Rap-Up.com || Kelly Rowland’s ‘Here I Am’ Debuts in Top 3 on Albums Chart

Kelly Rowland scores her highest-charting album yet this week with Here I Am. The Destiny’s Child diva’s third solo effort lands at No. 3 on the albums chart.

Propelled by the Lil Wayne-assisted smash “Motivation,” Here I Am sold 77,000 copies in its first week on the Billboard 200, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The singer’s previous album, 2007’s Ms. Kelly, peaked at No. 6 with 83,000, while her 2003 solo debut Simply Deep opened at No. 12, moving 77,000 units.

Nearly two weeks after her tragic death, Amy Winehouse’s Grammy-winning LP Back to Black moves up from No. 9 to 4 with 54,000 following a full week’s worth of sales since her passing on July 23. The late songstress’ debut Frank also climbs 57-33 with 12,000.

Elsewhere on the Billboard 200, country crooner Eric Church’s third album Chief claims the No. 1 spot (145,000), Adele’s 21 slips to No. 2 (83,000), and Beyonce’s 4 drops 4-6 (41,000).

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Yeah
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:51 am
Poor

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MRBIG Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:54 am
@Yeah, do you enjoy music or life at all :-P

Well done Kelly, don’t quote me but I think those are higher first week sales than Beyonce with 4 even though that was no.1 for that week. She’s done so good.

(And don’t send people I am a huuuge Beyonce-stan but I love the rest of DC past and present just as much)

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Mya Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:56 am
@MRBIG, Hun No. Beyonce 4 hit 1 with 310k sold in the 1st week

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Leav Reply:
August 5th, 2011 at 8:34 am
@Mya, Beyonce’s new album sucks are ya serious. Listen to Kelly’s ablum lets keep it 100. I havent skiped one track on this album.

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carl Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 am
@MRBIG, Higher sales than 4? You must be 10.

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Bob Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:38 am
@MRBIG, LMAO higher sales, she moved 77k bey moved 310k.

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Mr Xclusive Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 7:15 pm
@MRBIG, he’s a troll, funny how your so serious rofl

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MRBIG Reply:
August 5th, 2011 at 4:04 am
@Mr Xclusive,

I get all that but seriously why waste your time and ooops my bad on sales :-P

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keke Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 7:36 pm
i swear these people were sitting around waiting for something bad to say about the girl. it doesnt matter if she sell 1000000 copies in the first week u would still hate. At least shes doing good way better than she was doing 5 years ago. No wonder her first single on the album is “im dat chick” youll just sit around and hate kelly has great talent even more than those fools that u idiots like to listen. If u dont like her why u guys keep reading her reviews. #sick

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THAT_RIHANNA_REIGN
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:52 am
Adele is outselling Beyawnce, poor Smelly Rowland :( lol

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Mya Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 am
@THAT_RIHANNA_REIGN,

Adele is outselling everyone including RihYODEL LOL!

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vvvalente Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 1:45 am
@Mya, you’re S-T-U-P-I-D

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Put That On Everythang Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:36 am
@THAT_RIHANNA_REIGN, YOU ARE SO STUPID.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:20 pm
@THAT_RIHANNA_REIGN, Add Rihoe .

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NATE
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:54 am
Wow, it did worse than her 2nd Album but the same as her debut? I still say congrats, she came in at #3 which means that no one was really buying Albums that week. 77K should land you out of the top 10, but times have changed! Again, Congrats to Kelly!

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Rita
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 am
I like Kelly and all, but this is what you call a flop. Yikes :\

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e
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 am
wait Ms. Kelly, peaked at No. 6 with 83,000 sold more? wtf

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HiH8er Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:14 pm
@e, Someone probably sold more that week when she dropped her album just like this one did

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meme Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
@e, albums dont sell like they use to. u can easily have a #1 album with little over 100k sold. Take jill scott for example. Where as back 5 years ago, 100k wouldnt be enough to make in top 5

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Trina
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:58 am
Lmao Remember When Everyone Was Shading Beyonces Album And Saying Kelly Was Gonna Do Way Better Than Her Lmao Yeah

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HiH8er Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:17 pm
@Trina, In my opinion I like kellys album more than beyonces at least kelly doesnt over song her songs and the only reason y her album did good cause she has a lot of stans who even said her album sucked but bought it anyways

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KD Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 12:34 am
@HiH8er, and I am guessing that you know a lot of Beyonce stans right????

