Congratulations to T-Pain on getting the number 1 spot on The Billboard 200 for his sophomore album "Epiphany.” According to Billboard, it sold 171,000 copies, a big jump from 47,000 copies for "Rapper Ternt Sanga.”

"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," continues to sell digitally, moving 90649 downloads; giving it the #6 position on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs. But the big story here is his second single Bartender debuting at number 16 with 46285 downloads.

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From Billboard.com...
Fallout Continues From Incident At Akon Show

Police are looking into a clash between Akon and a concertgoer that ended with the R&B star tossing the teen off the stage and onto another spectator who said she suffered a concussion. Video of the incident has flooded the Internet in the past 48 hours.

Audience members said the trouble started when a spectator lobbed something at Akon during a concert Sunday at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, N.Y., and the 34-year-old singer asked the crowd to point out the culprit. A security guard picked out a 15-year-old and sent him up to the stage, where Akon hoisted him onto his shoulders and flung him back into the audience.

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According the Hits Daily Double, T-Pain will not be topping Billboard’s Album charts this week. One day sales predicts that Paul McCartney’s ‘Memory Almost Full’ will debut at #1 on next week’s chart, with a total of 180k in first-week sales. This leaves T-Pain’s Epiphany and Def Jam/IDJ’s Rihanna: “Good Girl Gone Bad,” to battle for the number two position with any estimated 160-170k in sales. We will have to see how this plays out.

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Here are some scans from Volume Two, Issue Eleven of Hip Hop Weekly Magazine...T-Pain is interviewed in an article titled “Feel The Pain,” promoting his new album; Epiphany. The magazine later features a great Epiphany review.

Chilli gets mentioned twice in the issue, first in an Usher article; “Off on His Own,” addressing his split from his mother’s management. The article mentioned the rumor of Chilli signing with Usher’s mother’s management, and mentioning “a handsome 36-year-old man,” in her life. Chilli is later featured on the “WENDY WILLIAMS: THE QUEEN OF ALL MEDIA KEEPS HER EAR TO THE STREET,” section, dealing with the same rumor.

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Akon isn't the only Konvict artist hitting number 1 these days; T-Pain's "Buy U a Drink (Shawty Snappin')," hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 (5/26/07 chart) this week, his first chart-topper. This is due to being the number 1 in radioplay and number 2 on BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS with 93,002 downloads. This brings his download total to 628,222.

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