press release on b'day hitting #1 on japan international chart
Japan Gives Beyonce a #1 Album for Her 'B'Day'!
Wednesday September 6, 8:32 pm ET
Pop Icon's New Album, 'B'Day,' Hits Top Slot on Japan's International Album Chart Within 2-1/2 Days of Release
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyonce's fans in Japan have been celebrating the pop music icon's 25th birthday by taking her brand-new album, B'Day, to the #1 spot on the Japanese International Album Chart in record- breaking time. B'Day rocketed to the top of the charts within 2-and-a-half days of its release on September 4, Beyonce's birthday.
Beyonce -- whose "Check On It" took home the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video just last week -- celebrated the release of her eagerly-awaited B'Day with her fans around the world when AOL Music LIVE! delivered an exclusive, live broadcast from the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on September 5. Millions of fans have seen Beyonce perform hot tracks off B'Day as well as some old favorites at
www.aolmusic.com/beyonce.
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