This week on Billboard
by amy
This week R Kelly's Tp.3 Reloaded is the "Hot Shot Debut" on the Billboard 200. "Since his 2002 indictment, he has become increasingly prolific, ambitious, and bold (i.e., bonkers)...Thematically opposite to Happy People/U Saved Me, the first hour of is mostly about getting rowdy and getting it on, full of some of the clumsiest and lewdest lyrics Kelly has written." (allmusic.com)
The Cookbook, by Missy Elliott and X&Y, by Coldplay are #2 and #3 respectively.
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