It seems not even minor controversies are enough to hold ‘Voodoo’ maestro Frank Ocean from the US Top Ten this week.
Indeed, in what can only come as good news to both he and his team over at Def Jam, his debut album ‘Channel Orange‘ is set to debut on the Billboard 2000with record breaking sales- following its impromptu release earlier this week.
Details below…
Next week, ‘Orange’ is set to debut with sales of 110-125,000 units, securing the star a Top Ten position.
While this figure may not seem all that impressive at face value, it’s important to note that it will sell this much on digital outlets alone, with physical copies of the LP only hitting stores in the coming week.
This, a positive indicator as to how the project will sell once fans can purchase it at both physical and digital outlets.
Not to mention Ocean’s potency as a commercial act- giving the likes of Chris Brown and Usher a run for the chart positions without the luxuries afforded to acts who release their material to all outlets simultaneously.
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LMFAOOO
Frank better SLAY THESE LESSERS.
He did the same numbers as Chris Brown and Usher WITHOUT ANY PROMO, if you don’t count the “i’m gay” publicity he got.
Oh S***.
Congrats!!!! That’s really good. Well deserved.
Now if Drake and Chris would come out the closet, maybe they too would get a sales boost.
I also want to make note that he pushed the album UP while Chris and others kept delaying their flops!!!
Also he has 0 HOT 100 “hits”.
Frank is SLAYING.
Chris is doing well I must say b******
http://singersroom.com/content/2012-07-11/Chris-Brown-The-Undisputed-Champ-of-The-Charts/
Chris is doing pretty good, but good for Frank!
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Muppet Baby Creator Tells Tiny (Ti’s Wife) To Change Her Face; Doesn’t Believe Resemblance to Miss Piggy Is an Accident – http://goo.gl/kW4Ho …this was mean but so funny
Artist don’t delay CD release record companies push CDs back! Chris would have been fine had they released his CD when they agreed upon May 8. He had his small promo going on with his toy signing followed by his 1st art show followed by his b-day and then Fortune. RAC f*cked that plan to hell to push his re;ease behind Usher’s!
Drake doesn’t need to come out, he pushed 700K in one week, now Fistopher Brown on the other hand…well….lmao.
Drake will never pushed that many copies again. Believe that. And reading that article about Chris Brown is very interesting. The man is doing his thing.
LMFAO
I guess your right
Drake would be Diamond if he came out.He is such a QUEEN
Drake looks like the bottom of my shoe and his raps smell like em. drake will never push copied again.
Umm, #1 on the main charts in 3 Countries with to 10 entries his highest to date in 7 others. CB is also #1 in 22 Countries on the R&B Charts….yeah he’s flopping alright! LMAO 🙂
Buy fortune fool and have a seat!
Drake, “Ms. bottle tossing THANG” media darling is a fraud and everyone knows it! He is considered 1 of a few “non-threatening rappers” as he is half white, jewish and canadian!
Oh please!
1) Usher’s numbers are surprising seeing that he is a MEDIA DARLING. He had been on a 3 month promotional tear even sharing several stages worldwide and multiple magazine covers with his young “padawan” Justin Bieber!
2) Chris Brown only receives ngative publicity. Chris, tony Parker and several women were attacked in a nightclub by Drake and his boyfriends yet the media refuses to hold Drake responsible no they have tried to make one of the VICTIMS, Chris brown responsible for that mess! I’m happy about Chris, IN STORE SELLS NUMBERS! & the fact that he went #1 in US, UK & The Nerthlands and #1 in 22 Countries on the R&B Chart!
3) LOL, STOP iT! Frank Ocean’s newfound success & you fake a$$ new stans is based solely in his open letter admitting to sexing both women and MEN! You talk about no promo WTF you kidding? He announces he’s gay/bi then drops a single followed by a CD release on iTUNES a week or so ahead of his scheduled hard copy release date but he DID NO PROMOTIONAL…LOL I love the delusional ones! 🙂
Frank is expected to sell atleast 125,000 in itune sales alone!The hard copy goes on slae next week.I didn’t fool with Chris this time around because frankly I have grown tired of him. I am so happy to support a genuine artist that actually has talent.Frank blew me away the other night when he was on Fallon because I wasn’t aware that he’s never done live tv before but I know’s the ish if you see him live.
So what! Why are you idiots comparing Frank Ocean to Chris Brown? They are two very different type entertainers. It’s really annoying to see people compare them. Crhistain Agularia is a much different entertainer then Brtiney Spears who is different from Kelly Clarkson. Why must R&B entertainers be compared?
