NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ RCA
Music Group) - J Records recording artist
Jamie Foxx sets the all-time record for 12 consecutive weeks at No 1 on the Urban Mainstream chart with his hit single "
Blame It" (TLC's "
No Scrubs" was No 1 for 11 weeks in 1999)! This unprecedented feat is coupled with "
Blame It" coming in at No 1 on the Hot 100 Audience chart for a 4th week with an audience of 119.6 million. The single also maintains its Top 5 status this week landing at No 3 on the Rhythmic chart (after a 5 week run at No 1), and No 5 on the Top 40 chart. Additionally, "
Blame It" is currently No 3 on Nielsen's Ringscan chart as it crossed the million tone sales mark after peaking at No 2 a few weeks ago. Foxx's RIAA-certified Platinum album Intuition is currently No 6 on the R&B Albums chart.
Officially announced yesterday during his surprise appearance on BET's 106 & Park, Foxx will bring his unsurpassed talent as an all-around entertainer when he hosts and performs on the 9th annual BET Awards on June 28th at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Jamie also garnered three BET Awards nominations for "Best Male R&B Artist," "Best Collaboration" with T-Pain for "Blame It," and "Video of the Year" for the star-studded "Blame It" featuring Ron Howard, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, T-Pain and more. Prior to the BET Awards, Foxx will perform his hit single on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 18th and several songs from Intuition on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series on June 19th.
Intuition, Foxx's third studio album was released December 16, 2008 and debuted at No 3 on the Billboard's Top 200 and No 2 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with sales of 265,000 copies in its first week. Since its release, Intuition has been a Top 10 staple on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, peaking at No 1 three times. Last month, Foxx appeared on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with 3 singles simultaneously within the Top 10: "Blame It," "She Got Her Own," and "Just Like Me;" at No 1, No 2 and No 8, respectively.
With his continuous chart-topping success in music, his widely popular The Foxxhole radio show on Sirius XM, creator and co-executive producer of one of MTV's highest-rated reality shows, From G's to Gents, and co-starring role alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the critically-acclaimed film The Soloist, Academy Award winner and Grammy-nominated artist Jamie Foxx is the undisputed "King of all Media."