#SitDown

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e
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:59 am
i dont think bey will be hitting platnum this year

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ik Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 am
@e, do you know anything about music? it’s been all over than beyonce’s album “4″ went platinum last week. do some research before speaking out your ass for once. i’m sick of some of you guys that just talk what i call”dust”

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Whatcha_Sayin Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:59 am
@ik, SHIPPED NOT SOLD. So get your facts straight!

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JNash Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:02 am
@ik, she went platinum worldwide not in the states so you need to do your research!! fool

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ik don Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 7:42 pm
@JNash,

you need to get yours straight bitch. the riaa tracks only the united states ans at “whatcha saying” E said she was not hitting platinum and she did. i never mentioned anything about sales idiot it was certified so yo bitch ass should read before replying

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Artist Love Me Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 8:24 am
@ik don, lmao everytime i got ready to reply to a comment that someone made about Beyonce’ i read urs and said Ooops #ThatIsAll lol… but everyone lets jus say congrats to Kelly and leave Bey out of this…

Congrats Kelly on ur Album Debuting at #3 77k…And Congrats Beyonce’ on ur Album Debuting at #1 selling 310k oh and now Certified Platinum. Yeah “4″ the one everyone called a flop…. hmmmm

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:21 pm
@e, Platinum already WW sweetie :D

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dayday Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:20 pm
@e, Bey album 4 is already certified platinum. What that means is the album has shipped more than 1 million copies in the US. That also means that RIAA thinks that it will sell beyond 1 million. I think Kelly’s will go gold

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J. Sanders Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 9:20 am
@dayday, i co-sign 2 dat!!! Gold no more

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Mya
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:59 am
Where are all the Kelly Fans at?! I thought she had all these New fans since her single was doing so well and talking about Beyonce where ya’ll at?!!!! Just like I thought talk a good game but can’t back it up.

BTW i have Kelly’s album ALL 3 of them

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Brionna
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 am
What did y’all expect it’s Kelly. Motivation was only a urban hit

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NikkiIsChillin
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:05 am
Congrats to Kelly on debuting at # 3. Keep ya head up girl! Team Kelly!!

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Musictologist
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:06 am
@Mya; I have all 5 of my Here I Am with pic to prove it…..

If anybody thought it was going to outsell Bey’s first week they were stupid in the first place. Kelly did well considering being gone for 4+ yrs and only having one single out and single promotional performance…

She can honestly, build on this just like she did on her debut which is gold. If she releases the right singles and rack up the hits she will do good.

She has a tour with Chris Brown. The album will have longevity which is better than any overnight success…

see bruno mars, miguel, marsha a, etc… Congrats to MY GIRL KELLY!! She’s about to have best week on the BB Charts of her career. #1 RnB album, Top 15 single, Top 3 Rnb Singles Charts, potential debut of LIOM on BB Hot 100 in the lower portion…

It’s only the beginning.

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K-Ray
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:07 am
i love kelly and even if the album didnt do as well as it should have cuz the album is great im still proud of her and i will continuue supporting her and stop comparing her to beyonce they make to different kinds of music and they’re albums are completly different both of they’re albums are great i still bought all of kelly’s and beyonce’s albums whyere michele at?

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mon
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 am
kelly needs a better team, vocal training, and a new hair stylist if she wanna move more than 100,000 in the first week she got the talent just not the know how! and the album should have been 10xs better its lackluster and forgetable….she needs to hook up with r kelly and some better writers!

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Stefan
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 am
I am so glad this has happened
Now all the beyonce hater can shut the fuck up am realize that Kelly has nothing on bey
I like Kelly and I got the album an. Apart from the song commender the album is shit as
She has a nice voice but a terrible song choices
Peace

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mon
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:12 am
but congrats kelly 77,000 with inflation is 100,000 these days remember nobody is selling R&B not even beyonce so go kelly there always room for improvement

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ZANIA
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:15 am
Its funny how people be the first to call someone a flop. How many R & B acts the end of 2010 and this year sold over 200,000, other than Rihanna, Beyonce, Chris Brown? R & B is fading, she needs to do some pop songs.

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MusiqLover
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 am
I love how critics hated, yet it sold no. 3 that week. Rock it kell.

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ZANIA
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:26 am
OK all the R & B acts who came out with an album under 200,000, Keri Hilson, R Kelly, Keisha Cole, Neyo, Gwinne, Jill Scott, Lllod,Jamie Fox, Cee Lo Green, Ginuwine, Jennifer Hudson, Miquel, Bobby V, Marsha Ambros, Musiq Soulchild, Kelly Price and it will more this year will fall below 100,000 and 200,000.

