Alicia Keys - As I Am

As I am topped the charts last week, something I’m sure Alicia Keys was thrilled about.  However, she’s probably not celebrating the news that the total number of sales was the second lowest ever for a #1 album since SoundScan began monitoring album sales in 1991.  It sounds like Debbie Downer swooped in just in time to prevent any sort of celebratory affair.  “Congratulations, you have the most popular album this week! Too bad you didn’t sell enough to cover your rent this week…Wa wa wa wa waaahhhhhh.”

Keys’ album sold a total of 60,519 copies last week.  The lowest before this was the Dreamgirls soundtrack which sold 60,064 copies in its second week about a year ago. 

Listen to the sweetest single off the album before Debbie works her voodoo and turns it into a repetitive radio favorite that 13 year olds can download as their ringtone. Whoops, too late!