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Next Score Second #1 R&B Single With 'Wifey'Sexy Minneapolis trio knock Ruff Endz's 'No More' to #2. by Contributing Editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen |
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Next's first #1 single was last year's "Too Close." (Christian Lantry) |
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Sexy Minneapolis vocal trio Next have scored their second #1 single on the Billboard R&B/hip-hop chart with "Wifey," which has been climbing steadily since its release in late April. "The song is
The group first hit the top spot with their 1999 single "Too Close." "Wifey" (RealAudio excerpt) knocked Ruff Endz's "No More" from its perch after just a week at #1; it's at #2 this week. Sisqó's "Incomplete" dropped to #3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and fell to #4 on the magazine's Hot 100. Jagged Edge's romantic "Let's Get Married" hung on at #4, and pint-size rapper Lil' Bow Wow's "Bounce With Me," featuring Xscape, stayed at #5. Janet Jackson's poppy "Doesn't Really Matter" hung on to #1 on the Hot 100 but fell three spots to #6 on the R&B/hip-hop singles list. The top 10 is rounded out by Mystikal's "Shake Ya Ass" at #7, Toni Braxton's "Just Be a Man About It" at #8, Erykah Badu's "Bag Lady" at #9 and Lil' Zane's "Callin' Me," which features 112, at #10. The week's biggest mover on the singles chart was "Connect" from DJ Hurricane, which shot from #100 to #66. Dancehall rapper Beenie Man's "Girls Dem Sugar," a track that features R&B singer Mya, jumped from #52 to #38. The highest-debuting single was "My First Love" by Avant, featuring Ketara Wyatt, which premiered at #73. Jahari's "Come Ride With Me" entered the chart at #78, R&B group RAM-Z's "Let Me Be the One" came in at #81, and rappers Kane & Abel's "Shake It Like a Dog" came in at #86. On the album side, Nelly's six-week-old lock on #1 continued, with Country Grammar moving another 213,512 copies. Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP held on to #2. Wyclef Jean entered the albums chart at #3 with The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book, an album that features "It Doesn't Matter" (RealAudio excerpt), his single with wrestler The Rock, as well as a guest appearance from country crooner Kenny Rogers and a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." Seventeen-year-old rapper Lil' Zane made the week's second-highest debut with his Young World: The Future. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams continues her chart climb, as her Mountain High ... Valley Low moved from #7 to #5. The album, which is at #1 on the gospel chart, is riding high on the success of the single "Open My Heart," which is at #18 and is receiving airplay in a number of radio formats. The rest of the albums top 10 is: Braxton's The Heat, at #6; Kelly Price's Mirror Mirror, at #7; the "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" soundtrack, at #8; late rapper Big L's The Big Picture, at #9; and the Ruff Ryders collective's Ryde or Die Vol. II, at #10. Singer Jill Scott's Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 moved from #22 to #13, while Ruff Endz's debut album, Love Crimes, entered the chart at #19. Rappers Major Figgas entered the chart at #29 with Figgas 4 Life, and smooth jazz combo Fourplay debuted at #61 with Fourplay ... Yes, Please!. Rapper Camoflauge's I Represent was the week's biggest mover, leaping from #97 to #67. On the gospel chart, Kirk Franklin Presents 1NC's self-titled debut album hung on at #2, though it dropped four notches to #25 on the R&B/hip-hop list. Donnie McClurkin's Live in London and More ... moved from #20 to #4. |
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