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ME
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:42 am
Bruno mars started with first week sells like these, he went from 55,000 to 1.1 mill in the U.S she just gotta hustle.

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Isis
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:43 am
She could have sold more, but her team decided to not promote her. They are worse than Matthew Knowles. BTW, I have the album and I absolutely love iT!

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JUSTIN
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:52 am
KELLY ROWLAND LOOKS LIKE A MAN TO ME AND BYONCE IS AN ATTENTION WHORE SLUT! KERI HILSON WILL BE BIGGER THAN ALL THESE BITCHES WHEN HER 3RD ALBUM DROPS. KERI HILSON’S TOURING UNTILL SEPT THEN SHES HEADLINING HER OWN TOUR IN 2012! BITCHES AND HATERS HET READY!!!!!!!! KILLA KERI IS ABOUT TO SHUT THESE BITCHES DOWN ! NO BOYS ALLOWED IS STILL SELLING AND IS THE BEST ALBUM OF 2010/2011 IN R&B BYE KELLY AND FLOP B!

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Trina Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 am
@JUSTIN, KERI HILSON WILL NEVER SELL NOBODY IS CHECKING FOR THAT BITCH

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DANA Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 1:11 pm
@Trina, U THE BITCH !

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:24 pm
@JUSTIN, Go watch “The Way You Love Me” video & get that pussy popping . Clown . Fuck me fuck me face ass .

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J. Sanders Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 9:22 am
@JUSTIN, WHAT????!!!! Who da fuck cares about Keri Hilson stfu talkin’ bullshit…. KING B Stan here!!!

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EPIC!
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 am
It’s fuckin SAD how much Beyonce fans down talk Kelly, you would think they would support her since her and Beyonce are like sisters, Kelly may not be overrated like Bey but she is still GOOD! I have all 3 of her albums, and all 3 are amazing!

IDK why people always make it seem like Kelly is so lower then Bey, to tell you the truth, Kelly can do anything Bey can do, I think people seem to forget that they did start off together, some Bey fans are just to much at times.

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Bey Stan Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:06 am
@EPIC!, I Love kelly but let’s not get carried away saying she can do anything beyonce do … now that’s just right out crazy talk ok lol !

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EPIC! Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 am
@Bey Stan, Bey can sing, Kelly can sing, Bey can dance, Kelly can dance, Bey can act, Kelly can act <— soooo why can't she do what Bey does? and just by looking at Destiny's Child prove's that she can do what Bey does.

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Bob Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:42 am
@EPIC!, Bey increased a lot in 5 years, kelly didn’t and that’s just the truth while kelly was being a socialite bey was perfecting her craft, there is a massive gap between their performances now days, just compare their last tv appearance bey did way better despite being sick.

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Epic! Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:08 am
@Bob, So your gonna really compare their performances? Every singer can increase over the years, including Kelly.
And duh! their performance’s aren’t gonna be the same because they make different music. which means you can’t compare them when it comes to performing, it’s the music that matters.

and btw: Ms. Kelly Rowland KILLED the BET Awards when she performed. Just Sayin : )

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Bob Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:51 am
@Epic!, She was NOT SINGING, and wore a hat to hide it, everybody can see it. SMH.

Tiara Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:17 am
@EPIC!, She, in no form, does those things better than Beyonce. She doesn’t sing nor dance better than Beyonce especially live. And Beyonce had to downplay her skills with DC because the other two weren’t on her level especially when it came to performing. I’m a fan of Kelly, don’t get me wrong. Have all 3 albums and bought the deluxe edition. I just think it’s a bit much to say that she’s the same as Bey. Alot of ppl can dance, act and sing but they’re not to the level of Beyonce and that’s what sets Beyonce apart from the others. I’m definitely not downing Kelly. She has talent. Beyonce’s talent is better. That’s all.

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Bey Stan Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 7:20 am
@EPIC!, Bey Sings ( LIVE ) .. Kelly Lips Sings , Need I Go On ? Ok I Thought So But No Shade I Still Love Kelly That’s My Girl But I Just Wont Let You Sit Up Here & Say She Can Do Anything KINGBEY Can Do !

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Bey Stan Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 7:21 am
@Bey Stan, *Lip Sync*

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:27 pm
@EPIC!, It’s a few Bey stans that do that .. But let’s not get carried away . I’m a stan & I don’t do it . As for talent , Bey was lead & thee star of the group for a reason . If people thought Kelly should have been the leader , they would have did something about it . So you’re wrong .

