Alicia Hits #1 With 2nd Lowest Sales in Soundscan History

Alicia Keys' As I Am has sold 2,786,000 in 10 weeks, but last week sold 60,519 copies making hers the number one selling album on the charts.

So what was the #1 lowest selling #1 album ever? The DreamGirls soundtrack, which last year sold 60,064 copies in its second week.

These numbers don't mean that the album has flopped. They are just low since the history of SoundScan began in 1991.

Other sales of note:

3. Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains, 52,000. This week's sales pushes Blige's album over the 1 million mark. Growing Pains has ranked in the top five all five weeks it has appeared on the chart.

5. Raheem DeVaughn, Love Behind The Melody, 45,000. This lofty debut marks a tremendous improvement over DeVaughn's first album, The Love Experience, which opened (and peaked) at #46 in 2005.

7. John Legend, Live From Philadelphia, 33,000. This 19-track set, available only at Target, is the Grammy-winner's third album in a row to debut in the top 10. His 2005 debut, Get Lifted, opened at #7 and peaked at #4 the following week. His sophomore album, Once Again, opened (and peaked) at #3 in 2006.

9. Chris Brown, Exclusive, 29,000. Brown's new hit, "With You," is #2 on Hot Digital Tracks. "Kiss Kiss" topped that chart for four weeks last fall.

(Source: Yahoo Music)

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Tyra's Revealing Interview with Senator Hillary Clinton!

Hillary Clinton will be on the Tyra Banks show Friday, Jan 18th. (Either today or tomorrow depending when this posts.) Check your local listings.

Exclusive?: Oprah Talks to Marion Jones Yesterday & Today's Thoughts

What's so exclusive about a five minute interview where the host doesn't let the person answer the questions? And the constant reminder of not having a lot time? I take it that Oprah's producers threw this in after the verdict last week. It really showed they could care less.

The Natalee Holloway Case and Jennifer Garner-Affleck took a higher preference. Who's the boss?

Through all the Oprah-isms Marion had this to say: "I want people to understand that, you know, everybody makes mistakes. ... I truly think that a person's character is determined by their admission of their mistakes and then beyond that, what do I do about it?" Jones said via satellite from Austin, Texas, where she lives. "How can I change the lives of people? How can I use my story to change the life of a young person?"

In case you missed it, the kicker of the whole thing was Oprah telling Marion, "I'll talk to you when you get out of jail."

It was just 2001, a few months after Marion's triumph in the Olympics that Lady O, talked to three phenomenal women: Gloria Steinem, Toni Morrison, and MARION JONES!!! Watch Here.

That "I'll talk to you when you get out of jail," really resonated with me. She lied to investigators about a check fraud scam and about using steroids, she didn't kill anybody. What are we really concerned about in our society?

The heads of the entire operation, one dating back to 1988, were of course not forced to deal with the embarrassment. Victor Conte and Greg Anderson cut plea bargains, pled guilty to illegal steroid distribution and money laundering. Conte spent four months in prison. Anderson was incarcerated for 13 1/2 months. He was released this past November on the same day Barry Bonds was indicted.

So who are we really making examples out of? I always thought drug users and dealers got deals for leading authorities to the source, not the other way around.

Happy Birthday Dr. King

Dr. King meets with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, 1966.
(LBJ LIBRARY/PHOTO BY YOICHI R. OKAMOTO)

Read: What Did Martin Luther King Really Believe?

The Tracks of My Tears

From Hillary Clinton, to Marion Jones, and most recently Terrell Owens, all of these public figures have displayed emotions for a variety of reasons.

Why are tears seen as weakness?

As humans we are all vulnerable to emotions, if not something is wrong. You'd either been hurt that bad in the past or you don't have any tear ducts.

I'd rather have a president tear up after hearing our country is under attack than just sitting there reading a book or coming up with some poetic prose to move people no where!

A mother shouldn't be sent to prison because she took steroids to win a gold medal for her country!

And only a great teammate would defend his quarterback after a big ass loss and feel it so much he gets emotional. Locker room cancers don't do that!

(Photo: "Soul Tears" by Serge available at AllPosters.com)

Shoulder Tap: Jay-Z

"Excuse me Sir, the scarf look doesn't go with everything. Now you just look uncomfortable and foolish. Are you hiding hickeys on your neck? Trying to preserve your voice? Or is your scarf that expensive you couldn't leave it with your coat? You're making my neck hot!"

