Jive is announcing that Usher’s new album, “Raymond V. Raymond,” is being released Dec. 21. The set’s lead single, “Papers,” is No. 2 this week on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 32 on the Hot 100.
Usher’s last album, 2008’s “Here I Stand,” has sold 1.2 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. His biggest-selling album to [...]
by Silvio Pietroluongo  |   November 18, 2009 – Billboard
Jay-Z will earn his fourth Hot 100 No. 1, but his first as a lead or co-billed performer, as his collaboration with Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” will top the chart to be released tomorrow.
The legendary rapper’s prior chart-topping entries came as a [...]