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Pika Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:57 pm
@EPIC!, Kelly’s fans piss Bey fans off by saying the type of things that you said above (to answer your question). For one Bey is far from overrated, if anything she is underrated by people like you. Second Kelly’s fans need to admit that she is a second rate Beyonce. She can sing and dance, just not as good as Beyonce, it’s the truth and her music selection is inferior to Bey’s. Until Kelly’s fans stop trying to make them equivalent when they are not, Bey fans will continue to point out the difference!

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Kelvin
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 am
Should of been higher her album nice

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muni
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:57 am
@justin please!!

First week sales means nothing the album is a banger I am sure it will continue to sell very well.

Haters fall back!!!

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Tiara Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:18 am
@muni, album is good. Just no promo.

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muni
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:58 am
Oh by the way Kelly has to be most beautiful woman ever!!

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jusme
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 am
I don’t know what is wrong with a lot of you…we are not talking 77 cds, we are talking 77,000. Do you guys realize how hard that is to do in this environment, especially when your genre is mainly R&B? One that is trying to be pushed out in music these days??? This is history making and most of you are so busy comparing her to solo artists who made it big with pop crossover before the industry climate change, you can’t see it! Acts like Beyonce, Rihanna, etc.. have huge budgets and promotional engines that are basically self-propelled. Kelly, although a former member of Destiny’s Child, is technically like a new artist pushing her way up, while at the same time battling constant comparisons. Give her time and some credit…I think you will be surprised in the final analysis. She is positioning herself to be a triple threat, world-wide star! Time will show her hard work… until then, if you like her music, buy it, support her, and be happy for her success!

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Coverboi-Htown
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:35 am
how much i love kelly but shes a flopppp…………….beyonce biggger flopppppppppppppppppppp…………guess rihanna n gaga have taken over……….

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Put That On Everythang Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:00 am
@Coverboi-Htown, I see the dumbasses are out and about today. When did a worldwide number 1 platinum album that has only been out like 5 weeks become a flop.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:29 pm
@Coverboi-Htown, Lol – Stop embarrassing yourself . Bey & Gaga run this , Rihanna ? LOLOLOL .

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vvvalente Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 1:48 am
@Real Issh, beyflop? I don’t think so…

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Real Issh Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 9:13 am
@vvvalente, Haha – You’re trying be a hater but you are a stan just like I am .

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King
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:45 am
Ok can da Kelly and Bey comparisons stop now???

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Tell Kelly the truth
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:10 am
Let’s be honest here she flopped harder than when she was mathew. If she aint #1. Number 3 is nothing. If we critic kelly the way the world critics Beyonce, she will sell better. How can a garbage of am album aand yet some people are consoling themselves that the album is great. The album is garbage and even from unbiased critics are giving it 1 star. Let’s all begin to tell kelly the truth so she can change it up and stop letting her feel comfy in that lil less than 100,000 spot
If Bey had made that number y’all would scream and laugh flop.
Kelly’s album is not rnb. It is Euro-pop/Ameri-pop meets a little Rnb. Lrt’s not act like she didn’t have promo because she did.
#1 BET performance
#2 Her RnB song was #1 for 5 weeks that brought some attention to her and her album.
#3 She did Billboard front page
#4 Jay Leno
#5 Beyonce even promoted her on the late night show she went on
#6 She was on E
#7 She was on MTV News
#8 She was on Extra
#9 She was a trending topic on yahoo
#10 Cee-lo Green
#11 Her Banner is on every website for example Thatgrapejuice, Rap-up, Necole Bitchie, Mediatakeout, ATRL, Sandra Rose.
#12. Every celebrity with a twitter account with over 1mil followers tweeted about her album.
#13 Her album ads were on Vh1, Mtv and BET.
#14 She did 106 and park

So where is the she didn’t have promo come from?
This is the best promo she has had as a solo act.
Hard to digest but people don’t want to buy her material(PERIOD).

She can’t continue being the industry baby. If most of us acted like babies and are dependent on our mums. We wouldn’t grow. Kelly needs to be criticized well so she can grown and stop listening to the Mathew held you back, Beyonce held you back stuff.

