Billboard Update

^This week's #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart
This week's #1 single on the Hot 100 chart^

See full charts HERE.

The talentless Taylor Swift overtakes #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart again this week with her latest album Fearless. Brandy's new album Human debuted at #15 with 73,000 copies sold, which isn't as bad as it seems because had it not been for the season, sales like that would've easily landed our girl in the top 10. Avant's new self-titled album debuted at #26 after selling 52,000 copies; in fact, none of this week's four larger releases made it into the top 10, so all is not lost. Also, Maroon 5's remix album Call & Response debuted at #73. Things are a bit brighter on this week's Hot 100 singles chart however because Beyonce has reclaimed her rightful place at the top with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)."

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Avant "Break Ya Back (In A Good Way)" Video Premiere

"Break Ya Back (In A Good Way)," I'm assuming, is the second single taken from Avant's upcoming self-titled album (December 9th). You could definitely say this video isn't the cleanest of them all. I'm rooting for Avant, but he just lost a few points in my book with this display.

Avant Self-Titled Album Cover & Tracklisting

Here's the cover of Avant's self-titled album, which is due out December 9th. This is one talented, yet underrated guy. I'm very interested in what he will offer with this new album. Check out the set's tracklisting below:

1. Sensuality
2. Perfect Gentleman (ft. Alfamega)
3. Involve Yourself
4. When It Hurts
5. Out Of Character
6. Material Things
7. French Pedicure
8. Attention (ft. Snoop Dogg)
9. Break Ya Back
10. Y.O.U.
11. Sailing

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Avant "When It Hurts" Video Premiere

"When It Hurts" is the first single taken from Avant's upcoming self-titled album (October 28th). I like the video & it had me appreciating the song in a whole new light. I'm getting more & more interested in what Avant will have to offer this time around.

Avant Self-Titled Album Update

With his new single "When It Hurts," Avant is returning to the scene with the new album Avant, due October 28th, on a new label, Capitol Records. This time around, Avant is working with the likes of the Trackmasters & Mr. Collipark, among others. Confirmed tracks so far include "Attention," which features Snoop Dogg, & a cover of the classic song "Sailing." Here's what Avant has to say about his latest project:

"I'm back in the game & have a renewed love of R&B. I just wanted to make good music versus doing a theme album; to have it be more about who I am as a person."

Avant is a talent that flies very much under the radar. Even being a pretty huge R&B music fan for more than half of my life, I never really knew about him until his last album Director dropped. The first song that caught my attention from that album was "Lie About Us," which featured Nicole Scherzinger. Soon, I discovered the single "4 Minutes," as well as his collaboration with The Pussycat Dolls on their hit "Stickwitu," to be wonderful as well. Anyway, I decided I needed to pay attention to Avant this time around & give him the props he deserves.

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