The five-year wait for Normani‘s solo debut album came to a close on June 14, and – if updated the Billboard charts tell the story – the singer’s fans (affectionately called #NormaniNation) got exactly the ‘Dopamine’ rush they’d long been begging for.
Full story below…
Normani’s ‘Dopamine’
First-Week Sales (SPS) ≈ 12,000 copies
Debut Billboard Position: #91
Beyond the critical warm welcome that greeted the ‘1:59’ and ‘Candy Paint’-housing opus, multiple Billboard charts waved hello to Normani for the first time in her career thanks to the set’s commercial reception.
Most notably found at #9 on the updated Top R&B Albums chart, the entry not only comes as the highest position attained by a new release this week but also her inaugural top 10 hit on any Billboard album chart as a leading act.
On the Top Current Album Sales tally the LP mirrors its R&B chart status by entering as the highest-charting project by any new R&B effort printed this week (#46).
Success on the aforementioned hitlists helped ‘Dopamine’ charge to #91 on the all-genre Billboard 200, not only coming as the top-charting new R&B number but also as the week’s third-highest debut among all women following the openings of NAYEON‘s ‘NA‘ and Lindsey Stirling‘s ‘Duality‘ albums (#7 and #84 respectively).
Look below to see who else had a great week on the Billboard 200 courtesy of our weekly recap TGJ Chart Check.
Billboard 200 This Week
They are about to drag her 😖
All this hype for Normani. I feel sorry for her. She needs to connect more with her contemporaries, share fan bases. Or just stick to modelling……. she’s not runway but at least she’ll earn money.
…..Anyway, I’m happy for Charlie XCX 😊 her best first week placement
Sucker
Charli XCX
01.03.15
28
Crash
Charli XCX
04.02.22
7
Brat
Charli XCX
06.22.24
3
Number 1 Angel
Charli XCX
04.01.17
175
Charli
Charli XCX
09.28.19
42
This is with no promoting
Performances
Sabotaged by own label
Being a new artist
She actually didn’t do too bad
It’s not like she had heavy promo for an album just to sell 9k like familia
Did better than Chloe who had a huge push, multiple award show performances and videos…
Lie lie lie… flop mani flopped hard. I already knew that since 2018
She sold 12 000 copies? What a joke 🥴
I have waited 5 years to see this rat release her album and flop.
Yes, I’m the biggest hater in the world
Camila’s lowest charting album
Familia- peaked at number 10
1.6 billion streams
Lol
You’ve waited 5 years to see someone fail? What a sad story. Why not do something with your life? Pathetic.
You didn’t need to say all that, you could’ve just admitted that you’re racist and hate when dark skin Black women make music. Calling a girl a “rat” are you serious? You just hate Black Women. There’s no other reason why you would say that.
The niche of Camilla fans that were antiblack ten years ago didn’t change it seems. Think about why you were rooting for a Black girl to fail so badly. Y’all are pathetic.
The new Beyonce
The new Janet Jackson
The new sade
Black britney spears
😂😂😂
I told yall for the past 5 years, this girl doesn’t have IT but yall refused to listen
6 years too late 🥹 might be time for a 5H reunion 🫣
Even tyla outdebuted
Mind u tyla is from south Africa.
Tyla’s album has crossed 1 billion streams also
U see what happens when u have charisma and personality
This is normani’s first and last album.
Rca records gonna drop her after this
6 years to release a Kelly Flopland type RnB album
Remember that joint rolling stone magazine cover she did with megan and sza back in 2019
I told yall, sza career is already big thanks to ctrl but she’s gonna get bigger, Megan gonna blow up also, but normani aint going nowhere.
Fast forward to 2024, compare their careers. Lmfao
Sza headlining her sold out tour,same with Megan, multiple number 1s, grammys etc, while normani debut album debuting at number 91. Lol
TGJ spinning that headline.
This album flopped
Debuted at number 91
Didn’t chart in any country overseas. Canada, Australia, Mexico, Japan etc, it didn’t chart anywhere
And yall want the label to invest money in her.
Her album announcement on twitter has 300k likes, more likes than Beyonce, nicki minaj, charli xcx, tate Mcrae, drake album announcement
But compare sales. Lol
Oxtail twitter always hyping this girl up but they will never stream or buy her crap album
Who would have thought in 2024, tinashe will have a massive solo hit while normani’s long awaited debut album will flop this badly.
