Tell your girl, Alicia says thank you. Alicia’s adoring fan base (see figure A1) has given her one hell of a first week. Her third album As I Am has sold an astronomical 742,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Jigga who? Jigga what? For your info, Jay-Z scanned about 131k that puts him at a two week total of 556k. [sidebar: I sold what your whole album sold in its first week]

Since none of us care about Alicia’s album, let’s talk about her looks. For the record, she has been looking damn fine since she did that movie Smokin Aces. She’s been using that tan cream and been eating more KFC to get that ass in order. Beyonce watch out. There’s only room for one light skin alpha chick.