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Tiara Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:27 am
@Tell Kelly the truth, you named all of that and there was only ONE national performance/promotion of her album the week of. Beyonce did very few promo for the states and yet she was on Oprah, Billboard awards, and GMA the week before or the week of the release of the album but that’s it. One ain’t going to cut it. I don’t watch E, Extra, MTV News, nor 106 & Park. Not Cee-lo Green either. Those I wouldn’t call so much as promo but “entertainment tv”. I however did see her performance on Jay Leno and saw when Beyonce mentioned the album on Jimmy Fallon. Both are national programs that aren’t aired ONLY on cable and have the access to reach EVERYONE with a tv and not those just on cable. Those shows are strictly to promote an actor/singer/entertainer in what they currently have going on. I’m just saying….the national promo which is needed and that’s something Kelly did not get.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:39 pm
@Tell Kelly the truth, An amazing write , except for thee Beyonce held Kelly back . Bey has promoted her
-Facebook with 21,0000,000 likes
-Jimmy Fallon
-Extra
-Has supported Kelly since day one; by going to EACH album release party , she even wore a shirt “Ms.Kelly” shirt in public on multiple occasions.
But every one wants to make Beyonce look like thee bad guy . Shiddd , even Kelly made Beyonce look like the bad guy.
You guys blame Bey of
-It’s her father
-Not promoting kelly
-Taking all the good songs(Matthew days)
-Having all the production money
-Some hoe just tried to argue with me by saying “Beyonce only sells cuz she’s light skin” — WTF kind of shyt is that? I literally punched my iPad screen in.
Back to it- You wrote that amazingly except the Beyonce part.

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look Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 1:03 pm
@Real Issh,

I know ya’ll don’t want to hear this…but historically the light skinned thing is true. You can’t knock that B can sing, and perform her ass off, but I’m sure being light skinned helped. You mean to tell me that no other dark-skinned woman in history has performed like B before? really? You can punch your screen in but please don’t be ignorant. If your light, you’re alright…if you’re brown stick around, if you black get back! And if you don’t believe me, you might have to do some soul and history searchin yourself love. As always, I have to mention, no hate…just givin’ it to you straight.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 pm
@look, I appreciate that . & I know what the truth is , It’s just hard to accept it becuz that’s not right . That woman said she hated Beyonce becuz she was light skin .. I mean damn , is it that serious ? As a light chick myself , I wouldn’t know how deep that issue can be .. Kanye shrug . But to me – Music is music .

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DC3 Forever
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:21 am
These comments and comparisons are so depressing. Kelly’s album is the bomb, music sales today can’t compare to 2007 and especially not 2002 because nobody actually pays for it. The same people who call someone a flop probably haven’t spent money on music in the last year.

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ZANIA
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:23 am
77,000 isn’t bad for R & B acts, noone still didn’t name other artist since 11/2010 who sold more than 200,000, other than Rihanna, Chris Brown, Beyonce. none have, so I would call it a flop when she is sold the same amount the other acts sold. Most of them barely sold 100,000 and some a little over.
All the R & B acts who came out with an album under 200,000, Keri Hilson, R Kelly, Keisha Cole, Neyo, Gwinne, Jill Scott, Lllod,Jamie Fox, Cee Lo Green, Ginuwine, Jennifer Hudson, Miquel, Bobby V, Marsha Ambros, Musiq Soulchild, Kelly Price and it will more this year will fall below 100,000 and 200,000.

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Pika Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:16 pm
@ZANIA, How can you compare her to the R&B acts that sold under 200,000 when she didn’t even sell 100,000? Shouldn’t you be making a list of other R&B acts that sold under 100,000 for comparison? I doubt if anyone on that list had the advantages that Kelly had with promo and a long running #1 single on the R&B chart. Also, like someone said above, Kelly’s album is not exactly traditional R&B. It is definitely mixed with Pop and Dance.

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TheTruthWillShutYouUp
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Congragulations Kelly we have to realize she is still coming out and why do people keep saying beyonces album is a flop it went PLATINUM beyonce has a brand Kelly is still on the come up but she needs a better team she only had one video out at the time and that was the only song we really heard on the radio and seen on tv yes she smashed the bet awards but still that was not enough so KELLY NEEDS A BETTER TEAM AND MANAGEMENT PERIOD

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Nia
August 3rd, 2011 at 12:23 pm
I didn’t buy Kelly’s album only because she only had that one song out. In order for people to buy into what you’re selling you have to have more than one good song on the radio. Plus, from what I’m hearing the entire album was about sex and isn’t all that great. Kelly is very talented. She really just needs to take a little time and find herself….her niche….the music that speaks to her. She needs to find HER VOICE!

