It's The Pied Piper of R&B ladies and gentlemen 

With nearly 386,000 copies of his latest LP, Double Up, being snapped up, R. Kelly has earned himself the sixth chart-topping debut of his 15-plus-year career (counting 2004's Unfinished Business, the second collaborative LP between himself and Jay-Z).

This latest triumph extends something of an astonishing pattern in R. Kelly's past releases. Of the 11 albums he's headlined (we won't even get into the many artists he's given songs to), all but one has opened at either #1 or #2 — his 1992 debut, Born Into the '90s, is the sole exception, debuting at #42. R. Kelly opened at #1 with 248,000 scans in 1995, while 1998's R. debuted at #2 with sales of nearly 216,000. TP-2.com opened with more than 543,000 copies in 2000 for a #1, and 2003's Chocolate Factory followed suit with 532,000 units. In 2004, Happy People/ U Saved Me took #2 on 403,000 copies sold, while 2005's TP-3: Reloaded racked up sales of 490,000-plus to grab another #1.

 

What. The. Hell.

How does a dude who has basically said he was bi-curious, Fucked 14 year old girls, Peed on countless groupies and basically been an all around FREAK, open at number 1? WHAT IS THAT?! seriously, could somone please leave a comment and explain this to me? is he in the mafia? Does he pad his numbers? im DYING to know.

It's probably just because he's a flirt…..

-Andrew "Aleon" Leon