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Chris Brown, 'Fortune' Album Sales: Singer's Record Debuts At No. 1 On The Billboard 200

After a string of misfortunes -- a label change, poor reviews and a brawl with Drake -- Chris Brown's Fortune actually managed to top the Billboard 200. Brown's fifth studio album sold 134,000 copies in its first week, a significant drop from the 270,000 in debut-week sales of his previous album, 2011's F.A.M.E. Thanks to an 99 cent deal on Amazon, Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" re-entered the top 10 and climbed to No. 2.

 

Chris Brown plays it safe for a change on new album, ‘Fortune’

There are a few moments on Chris Brown’s new album, “Fortune,” that the harshest critics of the 23-year-old singer might describe as unfortunate. On the pulsating dance monster “Bassline,” Brown’s innocuous brag that “I got bottles,” is tainted by the June nightclub incident where Brown and rapper Drake allegedly hurled champagne bottles at each other in a fight over superstar Rihanna.

 

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