Common Reaches The People, Grabs No. 1 Spot On The Charts

New albums from Common, Sean Kingston and Keith Murray all debuted on the Billboard 200 this week. Common scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his latest disc Finding Forever. Com's seventh solo CD sold 155,000 copies in its opening week according to Nielsen's SoundScan. The album features appearances from Kanye West, Lily Allen, Bilal and D'Angelo, with West handling a majority of the production. Entering at No. 6 is Jamiacan sensation Sean Kingston with his self-titled debut album. Thanks to his hit single "Beautiful Girls," consumers managed to bag up 74,000 units of Kingston's disc in its first week. Def Squad veteran Keith Murray was also able to score a position on the charts with his fifth album Rap-Murr-Phobia, debuting at No. 52. With appearances from Tyrese, Redman and Method Man, Murray moved 13,000 copies of his first indie release http://www.rapgodfathers.com/content/view/3645/165/