Chris Brown Continues Top 10 Album Chart Streak With “11:11”

Chris Brown has defied the early chart placement expectations for his latest studio LP. Last week, it appeared the 11:11 album would end the singer’s nearly 20-year streak.

Industry forecasters projected 11:11 would debut with close to 40,000 first-week units. The projection seemed to be low enough for Brown to miss out on the Top 10 for his new project.

According to Billboard, 11:11 actually earned 45,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release. The 22-track body of work opened at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 chart right above Zach Bryan’s self-titled album, which slipped two spots to No. 10.

Brown now has 11 Top 10-charting solo projects. 2022’s Breezy peaked at No. 4, debuting with roughly 72,000 first-week units. The Virginia-bred entertainer presently has three career No. 1s in his catalog.

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F.A.M.E. became Brown’s first Billboard 200 chart-topper in 2011. He also led the weekly rankings of the most popular albums in America with 2012’s Fortune and 2019’s Indigo. His 2005 eponymous debut studio LP peaked at No. 2.

The Fan of a Fan: The Album joint project with Tyga made it to No. 7 in 2015. Five years later, Brown also joined forces with Young Thug for the No. 24-peaking Slime & B.

For 11:11, Chris Brown secured guest appearances by Maeta, Byron Messia, Future, Fridayy, Davido and Lojay. The 68-minute, double LP hosts the Grammy Award-nominated “Summer Too Hot” single, which is up for Best R&B Performance.