With the 2013 Grammy Awards now less than a month away, one would think Frank Ocean had enough to look forward to this year- following the birth of his debut album last year.
However, before he’s set to win big at the star studded event, tonight welcomed news that cements his status as one of the world’s fastest rising commercial acts…and the unassuming saviour of Contemporary R&B.
Details below…
This week, his Malay produced cut ‘Lost’ rose by 116 spots on the Official UK Singles Chart, securing him a Top Ten position (#9) on the nation’s Urban tally, while its supporting album ‘Channel Orange’ rose 1 spot to #2 in its 27th week of release.
If it succeeds in rising by the same amount next week, it will dethrone Rihanna‘s seventh studio album, ‘Unapologetic’, which has thus far remained unchallenged on the chart since its November 19th arrival. Impressive, considering her 2010 effort ‘Loud‘ and 2011 album ‘Talk That Talk’ occupy #15 and #19 respectively.
Meanwhile, on the Official Albums Top 100, ‘Orange’ continues on its winning streak by jumping 16 spots to #19 in a single week, while Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Good Kid Maad City’ leaps 22 spots on the chart in the same amount of time, indicating a renewed interest in Hip Hop & R&B in the competitive market.
A market, the likes of his Def Jam brother Elijah Blake will hope to fare just as well in upon the release of his debut album this year.
Oh i suppose…
Don’t suppose s*** my b****, don’t suppose s*** at all. I count the days until B’s new era begins and the slayage she will commit. You thought Rih had it bad now, just wait until B comes back. Im literally shaking with excitement. I’m literally gagging at the image of the Titanic gworls sinking in the shade that her sales are gonna throw all the Pop girls.
Dream on sister. The only thing Bey will be slaying is her phone bill when she’s calling Rihanna for advice.
why would she call rihanna when she is in charge of rihanna …..tricks are for kids hun
@ Richard
than why you over grown ass stay tricking?? h** rest
But Taylor outsold both your favs though.
Right after screwing the half the industry. Ooops.
Ms b****, If Taylor is a s*** what does that make Rihanna?
A VIRGIN COMPARED TO YOUR LOOSE P**** FAVE!!
(Can’t believe I’m defending Rihanna) At least Rihanna doesn’t sing about how many d**** she’s had inside of her and then proceeded to dump.
i wonder if Frank has a big D**** he is so s*** ! even though he is gay he can have me all he wants…..
whats wieird tho sis.. i never found him hot until he came out
now hes like so dreamy to me…
he jus needs to up his swagg up a lil 😀
his BF is cute tho!
Just like your promiscious fave. Always thinking about d***.
u clearly live a very sad life.
that is all… runn along to the hole u came from .
sorry i mean Canyon ***
kiiii 😀
@FreshNavi
Ikr but i like his swag lol there’s something about it ! 😉
@LanaDelFlop
you should think about getting some, it’s good for your health !
xoxo
Dirty whores. D*** d*** d*** d*** d*** d***!!! Give it a rest b******. I see Rihanna has you following in her footsteps though.
@HoneyBee
B**** shut your dusty p**** up !
isn’t he Bi, where he’s also attracted to woman.
Frank’s seems like a power bottom to me…. #Noshade
probably, with his hot ass BF lol
Power bottom? Is that code word for Rihanna dear?
FLOP? IS THAT CODE WORD FOR CIARA?
Lol, flop, t*****, irrelevant, try again, no ones interested are all code words for C-ERROR!!!!!
Honey the UK Navy don’t play!!!
Taylor swift is number 2 in the singles chart and number 8 on the album chart in the uk!
The uk are loving Taylor!!!
Yes that is true!!!
Wish so much Taylor could be number 1 in the singles chart next week
Can’t believe the UK fell for her b******* romance with that One Direction kid. She just used him for popularity with the UK tweens, and it clearly worked.
She didnt use him to gain popularity in the uk, why would she need too. She sells enough in the usa not to care about the Uk
Anway I just held back myself from responding to ignorance………he is still over-rated but he is kinda of cute so I guess.
plus his album still f****** flopped.
how much has his album sold? has it even gone gold?
458,300
bearly going gold I can’t
Yes, he is very overrated.
The UK Navy are not to be f***** with. The US Navy ain’t s***.
Thats because the U.S. Navy is almost extinct. They are a rare creature these days.
is That the same Navy who Just made Diamonds Rih 12th Hot100 leader tying her with Queen of Pop Madonna
for such a rare creature… it sure is powerful!
god bless its soul…
Beyonces hive is so vast yet ‘4’ Singles and Album sales wern’t reflective one bit
sips coco and sashae passes Pepsi… no obese b****** here
4 = No hits, 3 million sold
TTT = 3 top ten hits, 3.8 million sold
Bye now, sip that nasty ass diarrhea coco you love. Us real Carribeans dont drink that nasty s***.
