Singer Justin Timberlake strolled into the record books with "Suit & Tie," the 'N Sync alumnus' first single since 2006.
The song, which came out Jan. 13, ranked number 14 on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart with the most debut-week plays ever in the U.S. since the chart's creation in 1992.
Billboard notes that the ranking for "Suit & Tie" is the highest debut rank by a solo male artist.
The first-week radio spins for "Suit & Tie" totaled 9,394, according to RCA Records. It had the largest first-week audience of 93.4 million people, airplay monitor Mediabase reports.
Meanwhile, RCA Records also says Timberlake sold 310,078 digital singles of "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z), which marks his best premiere-week sales ever, for a song. It reportedly reached the top spot on iTunes' singles charts in 31 countries.
Timberlake had teased a musical comeback only several days before releasing the song on iTunes on the same night as the Golden Globes.
In conjunction with the release, he put this letter on Countdown.JustinTimberlake.com:
I hope this gets to you the right way. It's the only way I know to do it. Some people may criticize me for the last 3 days. But it was fun, right?? Right?!?! Besides, I'd rather speak directly to all of you. And, who can knock me for having a little bit of fun with it?
Well... No more teasing. Although, it was A LOT of fun. (Did I mention that I'm having fun with this?? Ha!)
*Makes a serious face*
This year is an exciting one for me. As you probably have heard through the "grapevine," I'm gearing up for a big 2013.
Back in June of last year, I quietly started working on what is now, my next journey with that thing I love called MUSIC.
The inspiration for this really came out of the blue and to be honest, I didn't expect anything out of it. I just went into the studio and started playing around with some sounds and songs. It was probably the best time I've had in my career... Just creating with no rules and/or end goal in mind and really enjoying the process.
What I came up with is something I couldn't be more excited about! It is full of inspiration that I grew up listening to and some newfound muses that I've discovered along the way.
I'm calling it "The 20/20 Experience," and it's coming out this year.
I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it.
That's all I'm giving you for now... I know, I know! Again, with the teasing!!!
Get ready. This is going to be fun (well, at least it is for me).
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