This has been a HHM Shoulder Tap moment. Don't let this be you.

This Week On Tyra: Chicken Fries for the Soul

Monday, January 14th - "What Men Really Want"

Tuesday, January 15th - "The Dangers of the Hook-Up"

Wednesday, January 16th - "Sex SOS: Can My Sex Problem Be Solved"

Thursday, January 17th - "5 Ways to Get Over Being Dumped"

Friday, January 18th - "Plastic Surgery Nightmares"

The Golden Globes Special: Loved It

I think every award show should be hosted by Access Hollywood from now on. I don't want to go back to three hours shows after tonite. It was simply the best!

Glitz and Glamour....boring.

Keeping it Simple and Getting Right to the Point is the new Black!

Kelly Tilghman Should Be Fired!!! Makes Lynch Remark about Tiger Woods

Kelly Tilghman, a sports announcer on the Golf Channel, had this to say about Tiger Woods.

"Tilghman and cohort Nick Faldo discussed young players who could possibly challenge Tiger. Faldo, ever the joker, said perhaps the youngsters should "gang up (on Tiger) for a while." The pair laughed a bit before Tilghman responded by saying, "Lynch him in a back alley." The pair chuckled awkwardly before moving on."

The Golf Channel said it received a limited number of complaints regarding the comment."

Tilgman has since apologized for this faux paus, that's not a faux paus. She reached out to Tiger Woods who you know probably just chalked it up being the bigger person like he did with Fuzzy Zueller (Reminder: After Tiger won his first Masters, Fuzzy said something to the effect of the dinner being chicken and watermelon).

At this time, the Golf Channel has no intention of disclining the anchor. It seems like there is a slight hesitation because she's a woman. Remarks on message boards have been harsh against the announcer who has no LGPA tour experience and gets by on her looks.

See whenever you forget, something always goes down to remind you. This is why all this hype behind Barack Obama is just that. If its okay for someone to get on television and feel comfortable enough to even use the word "lynch", there is a problem. And to combine that in a sentence referencing a Black man..this is crazy..Pay Attention!

Know what time it is!

Where are you Al Sharpton? Michael Baisden? I don't care if it is the Golf Channel!

Source: FoxSports.com

If You're Black, You're Supposed to Support Obama???

Read On:

Obama: No Cash From Denzel, Spike, Motown, Despite Oprah Backing

Sunday, January 06, 2008
By Roger Friedman

Source: FoxNews.com



Oprah Winfrey’s backing of Barack Obama for president hasn’t influenced a lot of other heavy hitting black celebrities to join her yet.
Her two most favorite authors, Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison, have not opened their pocketbooks yet for Obama. (Angelou has traditionally been a Clinton supporter.)
Neither has Spike Lee nor Denzel Washington, although the latter’s wife Pauletta sent Obama $2,300. Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr. has put his bucks in Hillary Clinton’s campaign, as has Quincy Jones.
Also missing from Obama’s list of donors in the current election cycle is BET Chairman and Founder billionaire Robert L. Johnson. The regular Democratic donor did give Hillary Clinton $4,600 in 2007. The last time he sent a check to Obama was in 2006, for $2,100.
Obama’s celeb donors include the recently controversial Will Smith, but not Chris Gardner, the multi millionaire whom Smith played in "The Pursuit of Happyness." Obama did receive donations from the newly married Eddie Murphy and the always funny Chris Rock.

But neither Sean "Diddy" Combs nor Shawn "Jay Z" Carter has pitched in for the Illinois senator as of yet. Jay Z’s fiancée Beyonce Knowles has also remained silent. Her father, Mathew, last sent Obama $1,000 for his senate campaign.
Winfrey, meanwhile, may like Obama but hasn’t put the weight of her fortune behind him yet.
Oprah and boyfriend Stedman Graham, according to federal campaign records, donated only $2,300 each to Obama’s campaign at the party held at Winfrey’s Montecito, California mansion last September. They could have donated twice that amount.
Aside from that event, the enormously charitable Winfrey seems to have been otherwise uninterested in politics all these years. It’s been a decade since she’s donated even a penny from her hard earned empire to any candidate’s cause. Even now, her endorsement of Obama hasn’t led to any contribution to the Democratic Party in any form. Maybe she’s waiting to see if Obama is the official candidate.