YOU MEAN 4=2 MILLION AND TTT=4 MILLION!!! I KNOW YOU BEY BEY KIDS DONT KNOW S*** ABOUT ALGEBA LIKE YOUR FAVE
im Jamaican and if you think we dont drink coconuts ALOT HERE
YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CARIBBEAN PEOPLE AND WEST INDIAN HERITAGE
COCONUTS ARE ALSO COMMONLY DRUNK BY HAWAIIAN PEOPLE
GET SCHOOLED . PLZ DO .
BEING IGNORANT AND SHADY ISNT CUTE.
I dont know nothing about Carribean or West Indian heritage? Girl bye!
I am half Haitian/half Dominican. You’re Carribean so you should know that if you want real coconut water most Carribeans would drink it from the coconut itself and not buy that nasty ass Goya or Diarrhea coco drink.
Disregard the last comment. I read your post wrong.
You’re Jamaican? Girl I live for them Jamaican patties and jerk chicken.
No wait..I didn’t read your post wrong.
Smh
I need glasses 🙁
TBQFH….
The U.S Naavi are either Broke
or enjoy free music
caz almost erybody has unapologetic
“With the 2013 Grammy Awards now less than a month away…..”
And the reason why thi sudden rise! Fixed, Rigged, Control total BS!!
Mad that Chris is still flopping?
Ooooooooooooh girl u mod! U real mod!!
F*** YOU!
Chris Brown is doing just fine! Neither he or I give a sweet ass WTF you have to say! Oh and f*** Drakevelyn’s ass too!
B****** stay pressed tbh.
Pressed about what c*** C-ERROR? Sit the f*** down!
All the boys are slaying except Chris. Poor zat.
Beyonce comeing for that ass know that
tell dem they ain’t ready for it.
Mkay! you bey bey kids said the same with 2012 yet only adele and rih and taylor slayed
first 4 was 2011, tht only produced a #1 song and 4 outsold it in the US so bye.So Bey and Adele slayed your fav ass fool.
BUT YET TTT OUTSOLD BEY LAST EFFORT!! AND I DO MEAN EFFORT!! AND RIHANNA WILL OUTSELL BEY THIS YR AS WELL WORLDWIDE!!
Good for Frank. Didn’t know he was doing well out there.
I was about to congratulate my gurl Francine until I realized you’re talking about the RnB charts….YAWN…DON’T CARE.
Read it again mama. It was the main charts.
He’s #19 on the main charts.
http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/
Oooop
So that was on the R&B charts again? Ok Sam
Good that he is climbing on the main chart too. And is Lost a single in the UK then? It´s one of my fave songs on the album
Frank Ocean is very indie, he´s not going sell big, not even if he wins 5 grammys. But he is doing good for the type of artist he is
Frank Ocean is very indie.
B**** please, he’s so far away from Indie, i’m a big fan of Indie Music and he’s not even close.
frank damn sure ain’t R&B….
@Monstarebel (F** Boy)
I’m sure of one thing, he’s not Indie.
You know what I mean b****
No, i dont.
He considers himself an Indie-R&B artists at least that’s how he described himself a year or so ago! He is more “modern Indie” than R&B IMO!
Please. He doesn’t wanna be called an R&B artist at all. His music sounds like R&B to me.
116 on the overall charts?! Go Francine!!
Hello sis. Is Gaga going to sell her albums for 1 dollar again to compete with Taylor again?
Is Taylor going to spread her legs to 10 more famous men to get enough material for her next album?
#19 in the overall chart. Learn to read
The kiis i will catch when B comes back and puts you little Titanic s**** in your place. ON YOUR KNEES!
Like she did with “4”??
No you funky b****. Like she’s gonna do with this era. EVERY PEPSI CAN in the country will have her face on it and she’s doing the superbowl. If she outsold Ri with 4s first week sales whatchu think she’ll do this time you c***.
But “4” though
But i hear she is being boycotted!! yes her face will be on the can but only her stans will buy it
David Bowie’s new single is top ten.
Where? I´m just asking. Are you pulling a Sam? lol
They say he’s gonna debut in the top ten in the UK of course.
But the main chart or the reductive ones???
the main charts, i hope, he’s too big for Reductive charts.
I’ll wait on Avant’s “Face the Music” album for a real r&b winner, and without the gimmicks.