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DANA
August 3rd, 2011 at 1:05 pm
FLOPPPPPPPPPPP KERI HILSON SOLD MORE ALBUMS AND I CANT WAIT UNTILL SHE HEADLINES HER OWN TOURN IN 2012 !KELLY ROWLAND SUCKS SHE HAS 2 HITS IN HER SOLO CAREER HER ALBUMS IN THE PAST HAVE FLOPPED HARD!

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look
August 3rd, 2011 at 1:10 pm
I think the only reason why people are saying she needs a better team is because IT’S ONLY BEEN A FEW WEEKS! Are you serious? She still moved something! Stop comparing her to GAGA and the other acts that have either been on top for a while or are using gimmicks. Plus, the numbers changes as time moves on.

On the other hand, I think some of you are just bitter individuals that want to see people fail. I’ll wait for the day when this blog site has more people applauding the attempts at greatness as opposed to judging people. I dare you all with the negative comments to change the world. No? I guess you can just fall back into the REST of the dregs of society and just CRITICIZE.

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Kyle
August 3rd, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Out of her three albums, I thought this would have the highest first week sales but on the upside of that at least it’s her first top 5 debut; and even better it’s in the top 3. I don’t care how it sells in the long run, I just hope she will continue to release successful singles from it and her label doesn’t stop at single #2 like Columbia did with her first 2 albums. I think Universal Motown is treating her right with this album. “Lay It On Me” will tear up urban radio, as well as “Feeling Me Right Now” if she releases that as well. I guess at the end of the day we just have to face the fact that Kelly might not be a “high-selling sales” artist like others. I still give her mad props for what she does. TEAM KELLY!!!

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Name here
August 3rd, 2011 at 2:42 pm
well she could make it as a singles artist a shame tho the album wasnt half bad

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aj
August 3rd, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Yall a trip…beyonce ain’t sell what yall expected her to her 1st week…Chris brown sold the same after All that scandal And with less promo, hype etc..Her 1st album is still her best one. That’s platinum world wide not in USA yet..anyone can do that. Anyway Kelly should have sold more but at least she #3. Keep ya head up Kelly. Your cd was better than B cd. And Kelly did sing on the BET awards..she did on leno too. I’m not gonna get on the other ppl yall mentioned. But yall talkin bout flop this and that and broke this and that but she makin more $$$$ than you. And half yall judging singing and dancing probably can’t hold a note!

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:49 pm
@aj, How about you prove your point without dissing anyone ? Becuz it’s obvious that you don’t know what Billboard or a timeless album is .

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go girl
August 3rd, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Geeez, where it all comes down to, Beyonce is tiring, she oversings, and her “Around the world girls” FLOPPED BECAUSE SHES DOING THE SAME OLD CRAP THAT MAY HAVE MADE HER A HIT BACK THEN TO NOWER DAYS POP ERA TIMES. iM GLAD MOTIVATION SUPRISINGLY DID WAY BETTER THAT Tiring Beys track this time around, especially with “motivaton” being an R and B song in this pop type era. go girl!

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:50 pm
@go girl, You’re still on “Run The World” & “Motivation” ? That’s exactly why your opinion has no value .

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THEreal.
August 3rd, 2011 at 4:23 pm
OK, So I’m tired of this Bey-Kelly bullshit that these Bey stans are pulling. Why do ppl have to be so damn negative when someone has success? Stop trying to downplay KELLY ROWLAND’s success and talent. She is gorgeous and has potential to CHANGE the music game. She’s sophisticated and not about to grind in a leotard with her legs gapped open for the world to stare at her vagina singing, “IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU SHOULDA PUT A RING ON IT”- no shade lol. She also doesn’t need all the financial investments, big budget videos and choreography that others need. The fact that she is at #3 is DAMN GOOD and all you Bey supporters/Kelly haters can FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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dayday Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:29 pm
@THEreal., The industry is all about numbers. Just because the debut was #3 it’s about how many was sold. With 77k sold how can her record label, Kelly and all her team get paid. Remember the record label get most of the money just for investing in them. NUMBERS DO MATTER.

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Real Issh Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:51 pm
@THEreal., It’s not thee Bey Stans pulling it . Or I just need to speak for myself ?!

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willinalli
August 3rd, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Cannot wait for the “Lay It On Me” video…Go Kelendria!!!

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YUNG Reezy
August 3rd, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Im surprise by this. I heard this was going to flop hard! smh

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DEADDDDDD Reply:
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:52 pm
@YUNG Reezy, 77,000 isn’t something to clap over.

