Chris Brown's BROWN Debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200
- Wanjiru Waweru
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Wanjiru Waweru, Jadetimes Contributor
W. Waweru is a Jadetimes News Reporter Covering Entertainment News
Chris Brown’s BROWN peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 pop chart in the week of May 23, 2026, which earned him his 13th consecutive top-ten-charted album with 65,000 equivalent album units earned.
Brown’s music is more commercial, leaving less room for his creativity, though it uses the same skills as his contemporary R&B peers. Pitchfork's Senior Writer Alphonse Pierre stated that Brown’s album was considered less soulful and that he sought to chase a mainstream pop record, which did not reach him, leading to his return to the public eye.
“This album is a real piece of s–t. Why even write about it? For years, traditional media has been tiptoeing around the popularity of Chris Brown, and in reality, that benefits nobody but him,” said Pierre. “The lack of critical engagement with his music has allowed him to contextualize his own redemption with statistics and sob stories.”
Even The Needle Drop’s Anthony Drop is riding the same boat.
BROWN is Now Available via RCA Records
Stream BROWN on Apple Music
Read BROWN - Album Review on Pitchfork
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