Despite ranking as her lowest-selling and lowest Billboard 200 debut to date, 2020’s ‘Alicia’ – the seventh studio from singer-songwriter Alicia Keys – still managed to premiere at #4 on the hit list, a measure fueled in great part by the viral response to the project’s pandemic-inspired singles ‘Underdog’ and ‘Good Job.’
To rebound, Keys announced the LP’s follow-up would come as another self-titled effort of sorts – the 26-track opus ‘KEYS’ (released December 10). Her first double album, the unique venture offered 14 original songs on one disc and 12 revamped versions of those same tunes on its second.
And while it comes as the second studio effort of her career to go to chart battle without a Hot 100-charting single to precede it (following 2016’s ‘Here’), ‘KEYS’ is the diva’s first to lack the traditional promotional onslaught afforded her studio releases.
Look inside to see how that’s predicted to impact the set’s first-week sales.
Alicia Keys’ ‘KEYS’
First-Week Sales (SPS): ‘KEYS'<30,000 units
Billboard 200 Debut: ‘KEYS'<#20
According to industry analysts, ‘KEYS’ – thanks to the seasonal, streaming-based boost of holiday albums – is on track to premiere outside of the top 20 on next week’s refreshed Billboard 200 with sales south of 30,000 units.
If the prediction rings true, it will not only mark the lowest first-week figures to accompany an Alicia Keys studio album but it will also be her first to debut outside of the chart’s top 5.
With a few days left in the tracking week and reports of more stops on the 15-time GRAMMY winner’s promo trail in support of the LP, there’s a chance she could find listing inside the Billboard 200’s top 20.
Until we find out Sunday (December 19), click here to stream ‘KEYS.’
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I’m 2022 ain’t nobody looking for an Alicia “man stealing, non make up wearing, boring music, sadiddy behind” Keys albums. The tracks are getting longer and more boring!
Damn you a bitter b****
I checked it out and it’s amazing! It didn’t have physical sales which was the problem
You sound like a very lowlife, cracker, bigot racist fat b****!!! That have nothing better to do but come on these blogs and put down talented black talent! Stfu and eat and choke on a d***!! Low life!!!
She is half white…
Keys is a top song writer.. nobody can write like her. She is better than Mariah
Its so weird. I was so hyped when she released something in the past and I still love her first four albums. But her music became so boring, that im not even interested in listening to her new album. I‘ll listen to „try sleaping with a broken heart“ instead…
I think it’s because the first albums had a commercial touch but the more she grows the more she evolves beyond that and she’s a classical artist so i’m not surprised that she’s more focus on making music for the soul instead of doing it for the radios.
Well her ex boyfriend (Kerry) was a big part of her success in music. Since they don’t work together anymore, her music is definitely missing something
I was about to say, something been missing for a while now. It’s like you can hear them break up in her musical regression lol
Yup when they broke up her hit making staggered then stopped. He was a big part of her music.
Flop these are UGGmillia numbers 💀
How’s Trench’s??
Those numbers will be tragic
What you know about numbers sory but you been fooled by this industry black people talking about power but let white people fool you with that type of numbers thats the reason why black people will never ever pogress you playing the rules of the white people.
Who cares if she debuted on top 20 or 40 she had already in amzing career and still is doing great music forget the numbers let the art live not the numbers. Black People are sometimes realy dumb sory. On one side you are talking about freedom and stuff like that on the other side you giving white people the reason to call us niger because most of you act like that,
She’s clearly over that now, she’s a classical artist first and I think she only wants to make music for music and not the charts.
Tragic is an understatement for what numbers Trenches will do
Where Trenches h***? WHERE IS IT?!
Idk what it is but some women relationships bring their careers all the way down . Alicia Keys, Serena Williams, Wendy Williams, Mary j blige .
I don’t agree at all for Alicia. She’s a classical artist first, she used to be commercial and top the charts and she did well but you can feel that she’s not looking after the charts anymore. I wouldn’t be surprised if she ends up being a piano soul/jazz legend on her old days.
Honestly?
I knew she had a new song out. Had no idea the album was coming so soon
Black girl tragic! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
SCREAMING 🤣
Flop! That’s what you get for stealing Sade’s style
She literally just had an album out that tanked…so why release another boring album so close?? Her career has never been the same since she took Mashondas man allegedly. AK needs to retire and find another venture
I tried it and got to about track #4
It was so bad lol
The only thing that can save this album is the release of “Put It In A Love Song” music video 😬😬😬 We haven’t forgot Alicia! Still mad lol
i’m not surprised. there was NO promo for this album whatsoever
She performed on the Today show yesterday. Guess no one watched lol