Blue Ivy Carter Becomes Youngest Person to Appear on Billboard Charts

Blue Ivy Carter was born less than a week ago but she has already made chart history.

The daughter Jay-Z and Beyoncé birthed on Saturday (January 7) has become the youngest person to receive credit for a charting song, according to Billboard.com, as her wailing cries appear on Jay’s recently-released track “Glory.” Billed as “featuring B.I.C.,” the abbreviation of Blue’s full name, “Glory” entered the Jan. 21 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at No. 74.

The only way you can beat that is by getting a heartbeat from the sonogram
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Nicki Minaj- Billboard’s Rising Star of the Year

Nicki Minaj gets emotional over her “Rising Star” Award at this years Billboard Women In Music Awards

J. Cole’s Album Headed for Number 1

Watch for J. Cole to debut atop the Billboard 200 next week with his first album “Cole World: the Sideline Story,” which could move as many as 240,000 to 250,000 copies by week’s end on Oct. 2, so say industry prognosticators.

If the 26-year old Roc Nation/Columbia rapper opens at No. 1, it will mark the first time a solo act’s debut album has bowed at No. 1 since May 14, 2010. That’s when B.o.B started in the penthouse with “The Adventures of Bobby Ray” with 84,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Cole’s 200,000-plus start would be the biggest bow for any act’s debut chart effort since Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” launched with 375,000 at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated Dec. 11, 2010.

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