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Jamie Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 3:34 am
@DEADDDDDD,

Yes it is something to clap over. She’s number 3 on the charts!!! It also shows her fanbase is consistent. 83k-77k is not a huge margin. I love the album, and I know it may have had low first week sales according to you nobodies standards, but hey, bottom line is, she has yet another top ten album. Hell, TOP 3 so stay mad.

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DEADDDDDD Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 9:17 am
@Jamie, Mad? No, I’m actually proud of her. Believe in that. But the Truth will always be the Truth. Top 10′s are amazing tho.

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dayday
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Bey sold more in the first week and her album really is an experiment album. She calls it a musical gumbo. It is so different from whats on the radio and Bey still sold more. Now can people stop talking about who is the best.

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andres
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:08 pm
FLOPS FLOPS FLOPS SHUT THE FUK UPP! DAMN SO ANNOYINGG. EVERYTHIGN YALL THINK IS ABOUT SELLS JESUS JUST ENJOY THE DAMN MUSICCC. NO ONE IS BETTER THEN THE OTHER EVERYONE HAS THEIR TALENT. WELL KELLY GOOD FOR U U DESERVE IT AND ITS A DAMN HOT ALBUM. I LOVE U CIARA TOO THESE ARE TWO ARTISTS ARe AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGG. THEIR MUSIC IS AMAZING!

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what?
August 4th, 2011 at 2:50 am
ya’ll beyonce’s stans r hilarious!..first it was brandy you hated on when she was compared to her and now kelly?…ya’ll never compared beyonce to rihanna musically why?…all you do is say that she is hot bt musically you dont agree just want 2 build a hate against artist compared to her.”4″ was straight trash….and as for awards,i wish all the categories in grammy awards she’ll be listed on feature gaga,britney,eminem,bruno mars and rihanna and see if she can beat that…haters…beyonce is overrated as hell…..

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Jamie
August 4th, 2011 at 3:41 am
The Beyonce comparisons are so old, and considering how done DC is, and if you’re a follower of DC, that means you’re probably well over 21 so you’re grown. Act like it!!!! It’s sad how people don’t want to give people props. Insecurity is NOT appealing!!!! The ones complaining and comparing probably don’t have neither Bee’s or Kelly’s albums. If you do, you illegally and downloaded it. Nine times out of ten, if illegal downloads were counted towards sales, Kelly would have sold leaps and bound over 77k, but hey nobody wants to be honest these days. I mean, what’s $10 for an album?

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WhataF
August 4th, 2011 at 5:38 am
Kelly is not promoting herself enough!
That is the reason her sales are poor.
And u haters,if u love Beyonce u should love kelly, cause if u love one of them then u love DC.
I see no fans of DC in here.
And Beyonce’s 4 was #1 just cause it’s Beyonce’s album..u see her sales are falling after few weeks.. same thing like Gaga..people bought her sh-t just cause she is Gaga…that song Born this way is the biggest flop..but people bought it just cause Gaga is singing it..and she is artist if she is actin’ like idiot ?? Well I’m gonna wear dress made of fridges..Jeeej!! I’M A STARR!!!

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Artist Love Me Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 8:31 am
@WhataF, HAHAHAHAHA Her sales are decreasing over the week because everyone bought it the first week….. but they are still buying them… She’s Certified Platinum!!! She Sold 310k First week and now Certified Platinum so she sold 790k since ummmmm

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WhataF Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 10:59 am
@Artist Love Me, shipped honey..
and I’m not hating on B,but I’m not her clone..so…

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Artist Love Me
August 4th, 2011 at 8:36 am
This FOOL said if u love one member of #Destiny’s Child you should love them all HAHAHAHAHAHA…. okay so i guess

If u loved “Michael” from jackson five u shouldve loved the rest the same.

If you loved “Gladys Knight” from the pips u shouldve equally loved the rest

If you loved “Diana Ross” u should have equally loved the supremes

If you loved “Dawn” u should love the rest of Danity Kane

shall i go on…

If you loved “Ronald” u should have loved the rest on the Isley Brothers

If you loved “Marsha Am” u should have loved the rest of Floetry

lol. People dont love artist from a group equally because a group is put together and makes something together but when it spreads. Everyone goes into their own and their own may not be what the world wants or likes.

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LOL Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 10:56 am
oooh,that post above hit u hard :pp

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WhataF Reply:
August 4th, 2011 at 10:57 am
@Artist Love Me…bwahahah..what an idiot..

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try_the_truth Reply:
August 5th, 2011 at 5:52 am
@Artist Love Me,

If YOU let love in, baby, you’ll find that It’s not that hard to spread it. The same goes for hatred.