I’m not comparing Frank to Chris Brown because for me their is no comparison .
YOU BETTER WORK F*****! FRANK YOU ARE ONE OF THE SMARTEST F****** I KNOW! YOU CHOSE OUT OF ANY DAYS TO SAY YOU WERE A F***** THE WEEK OF YOUR ALBUM RELEASE! GIRL BYE! BUT CONGRATS BECAUSE U STILL SLAYED CHRIS BROWN!
Congratulations you betta slay Chrissy Brown and Trey Songz !
Work homo work !
Slay Rita Oreos too !
http://singersroom.com/content/2012-07-11/Chris-Brown-The-Undisputed-Champ-of-The-Charts/
Wow Gay Sales LOL
So happy for him. S*** ass
Gay for pay?
Gay people including myself are very loyal fans !
We will support you until the day you perish
Frank’s fans come from all paths not just gays because I have been a fan of his since he got in the business.
Off-Topic: Sam, just so you know, your site used to be an actual respectable source for the latest music industry news and updates, since then your site has become filled with nothing but hate and underage middle school-high school students running around leaving often racist, bigoted, and overall prejudiced and immature comments. You, yourself, have also resorted to posting Stan-baiting stories for blog hits. I’d like to once again have this site become something halfway decent where people can leave comments without automatically being attacked for simply stating their opinion.
On-Topic: I listened to his album again last night and earlier today and I must say that I am truly enjoying it. I was disappointed on first listen but since then I’ve taken the time to actually focus on his lyrics and the understated production. I can honestly say that it’s one of the best musical releases to come out this year and it deserves to at least be nominated for some major categories at next years Grammy awards ceremony. I hope that Frank’s success allows for more creativity from female and especially male R&B artists and the music community as a whole.
*actually
Nice comment!!!! I agree. This site is just full of trolls & idiots looking for attention. Sam’s stories are no better with the stan baiting.
I also hope that Frank gets proper recognition for this album.
R&B does not lack for creativity. All R&B artist produce high quality work. The difference is that mainstream media only promots Pop, Country & Hip Hop!
I’d kiss u if were closer. That’s true….i just wish r&b fans wud also stop requestin and buy POP &HIP HOP MATERIALS. The radios wud change their loucy tactics.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a bulk of his sales came from online sales because that’s how his fan base had connected with him… Online. Congrats.
the album has only been released on itunes so it is only online sales
Well Def Jam better hope the other stores don’t follow behind Target. People who don’t have computers will have to get their CD from a friend. I download from one of the leak links and made copies for my friends who wanted it. Not many though. So itunes has his cd and in another week or so it drops in stores. Wow thats plenty of time for people to free download. Here in NJ they already selling it on the streets for $5.00. Can’t wait to see his numbers anyway
Frank stated on twitter that the cd will be sold at Best Buy.
LMAO This article and others like it has been all over the web. Sam refuse to post anything about it because Frank is gay like him
http://singersroom.com/content/2012-07-11/Chris-Brown-The-Undisputed-Champ-of-The-Charts/
yawn….Usher just went diamond with confessions in the US
and Frank just did Chris Brown numbers with itune sales alone and went mainstream without making generic pop music unlike chris brown
meanwhile chris is on twtter bitchin about his fans loyalty
We will see Frankie boy’s numbers now won’t we @lol.
YAWN, WTF are you lying about?
Everyone is happy for Usher’s succes that makes two BLACK MEN who have gone diamond and beyond!
We dont yet know what CB’s digital and pre-oder sells are as The number’s you see quoted reflect P-O-P sells! Chris Brown’s CD os 80% R&B in the tradition of his 1st CD so again, WTF are you lying about?
And for the record CB never bitched to anyone on twitter but of course a foolish lying hater will always think the worse. oh well **presses Mirage #4 on the countries 3! selling CD!
I wish frank well. the I’m gay pitty me open letter worked wonders! LOL :-0
You didn’t catch the shade in that title? lmao
No there was no shade in the title only the truth was stated throughout the article!
@Mob
Yea it worked wonders just like Def Jam did Rihanna one fight with Chris lol. I mean they milked that s*** forever
these are very good numbers, considering its an itunes-only release! other than the coming out stunt, this has had not much hype. good for frank
they have them gays in the palm of there hands they are still feeling sorry for him and other sh-t,i don’t wrong him,if i was him i would have used them d-mb f-ggots too,how many time people going to use this trick on them to sell records hmm over and over again and they never learn that these artist don’t like no f-ggots they are just using yall for that record sales sigh what a sad sight,so the justification is that the album is so called good right,like i said if i were you franky i would have done the same is open letter was so touching i bet them gays was crying getting there @ss wet and sh!t..i ahve nothing against gays i just have something against people letting there selves get used over and over again by these industry machine.
