Jamie Foxx Rings In The New Year At No 1 On Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart

NEW YORK, NY (J Records) - J Records recording artist Jamie Foxx kicks off the New Year as the first artist to appear at No 1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart for 2006, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Foxx is also No 1 on the Current R&B Albums Chart, with a total of 199,640 units sold in its second week of release. UNPREDICTABLE entered the Top 200 Albums Chart last week at No 2 and has sold a total of 799,425 units since its December 20th release.

Sparked by the non-stop success of his hit single "Unpredictable" featuring Ludacris, The New York Daily News cited "what Foxx is doing isn't acting. It's real." The Los Angeles Times proclaimed that UNPREDICTABLE shows that Foxx "is no dilettante."

On January 25, NBC will air Foxx's one-hour primetime TV special, "Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable." The show is a musical journey of Jamie's life, tracing his roots back to his hometown of Terrell, Texas, where he was raised in the church and became a classically trained pianist. The special will feature songs from UNPREDICTABLE and other original music by Jamie as well as guest appearances by Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, The Game, Snoop Dogg, Angie Stone and Common.
To coincide with NBC special, Foxx is also scheduled to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this month.

Foxx recently earned his first solo Grammy nomination in the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance category for his performance of "Creepin'" from the J Records' release So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross. Foxx is still riding high on pop, R&B, and rap charts as Kanye West's guest on his hit single "Gold Digger," which also received Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rap Solo Performance. Last year, Foxx received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, for crooning on "Slow Jamz" with Twista and West (a track from Twista's Kamikaze album).