On another note, Be careful who you point the finger at and name-call…3 fingers are always pointing back at yourself…

#better yourself loves

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nte
August 4th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
ADELE is still in the top 3???woooooooow her album was released 6 months ago!!!!!!!hahahahaha congrats to adele. I am her stan YES the same way u guys are B stans I am adele stan
I know B stans call her adelephant but so what? she is outselling all of them with little promo and a normal body. Congrats to Kells

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Im So Appalled
August 4th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Adele is still in the Top 3 after 6 months, well damn, her album did just go 3x Platinum in the US and just sold it’s 9 million copy WW, it’s definitely topping 15 million WW by the end of the year without a doubt. But anyway, Kelly did pretty decent considering she had no major national/international promo and marketing until the week before the album was released and Motivation was only a hit in the urban markets, it didn’t crossover to the Pop or International charts anywhere, so Here I Am selling 77K isn’t that bad if you ask me, however, due to Motivation being such a huge Urban hit, I was expecting somewhere around 125K. I am sure her album will go at least Gold in the US and push around 1.5-2 million WW. This album has several songs that can great single choices: Lay It on Me, Feeling Me Right Now, Turn It Up, Down for Whatever, I’m Dat Chick and All of the Night.

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maya
August 4th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
She floped, not surprised. Christina Aguilera & Jlo sold more than her, DAMN!

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try_the_truth
August 5th, 2011 at 5:42 am
Here is another lesson in music sales…no day in history is the end for an album.

Miles Davis (if you don’t know who he is, study up on your music, baby) is STILL selling albums and has one of, if not THE best selling albums of his genre.

Michael Jackson is STILL selling music way after his death.

Amy Winehouse’s music just boosted in sales too.

To the ones who want to call out people’s faults (Bey, Kelly, or any person you know that is trying to better themselves) YOU ARE NOT THE JUDGEMENT OF THEIR SUCCESS! What have you done this year to change this messed up world? Go on a blog site and spread hate? Real original.

To those Beyonce fans that are obviously hiding behind your deep-rooted hatred and calling it “love for Beyonce, NEWSFLASH! There are other singers out there in different genres who experience success that is different than Beyonce’s DEAL WITH IT!
I know it’s hard for you to believe, but everybody doesn’t want to be like BEYONCE, just like she doesn’t want to be jammed into one type of musical genre. Stop comparing her to everybody because she’s ina league of her own. Wouldn’t you agree?

There is no terminal date on album sales, as the late Amy, Michael, Mr. Davis and other great artists have proven. For you to overlook this is just a red flag that you are harboring so much hatred inside of you that you have to release it annonymously on a blog site. Sad.

Album sales change over time. Period. Go Kelly! I am glad to see another black woman…damn that…ANOTHER WOMAN that motivates me to better myself and inspire others to do so. Ya’ll really need to stop with this hate because you are not stopping Kelly, Beyonce, or any woman trying to make change…YOU ARE ONLY POISONING YOURSELF. Hate consumes it’s host….not it’s intended target.

#Truth

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carol-new haven conn
August 8th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
You know I’m a die hard Beyonce fan, but I never hated on Kelly because there styles are different. even though I believe Kelly do try to copy some of Beyonce style & moods. Kelly should be like Latoya Luckett, she is making it off broadway playes etc. some people just cant sing, everyone has some kind of talent and Kelly should try something else. they are wearing motivation out. when a singer has a good CD, they go on to the next song within 3 wks. Beyonce, Little Wayne, Rick Ross, Jay Z, Drake, Rihanna, they dont stick to the same song. Kelly is wearing motivation out. there is nothing wrong if she do something else. and a person could promote you, but you must promote yourself, its just like a job, you must sell yourself. rihanna makes good music also, Kelly been in the game a long time. so when will she get a big hit, Rihanna has. Katy Perry etc.

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adrian
August 15th, 2011 at 7:26 am
well done kelly and fuck to all her haters

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siai
March 26th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
ok first of all i dont know why you people keep say oh byonce can do all of this well guess what? she cant beyonce is overrated i am a beyonce fan but anyone that is a beyonce fan know she cant act for shit!!!!!!which why she didnt get the oscar for dreamgirls jennifer hudson did my opinion is that she tries to hard her time is done considering that she had no hit singles from 4 and the only reason it went number 1 is because of her fanbase beyonce tries wayyyy to hard but oh well adele is outselling everyone is better than all these hoes to me :D

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