You’re a bit obsessed. Maybe get a hobby? God bless.
Camila debut album
Number 1
99 weeks on the billboard 200
4 billion streams and counting
———-barrier———
Normani debut album
Number 91
200 million streams (mind u she added wild side ,a 3 year old song)
Omg! This is extremely embarrassing!!!! Flop mani brings shame to fifth harmony. She is not welcomed to the group anymore.
TGJ is trying to make this flop looks good on the headline. The highest charting on R&B… I remember you posted Amerie’s in love & war album bombed on the first week. Y’all are double standards af… flop mani did flop real hard!!!
What’s sad is she has star potential but for some reason or another doesn’t seem to be promoted at all. Here’s hoping that once the promo starts. It’s an onslaught
Stop trying to make fetch happen
Since 2018,they have tried and tried and tried to make this girl happen. They have given her everything to be a star
Big name collaborations
Expensive music videos
Live performances
Magazine covers
Industry hype and support
Sympathy and pity
Radio, spotify playlisting
But she’s still a flop
The public has said NO
Stop comparing her to camila
Camila has work ethic
Camila is on her 4th album and she’s still hustling and putting in the work.
Performing, promoting, she just finished playing a sold out concert rock in rio, (second billing, doja cat was first billing)
U can clearly see who was the star of 5th harmony
NOTmani is way too BORING/MID to have released anything but DBL SINGLES Big Boy and Candy paint WITH a video for both.
There’s about 2 other single ready songs that I’ve heard LITTLE SECRETS AND INSOMNIA.
Atleast the album is good for the standards set. 7/10 it’s way better than szas sos and ctrl OVERRATED TRASH 🗑
Dopamine is way better quality than Cowboy Farter can ever get. Girl bye
FlopOfMine is just barely better than Chloe’s Pathetic debut. It’s hard to tell which is better actually. Both MID 7/10 🎤
not you comparing generic explicit ass NOPEamine to the modern day classics CTRL and SOS. SZA’s songwriting alone obliterates norMANi’s existence. NorMANi don’t even write her own music💀💀💀 6 year wait for an album filled with p**** eating and d*** riding tunes. She’s the Rnb S*** Redd atp💀
I’d give SOS a 6/10 being EXTREMELY generous.
Delulu lmaooo
Congrats Normani.
Not surprised. The worst rollout for an album I’ve ever seen.
Debuting at #91 doesn’t equate to the highest selling anything. Yall can try to sprinkle all the sugar and spice on it but call a spade, a spade – FLOP!
12k was enough for Meghan Trainors album to debut at #27. Just 2 weeks before. It’s more about the timing than the units.
6 yrs ago promotion left & right. In the now moment no video or promotion. I said this before Normani should have fired her team and handle her personal business with her family. The record labeled allowed her to be with family. She should have just stop all promotion. Normani best bet is to release, still & video. Maybe she can have single success of this album
Normani is a victim of sabotage and witchcraft. They knew she has potential but she doesn’t want to sign up to them.
Normani should have included Love Lies, Motivation and Dancing with A Stranger in the album.
She could have been the next Janet or Ciara.
Mani is the process of music and she’s snatching g ALL wigs. These pressed losers are mad and gon have to stay mad 😈
The soundtrack to 2008’s “Twilight” was re-released last week on vinyl, for the 2nd time.
It entered the chart at #68 while NorMongoose’s DonkeyMine struggled to arrive at #91. That’s TWENTY-THREE spots higher!
The vinyl release had no video, no radio play, no media attention, no advertising.
It was mostly store exclusives at Barnes & Noble and Urban Outfitters. It sold out in one day. Secondary market prices are double the original price.
What’s Normani’s excuse? She had plenty of social media engagement, lots of interviews, lots of complaining and whining, style shoots in fashion mags.
SHE IS JUST BLAND and UNINTERESTING. An album cover where she’s riding a BIG BLACK C*** makes her look tragic and cheap.
Flop is flop! She’s not attractive, no appeal but tried to sell s**, not that talented. No one is checking for her but the crazy few stans that are delusional. It’s time for her to get a 9-5 it’s over. Period!
the rocket crashed hard! the biggest flop ever
Diva can guaranteed you lame ass stan that her album will fell off Hot 200 next week. We love to see it,