Jazmine Sullivan confirmed that she believes there is some injustice in “how black soul artists are received,” and K. Tank expressed the difficulty that black R&B artists have in getting their work green-lit, specifying that it often takes “six, seven months to build up one record,” while white R&B artists have had multiple Top 10 singles at one time. This assertion has been been furthered recently by a number of other prominent black vocalists. 1 spot - by Adele’s “Hello.”ĭuring interviews around the time of the project’s release with Diddy’s REVOLT and Power 105’s The Breakfast Club, Tyrese was extremely vocal about how he sees the current state of R&B namely that R&B singers are “insecure” about their inability to reach mainstream radio, and that only white R&B/soul artists are able to garner airplay from both urban AC radio and mainstream Top 40 stations. “Shame,” the second single from the album, has spent forty-one weeks on the chart, and was finally bumped from the No. Where his music has seen relevance is on urban adult contemporary (AC) stations, like those that make up Billboard’s Adult R&B chart. Black Rose sold 83,000 copies in its first week - a massive amount for an independent artist these days, especially when their singles aren’t generating Top 40 airplay. The confusion likely stemmed from the fact that we’re not used to seeing an album sell so well without attention from mainstream radio (outside of a handful of hip-hop acts, at least). Few praised the music, or claimed that this accolade was well deserved. Forbes suggested that it was likely due to the success of Furious 7, the film in which he recently starred.

SPIN’s explanation was that it was a slow sales week.

1 album in the country, a slew of inquiries emerged from the voices of music journalists: How? Who? What? Back in July, when it was confirmed that Tyrese’s new release Black Rose had successfully become the new No.

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