Thursday, August 28, 2008

TI MAKES SINGLES HISTORY


His first crossover #1 makes a historical jump this week on the Hot 100. Seems like anyone can make a #1 hit these days. Not to take anything away from him but....I'm more impressed when people sell albums because nowadays labels are buying hits. Here's the article

T.I. establishes the mark for biggest jump to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, as "Whatever You Like" soars 71-1 in its third week on the list.

A No. 1 opening on Hot Digital Songs with debut-week sales of 205,000 downloads is the cause for the record-setting Hot 100 move, which surpasses the 64-1 jump taken by Maroon 5's "Makes Me Wonder" in May 2007.

"Like" is the rapper's first No. 1 as a lead artist (he was featured on Justin Timberlake's 2006 chart-topper, "My Love") and his opening-week digital sum is the best by a rap track since Nielsen SoundScan began compiling download data in 2003

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