All hail the king! It has been done — Jay Sean, an Asian- American British (is that what they are called?) has finally climbed the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has become the highest ranking Asian recording artist in [recorded] history. News has been confirmed by Billboard.com that Jay Sean’s hit single ‘Down’ will be replacing The Black Eyed Peas rein over the #1 spot, which has been held for 26 weeks consecutive weeks for the singles “Boom Boom Pow” (12 weeks) and “I Gotta Feeling” (14 weeks).
Jay Sean has also earned the title of being Cash Money Records first recording artist to secure the #1 spot in the charts, according to NewsWire’s account of a Universal Republic release. Stay tuned for more information and story as the Billboard Charts officially become available tomorrow.
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6 Comments to “Jay Sean the Highest Ranking Asian Recording Artist in Billboard History”
csc3 wrote:
congratulations to him. i'm just glad someone dethroned black eyed peas.
Posted on 07-Oct-09 at 9:39 pm | Permalink
invasian wrote:
And it took till 2009 for it to happen.
Anyway, congrats! This is good.
Posted on 08-Oct-09 at 8:31 am | Permalink
Philip wrote:
wow he beat Michelle Branch!
Posted on 08-Oct-09 at 1:00 pm | Permalink
blahhuh wrote:
“an Asian British (is that what they are called?)”
No, it's British Asian.
And to the person who mentioned Michelle Branch. She's barely Asian. Isn't she like 1/8?
Posted on 14-Oct-09 at 7:38 am | Permalink
Philip wrote:
Well in the USA, race is subjective.
I think Michelle Branch is 1/4 Indonesian, while Enrique Iglesias is apparently half Filipino.
Since Jay Sean is from the UK, he would be known as an Asian while others like Stevie Hoang would be seen as Oriental.
Posted on 14-Oct-09 at 6:18 pm | Permalink
8Asians.com » Dawen covers Jay Sean’s “Down” wrote:
[...] curse of a great song like Jay Sean’s “Down,” the kind which hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, is that it gets played it like a million times on the radio until you don’t want to hear it [...]
Posted on 22-Oct-09 at 5:37 pm | Permalink
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