The Charts Update (November 28, 2009)
The BLACKsummers’night album is moving ever so closely to 1 million sold. To date, the album has sold over 850,000 units. Hopefully, the album will move more units over the holiday season. With 2 nation/global television appearances scheduled, OnTheTube (s) CNN Heroes – An All-Star Tribute (November 26, 2009) and GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! (December 02, 2009), this could definitely be a possibility.
On BLACK Friday, make it a BLACK day all around and purchase BLACKsummers’night for your family and friends as holiday gifts. Check out the chart information below. Bad Habits has JUMPED Pretty Wings as well on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Issue Date: November 28, 2009
Billboard Charts
MAXWELL – BLACKsummersnight:
Billboard 200 – #86 (Last wk #69)
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – #7 (Last wk #9)
MAXWELL – Pretty Wings:
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – #5 (Last Wk #3)
MAXWELL – Bad Habits:
Billboard Hot 100 – #75 (Last Wk #74)
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – #4 (Last wk #7)
Billboard Radio Songs – #38 (Last Wk #39)
Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs – #19 (Last Wk – #23)
U.S. Airplay Charts
The following is information collected (November 17, 2009) from Mediabase
MAXWELL – Pretty Wings:
URBAN – #14 (Last Wk #14) | Spins – 1,566
URBAN AC (Adult Contemporary) – #3 (Last Wk #2) | Spins – 1,581
MAXWELL – Bad Habits:
URBAN – #13 (Last Wk #15) | Spins 1,764
URBAN AC – #1 (Last Wk #1) | Spins 2,034
Units Moved:
MAXWELL – BLACKsummers’night (850,000+)
RIAA Status – GOLD (500,000+)
MAXWELL Facts:
Pretty Wings gives Maxwell his first #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in ten years.
The single “Pretty Wings” was the sixth title in the chart’s 15-year history to launch in the top 15.
#1 debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart with BLACKsummers’night (Maxwell’s second consecutive #1 album debut and best career sales week)
#1 for three weeks on all R&B Album sales charts, BLACKsummers’night
#1 on the iTunes R&B Album chart, BLACKsummers’night
#1 on the iTunes R&B Singles chart, “Pretty Wings”
#1 for four weeks on Top Single Sales chart, “Pretty Wings”
#1 Song on the full R&B Panel, “Pretty Wings”. Replacing Drake’s run at the top of the chart.
#1 on America’s Urban Adult for the sixth week, “Pretty Wings”
Sources: Billboard, Mediabase, RIAA, AllAccess
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