apnekoi: Sales Of TLC’s Greatest Hits Album Surge 200%

All Thanks to 'CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story'

Posted by: Trent on October 26, 2013|

Earlier this week, VH1 aired their biopic film CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story which I loved, Shannon loved … EVERYONE loved. Billboard magazine reports that people loved the biopic so much that they were inspired to rush out and by TLC‘s greatest hits album 20 (which was released earlier this month but didn’t really enjoy massive sales until after the biopic aired on VH1). Sales of the album jumped 200% this week from the modest number of albums sold when the album was first released on October 15. I guess the made-for-TV movie did an excellent job of reminding people how much they really love TLC.

TLC’s new greatest hits album “20″ is set to fly into the top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart next week. Industry sources say the set might sell around 15,000 to 20,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Oct. 27. That could represent at least a 200% gain over last week’s sales, when it debuted at No. 72 with 5,000 sold (according to Nielsen SoundScan). The gain was triggered by VH1′s premiere of its biopic “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story” on Oct. 21. Its bow scored nearly 4.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen, making it VH1′s highest-rated original movie ever. According to VH1, “CrazySexyCool” is also the No. 1 original cable movie of the year among adults and women 18-49. It also logged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demo. “20″ was released on Tuesday, Oct. 15, and features 13 previously-released hits, along with one new song, “Meant to Be.” The act was last in the top 20 with 2002′s “3D” album, which debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Nov. 30, 2012 chart.

I can’t say that I’m at all surprised by this news. A commercial for 20 aired a couple of times during the airing of CrazySexyCool and I remember picking up my phone to see about downloading the album from iTunes myself. Since there is only one new song on the album and I already have all of TLC‘s stuff, I decided not to … but the power of advertising, especially from biopics like this, is very strong. I’m happy to see that TLC is benefiting from the telling of their story. They did such a great job producing the film, they deserve every bit of success that comes their way. Did any of y’all pony up and buy a copy of 20 this week?

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