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Brandy tops the Billboard charts with her new album, ‘Two Eleven’

by Ebony.com | October 26, 2012 at 12:25 PM
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Brandy performs onstage at BET's Black Girls Rock

Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)

Brandy performs onstage

Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for BET)

Singer Brandy performs

Singer Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)

Brandy performs onstage

Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for BET)

Brandy performs onstage

Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)

Singer Brandy performs onstage

Singer Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)

Singer Brandy performs onstage

Singer Brandy performs onstage at BET’s Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)

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From Ebony.com: Hard work has paid off for Brandy, whose new album “Two Eleven” made an impressive debut on the Billboard charts this week. After weeks of television appearances, promotional events, and additional press opportunities, the album sold 64,700 copies in it’s first week, placing it at#1 on the R&B albums chart and #3 on the Top 200. 

This marks Brandy’s first emergence into the top-10 chart showing in the Top 200 since her 2004 album “Afrodisiac.”

Read the rest of this story on Ebony.com.

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Filed in: Entertainment | Related Topics: Albums Sales, Billboard Charts, Brandy, Celebrities, Entertainment, impressive debut, Music, Music Charts, New Album, R&B, Singers, television appearances, Top 200, Two Eleven
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