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Only one single from 'Royalty' has managed to chart on the Hot 100 so far, and that was at a lukewarm #60. It also helps that he released his album during the holidays when people are in their shopping spree spirit, and on top of that he has a very strong fanbase (his last two albums 'Fortune' & 'X' debuted with similar first week numbers). The same can't be said for fellow RCA artist Monica. Her album ‘Code Red’ is predicted to sell a paltry 30-35K (32-37K including streams).
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Monica's lead single clearly wasn't hit-worthy. She hasn't had a hit from this album, and she took far too long to release the music video. I've expressed time and time again how worried I was about the album, because she didn't release a second single or a video and her promotion was really poor compared to CB's.
CB performed on several late night shows (Kimmel, Fallon, etc) and released a multitude of videos on a daily basis for the past week. Monica had the better album though, although it wasn't her best by a long shot.