the Adult temporary audience, which is a huge audience to cater too.
Girl take several seats, Like SEVERAL….hear, I’ll make you some, Take ur choice….
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@ QueenBey
Yes I saw! Omg “party” is my jam! I can’t wait to see the visuals for “party”, and the others as well!
I’m so excited! How you doin?!
That’s good for Kelly. And congrats to Adele, Bey and Amy(RIP) and Kelly.
Adele leaves me speechless.
This is wrong ‘4’ is actually #5 this week.
just wait until the european album is released in Europe! we respect her over here even if you American’s don’t
it’s okay for kelly !!! she ain’t beyonce or gaga “level-wise” !!
go kelly !!
adele ….. IT’S YOUR F***** YEAR !!!! SLAAAAAAAAAAY !