Fantasia’s “Back To Me” Debuts At #1 On Billboard Charts

Fantasia’s third studio album,Back To Me, debuts this week at #1 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart and #2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan. With over 117,000 units sold since its August 24th release on J Records, Back To Me marksFantasia’s first #1 R&B album (Free Yourself debuted at #2,Fantasia at #3) and her highest Billboard Top 200 chart ranking.

Leading the way for the album’s chart-topping debut is the hit single Bittersweet, which currently claims the #1 position on the Urban Adult Radio Airplay chart for three consecutive weeks. The Lenny Bass-directed video for the single is currently #4 on BET’s 106 & Park and in rotation on VH1 and in Power Rotation on VH1 Soul.

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Critics are championing Back To Me with rave reviews. Peoplemagazine proclaims that “Fantasia stirs the heart and soul on her latest,” and bestows a 3 ½-star rating (out of 4) on her “third — and best — album.” With a 4-star rating (out of 5), The New York Daily News states that Back To Me “far out-performs the singer’s first two works, with meatier hooks, firmer melodies and a more shrewdly focused point of view,” while Perez Hilton cites the album as “exceptional… we love the record — from start to finish!”