Rapper T.I. dominates the charts this week on multiple fronts. The Atlanta native's latest Long Play effort 'Paper Trail' stormed to the top the Billboard 200 chart with a whopping 568,000 copies sold in its first week - the highest selling debut of his career.Elsewhere, his collaboration with Rihanna 'Live Your Life' breaks the record for the biggest chart jump on the Billboard Hot 100 - soaring #80-#1 - due to a surge in digital sales. Interestingly, the song unseats his 'Whatever You Like' from the top spot - itself breaking records 6 weeks ago after leaping #71-#1. The last artist to achieve such a feat was Usher in 2004 - with 'Burn' topping 'Yeah' on the same chart.
The week's 2nd highest debut came from American Idol Alumni Jennifer Hudson, whose self titled debut landed at #2 - selling through an impressive 217,000. {Source}
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