Frank Ocean about to steal all the gays from Gaga.
@Pablo
And Beyonce lol
he want steal them from Beyonce, hell she gave some to him lol.
But he had a huge publicity stunt. Thats what I CALL confessing homosexuality than bumping up your release date so your bandwagon fans don’t get bored.
We don’t typically agree but damn …ALL OF THIS RIGHT HERE FOLKS! 🙂
I’m so f****** happy right now this is crazy I was hopeing he would do well but I didn’t know how well, and not for nothing but I went off a little on one of his post at some Hateters but I should not have done that I just should love Frank and be happy! Love don’t Hate!
If he does better than Chris Brown with the lack of promo Fistopher Brown had, I’ll laugh my ass off at Fistopher. Frank Ocean better snatch those chains…slay slay and slay. Better snatch those chains left right and centre.
So it’s safe to say Usher & Trey& Ne-yo also LMAO. I guess the little gay boy will slay them to. lol
Oh well I guess if Def Jam keep doing that payola then Frank is safe. But I don’t see that happening
i’m glad Frank is doin great numbers… I remember when Chris brown called him and his crew small time n***** and clowns and apes… now he’s caught up with him album sales wise on his first release and he’s surpassed him in music critical acclaim ( something chris has never achieved in his whole album discography) .
The same people you step on when you go to the top will be the same people you encounter when you plummet to the bottom
You people are so full of s***. You don’t like this gay dude Frank but you are using him to talk s*** about Chris. I see it all now you hate Chris and now all of a sudden you love Frank Ocean. F***** fake as n***** Also The Creator the way he talks I know he hates gays.
And to that person @lol who don’t know the time in questioned Chris gave Frank Ocean a compliment on his music on twitter and Frank dumb ass took it in another direction. Facts
Wooohoo! Go Frank! 110K-125K off of digital sales alone? Sounds MAJOR to me. And he doesn’t even have a big promo push or anything. ..even if you want to count his “coming out”.
I am rooting for him because he is uber talented and isnt afraid to take risks. People always complain about the music charts filled with nothing but generic pop music, yet dont want to support talented acts like Frank.
Sorry but I was reading at hits daily double that Zac Brown Ban will have the #1 position next week. with 210-225k next week sales. But we just have to wait and see. With this thing going on with Itunes & Target there just might be more stores involved.
Hello yes Zac Brown is expected to debut at #1. I don’t know what number Frank is supposed to debut at. Somewhere in the top ten. His album has only been released on Itunes. The physical copy wont be in stores until next week.So pretty good numbers based solely on digital sales
So the hard copy is not released yet but Target won’t be selling it next week in their stores. The site is out for Frank’s free leaked downloads so lots of people have his cd anyway by now.
@PYTFROMAL
Heyyy!! i haven’t seen you comment in awhile. Anyway I can’t wait to put my hands on a physical copy of this cd , Frank is a breath of fresh air in music-has been since day one
@LOL
Hello 🙂 I dont really comment alot unless something catches my eye on here or im just bored. LOL. And he is indeed a breath of fresh air in the music industry!
I so agree! Frank is talented beyond belief and he puts so much of himself in his songs.
That’s great for him, i hope other b****** like Trey, Bow, omarion and Breezy come out of the closet, their career will raised.
Nah…Frank career is not raising based on his sexuality.It’s rising because once new people hear his talent they are blowed away by it, I can’t say the same about the others you named because they are not on Franlk’s level when it comes to true talent.
Francine better werk! Mediocre album, sympathy buyers bi-curious buyers, bandwagon buyers and the hype buyers.
And all this off the back of one letter. The best thing about download for artists is that you cannot return the product
The album is critically lauded , just because it had few p**** poppin anthems doesn’t mean it sucked , plus i knew he was gonna have an impressive debut with or without his “announcement” he had a cult following in hip hop,indie,rnb,and mainstream pop circles …like drake or kanye did buring their mixtape days so noneed to throw shade
work out Frank Gurl…….yass ma’am, and yass gawd
@Sam/TGJ staff —
“115-125K” and “I’m gay” = non-acceptance/not-claimed by “the gay” community, both white AND black!