Good for him, but i wonder which executive he is f****** too get all this preferential treatment.
YASSS for TGJ stanning for Francine Rivers!
A 1D stan? Ugh.
No b****, a Zayn stan. I could care less about the rest. Taylor’s still a ho though.
“Taylor’s still a ho though.” <—LMAO 🙂
Well 1D better get prepared for the song she is about to drop slamming whichever one she was dating!! She broke up with him then declared a return to the studio! LOL
slow news day….
most overrated album of 2012
i agree it’s a f****** snooze fest….
Yes! I know he already had a solid fanbase, but if he didn’t come out as gay, the critics would’ve overlooked him!
Do you have a deal with Elijah Blake to mention him on every post even when he is completely unrelated?
Overrated.
Yes cus Miguel shits on his wack music!!
This is great news. Finally good r&b has a chance.
Miguel is way better. I’m not here for dudes who like other dudes. That s*** is warped.
And you think Miguel is straight?
Who cares about Frank’s sexual orientation? Miguel is probably gay too.
Everyone knows the tea on Miguel honey. EVERYONE does.
B**** you are retarded. just what i thought. Most peopel hating on Ocean are homophobes with no other real reason
Dudes with dudes is warped, but zombies rising 3 days after they die and invisible sky daddies are normal?
yassss I love that shade..
Meh. Frank sucks figuratively as much as he probably does literally. His music is garbage. And his album sales DO NOT match the hype. You would think he’d be shadowing Adele’s #’s but he’s not even gold and yet people acting like slays. F*** outta here. Don’t nobody want his s***.
How is he the “savior of contemporary R&B” when he doesn’t even wanna be considered an R&B artist (even though his music IS R&B). I’m so tired of this overrated guy. Miguel is so much better…musically, physically and artistically.
Whos d*** did he suck for that position? Cause we wasn’t checking fo that damn Channel Boring album no more.
Is MAXWELL, the real KING of R&B okay co-KING with R. Kelly LOL , releasing a CD in 2013? I reaaly miss Max…..a real Marvin Gaye type soul singer…..straight no chaser type of crooner 🙂
R U PHUCKING SERIUOS RITE NOW?!?!?!
If Frank Ocean is “hot” then Rita Ora is a virgin, Christina Aguilera is thin, Nicki Garbaj has a 7 octave range, Adam Lambert is a top and Beyonce sold over 300 million records.
Frank Ocean is hot to many people. Everybody has different taste hun. Look at you: stanning for Mariah Carey and Rihanna at the same time lol That´s f****** weird 🙂
i stan for whitney, rihanna, janet and mariah..do you have a problem with that too…and frank potion ain’t hot IMO..i respect yours… you respect ours.
& i Stan for Mariah Nicki Rihanna & Keyshia Cole I’m guessing theres a problem with that huh?
Nothing on Britney and Will.i.ams #1 with Scream and Shout…
Garbage music shouldn’t be worth mentioning.
His album was good and to those who think this album was a snoozefest clearly is into Rihanna type music. #UnpurchasedIsAmess
UNAPOLOGETIC IS 2.2 MILLION WW!!!
Oh is that so? I love love loooove Rihanna AND R&B music (which Channel Orange is FULL of even though Frank tries to deny it), and I thought the album was utterly boring. Your statement was SUCH a generalization.
LOOOL! Unpurchased! Didnt it take that album over a month to go gold yet channel orange hasnt even sold half in over 5 months? LOOOL! Im not even a big fan of rihanna but come on!!
^^^^^ punk B****** scared to @ me. @OMG(Celines Irrelevant) Unpurchased as you call it has already outsold this f*** boring overrated ass CD so I see why your mad honey….
Who cares? Rihanna is a “veteran” thats been in the game for 8 yrs, releasing a new LP every year. Frank just made his debut.
Secondly, male singers normally dont do as well as their female counterparts.
Lastly, Celine has 6 diamond albums with one of them being very recent in 2012 (France).
When will Rihyawnna?
WHEN WILL BEYONCE B****? AND SHE IS A 16 YR VET AND SHE CANT SELL DIAMOND OF HER ALBUMS!!
Wow, J.Lo looks stunning in the Golden Globes, sorry i just have to.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/74345_10200244676741739_109403691_n.jpg
Oh that’s not from the Golden Globes, here’s the original.
http://beyondbeautifuljlo.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10022/normal_lopez.jpg
I love this album …..
miguel does it better
I don’t listen to music made by homosexuals. Sorry.
My Black master is slaying. I live.
My Black master is slaying.
I live.