Alicia Keys is poised to earn her fourth consecutive No. 1 on The Billboard 200 as her new J album, "As I Am," is tops on Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart, released today (Nov. 14). If "As I Am" does bow at No. 1, Keys will become only the third act to see their first four albums debut atop The Billboard 200. Britney Spears did it with her first four releases between 1999 and 2003, while DMX's first five albums all started at No. 1 between 1998 and 2003. Unweighted sales for "As I Am" through the close of business Tuesday (Nov. 13) from the Building Chart's panel of reporters stood at 160,000. Billboard estimates that the merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, Circuit City, iTunes, Border's, Target, Anderson Merchandisers, and Handleman Co. -- represent 79% of the U.S. retail market. Keys' last release, 2005's "Unplugged," bowed at No. 1 with 196,000. Her first two studio albums, 2001's "Songs in A Minor" and 2003's "The Diary of Alicia Keys," also started at No. 1 with 236,000 and 618,000 units, respectively.
I was hoping this would happen. Alicia Keys deserves all of the acclaim she is receiving for her new project (As I Am) and then some. I am so in love with As I Am. I have not stopped listening to it since I bought it on Tuesday (I rushed out of work to buy it). I haven't been this satisfied with a cd purchase in a very, very LONG time. From the intro to the ending, every song embodies a sense of maturity, experience and true expression. Alicia is an old soul and I love her for it.
YOU GO GIRL!
*I'm also happy that Alicia is beating Celine Dion in record sales. I think Celine is an okay singer-- nothing special. She is so overrated and doesn't have half the talent that songstresses like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey do (I HATE it when people clump Dion into the same category as Whitney and Mariah!) Celine growls when she sings. I can't stand it. I know I'm going to be seeing a lot more of her plastic face now that she's released this new album. She was on Oprah the other day and I have yet to figure out WHY Oprah loves her so much. Meh.
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Alicia Keys is one of my favorites singers at the moment.
A lot of singers now can't really sing, they just have good marketing/publicist.
A lot of singers rely on the music to make their songs good. But when I listen to Alicia Keys, I'm actually listening to her voice, not the music at the background.
I hope that makes sense.
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