Frank Ocean took a HUUUUGE risk by outing himself. This “115-125K” means he lost EVERYTHING: the gays don’t want him. R&B/Hip Hop won’t want him back. Sam, TGJ Staff, he’s left with absolutely NOTHING! Less-than Zero!
And let’s NOT get it twisted, when ‘the gays’ claim you as one of THEIR own, it’s better than ANY promo/endorsement that Chris Brown, Usher, Justin Bieber all combined could have ever received.
Frank Ocean played near that “third-rail” and lost his footing. He’s finished. The body now lies lifeless, and soon the corpse will just be another casualty of three of the deadliest of sins: Pride, Greed and Lust.
X,Y,”and Z”
Are you delusional HE IS GONNA DEBUT BIGGER THAN CHRIS “WANNA BE THE NEXT MICHAEL JACKSON” BROWN
Frank did these numbers off of itune downloads alone , imagine when the physical copies are brought .
DONT WORRY ABOUT FRANK WORRY ABOUT CHRIS BROWN BITCHIN ON TWITTER CHALLENGING FANS TO BUY HIS CRITCALLY HATED ALBUM
WORRY ABOUT CHRIS BROWN ILLITERATE A** CLAIMIN THERE’S 52 STATES IN AMERICA INSTEAD OF 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…DUMB A** NEGRO!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://cdn.mediatakeout.com/57058/woooow-r-b-singer-chris-brown-can-t-be-this-stupid-can-he-dude-needs-to-go-back-and-get-his-h-s-diploma.html
WORRY ABOUT HIS PROBATION BEING AUDITED BY HIS JUDGE …BACK TO VA B****** !!!!!!!!!!
http://sandrarose.com/2012/07/judge-orders-audit-of-chris-browns-community-service/
WORRY ABOUT FAME NOT GOIN PLATNUM AFTER A DAMN YEAR
WORRY ABOUT FORTUNE RACKIN IN NO “FORTUNE” IN SALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rant over………
Chris popped his B**** on BET and Grammy stages! That’s huge promo. Don’t be mad cause Team Breezy is all talk and no purchase.
@girrl
Exactly #teamratchet talk all that trash and then dont put up the bucks .usually they run out in the first week of release to show support and then leave him hangin the other 51 weeks of the year . I guess hismusic has grown stale or maybe his fans release he’snever gonna change after the drake showdown or maybe in his groupies minds its drizzy before breezy in this b**** … so they said “f*** it” and didn’t go 100 % with their support
How do you come to the conclusion that Frank lost everything?Looks to me Chris has lost a lot because more than half of the people that supported him last time during debut week failed to do so this time around.
XYX Gets his reasoning from the toliet!
congrats I guess…I don’t know who the dude is so..I cant compare him with chris brown or usher..
he must be new….
I always wonder why people stay comparing people who has been in the game for a long time, to some newcomer sales…
like when people compare madonna’s sales to gaga’s sales..
I’m talking as a solo artist not in a group
Frank is not a newcomer. He is also a member of Odd Future and in no way does Chris or Usher compares to Frank….
Good job Frank!
LOL@these people claiming “victory” with a mere 100+k sold. Since when is a “top 10 debut,” with less than 300k sold anything to celebrate around here? If this had been any other artist — particularly one that Sam hates — he would be talking big s*** and posting silly ass “judging you” gifs…but because it’s his fellow homosexual Frank, he wants to add bogus shine to it like it’s some impressive feat.
Zac Brown’s album b*** f***** Francine’s like I knew it would, and I’m predicting Nas’s album is going to wreck that ass too.
why is it everytime somebody famous or semi famous comes out of the closet people make a big deal out of it…
how come straight people doesnt get the same amount of attention when they come out to be straight.?
I have nothing against gay people, but I dont get the big deal in coming out of the closet…especially since the gays pretty much runs everything now…maybe its me
why are people saying he’s using his sexual preference to sell records? I dont get it
Where have you been ???????
on vacation…
i dont bother reading blogs anymore, when I’M on vacation..
..to much fun to have…
@RATEDXXX YOUR A NON-F*CKING FACTOR B*TCH… HOP ON THE WAGON AND COP THAT ALBUM. MY BEYONCE VOICE.. WHO RUNS THE WORLD?GAYYSS!
B**** that wasnt even called for ????
sorry to burst ur little bubble..I dont hop on wagons.
gays dont run the world..God does
I can see you have some type of mental issues..so I’m not going to stoop to ur level of stupidity
This is not about gay this or that.this is about . this is about talent and it’s time for basic b****** like you to get that point. Frank is being supported by all sexual orientations because all orientations love music so leave that ignorant divisiveness elsewhere.
