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T.I.’s Record Chart Leap
28-Aug-2008
Written by: Dean Stattmann
The Rubberband Man shoots to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
T.I. saw his latest single defy the odds this week, when it made the biggest chart leap in Billboard history. The single, “Whatever You Want,” which opened at No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, is now in the No. 1 spot at the end of its third week.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the reason for the jump was the single’s No. 1 opening on Hot Digital Songs, with a reported 205,000 downloads sold. The single’s leap dwarfed the previous record, Maroon 5’s “Makes Me Wonder,” which went to No. 1 from No. 64 in May 2007.
While T.I. collaborated on Justin Timberlake’s No. 1 single, “My Love,” in 2006, “Whatever You Want” marks his first No. 1 as a lead artist. Meanwhile, the track’s opening week digital earnings are the highest that chart tracker Nielsen SoundScan has ever recorded for a rap song since it began collecting records in 2003, reported THR.
The track isn’t doing too badly on the airwaves either. It jumped from No. 33 to No. 20 on Hot 100 Airplay and from No. 13 to No. 8 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
Billboard will publish the new chart on Thursday at Billboard.biz, and expect to see T.I.’s new album, Paper Trail (Grand Hustle/Atlantic), on shelves September 30.
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