Bokiluis
03-23-2015, 11:51 AM
'Empire' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart, Madonna Arrives at No. 2In the same week that the first season of Fox TV's musical drama Empire ended, its soundtrack debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, making it the first TV series soundtrack to crown the 50-year-old list.The only other TV soundtrack to lead the tally was in January and February of 1969, when Diana Ross & The Supremes, along with the Temptations, took the soundtrack to its TCB TV special to No. 1. The musical TV event, which brought together Motown's two biggest groups, aired on NBC on Dec. 9, 1968. The album spent six weeks at No. 1, beginning with the Jan. 18, 1969-dated chart.Empire is also the first soundtrack of any kind to hit No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums since 2010, when the soundtrack to the film Michael Jackson's This Is Itspent its fourth [[and final) week at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 13, 2010.Empire sold 110,000 copies in the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music.Empire's success also spreads to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where the album has six tracks on the 50-position tally. That's the most simultaneous tracks that the show has posted on the list thus far. "You're So Beautiful," featuring Jussie Smollett & Yazz [[who play brothers on the show), dips 18-26, while "Conqueror," featuring Estelle, slips 15-29. "Good Enough," featuring Smollett, re-enters at No. 33. Empire's highest debut on the list is the vocally-charged R&B cut "What Is Love," featuring V. Bozeman, which bows at No. 39. Two more re-entries round out Empire's six-pack: "Drip Drop," featuring Yazz & Serayah McNeill [[No. 40) and "No Apologies," featuring Smollett & Yazz [[No. 46).