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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Number Ones All Around For Atlantans
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson will have her first No. 1 album debut in almost seven years next week, and fellow Atlanta R&B superstar Usher will have the country’s No. 1 single.
Jackson’s new CD “Discipline” sold more than 181, 075 copies its first week in stores, rocketing it to the top of The Billboard 200 chart. The last time Jackson (right) did those kind of SoundScan numbers was with her “All For You” album in May of 2001.
Meanwhile, over on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart, Usher’s “Love In This Club,” featuring Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy (and produced by breakout local talent Polow Da Don) has made a remarkable leap from No. 51 to the top of that listing. Plus the first single from Usher’s (left) upcoming June release — yes, there’s an official title now: “Here I Stand” — is also SoundScan’s top digital track, as well as iTunes’ No. 1 during the first week of its release. That makes Usher’s eighth No. 1 single.
Have you bought “Discipline” or “Love In This Club”? What do you think of the album and/or the single? And about Usher in particular, are you looking forward to his return to music?