@RATEDXXX get your troll a** of this website! Really? A jazmine sullivan stan? enough said…. You posting sh*t about *straight* people coming out as straight basically shows how insensitive you are as a human. Your just another Basic B*tch.. please show ur face u internet thug
here’s my personal opinion…….I don’t care if you’re gay or not, if you have a great album, I’ll buy it
a great movie, ill go see it..
you’re being gay aint got s*** to do with me personally…who u choose to f*** or how many people u f***** ,aint got s*** to do with me
unless these celebs are putting their personal business out there..i dont really care about their personal life..its all about the music
even if i dont like ur ass, if u have a great album ill buy it..
Yes but where have you been ??
I mean its been a long time
EXACTLY. people think they know celebs. we dont know any celebs and the celebs do not know us. who cares about their personal life!
@RATED,,,,Do drop by from time to time
love partying with ya!
@RATED,,,I miss you eating the bee hive’s
lunch for them Smiles!
Well….Frank is bi right but in comparison to young boys like Bieber and those kids from One Direction, he looks straight, those kids are so GAY,GAY,GAY.
One Direction is NOT gay !
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42dldXqzx1rw96sao1_500.jpg
They`re just cloudy with a chance of rain and thundershowers !
Trust me , they’re Gay.
I know they`re gay but three of them have “girlfriends”
https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/403892_326245984130746_1437211169_n.jpg
http://aka.media.entertainment.sky.com/image/unscaled/2012/05/24/Zayn-Malik-Perrie-Edwards-Kissing-0512.jpg
http://static.entertainmentwise.com/photos/Image/260612_louist3.jpg
@jamir21,,,cloudy with a chance of rain lol!
ALL OF THESE DUMB A** COMMENTS! LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR.. STRAIT IGNORANT PEOPLE DO NOT BUY ALBUMS!!!! EVERYONE KNOWS GAYS SUPPORTERS GO HARDER THAN ANYONE *HATERS DEAL!* HE MADE AN AMAZING ALBUM!! PINK MATTER IS MY SH*T!!!— GOTTA GO PURCHASE ANOTHER COPY FOR EACH OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS!! ALL 25 OF THEM!
Really !
I’m so sick of hearing about this fruitcake. Is there not another artist you could be reporting on? Hell, I’ll even take another Rihanna post. I hear she’s a bad tipper, there…make something out of that…
Is that right!
Very proud of you Frank Ocean, and i know the dude that you was in love with is regreting leaving you, but i know you have the last lol
its good seeing as how its just digital sales, i think he could of had maybe 200-250k his first week if he also had physical copies.
by the way the ALBUM IS SO F****** AMAZING TO ME.
my fav tracks are
1. pilot jones (my new weed song)
2. pyramids
3. lost
4. forest gump
5. thinkin bout you
I love all songs you posted but that “Bad Religion” and “Pink Matter” really take me to another place. Frank has always been massive to me.
His sales are impressive. I don’t think his physical album will sell a decent amount next week, but his digital sales are stellar to say at least. I still feel really awkward about the fact that he would have probably sold half that amount if he hadn’t strategically come out of the closet just days before the album’s release… SMH
Very happy for Frank Ocean. Would have loved to see him debut atop the 200, but this is excellent nevertheless.
For those here who are skeptical of his coming out being timed to coincide with his album release, I think it makes perfect sense. He’s only now even becoming known to the r&b community at large. What kind of sense would it have made for him to have wasted the publicity surrounding his coming out by not using it to promote his album?
Without the recent hype, his album probably wouldn’t be selling even 1/4 of what it’s projected to sell this week.
Well gay or not, if u got talent and if im hearing good things about a album. Im getting it! And thats seems to b the scenerio with Frank. I actually have been hearing great things about Frank since last year. And he definitely caught my attention by working with KING B! Luv IMU! @@@@LAX Shut Ur Dumb C*** Ass Up! That H** @ RatedR wish she could go toe to toe with THAT F**KING BEYHIVE! U dumbass C**** of Rihoeanna are so damn DELUSIONAL LMAO BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I HAVE FAITH MY NEW DANCE/GOSPEL ALBUM WILL DO THE SAME NUMBERS NEXT YEAR,HALLALUAHHHHHHHHHHHH! SO EVERYONE MAKE SURE YALL PICK UP A COPY,BEYONCE WILL.THANKS YALL!