Flo Rida Makes History as ``Low (Feat. T-Pain)'' Hits #1
Single is First-Ever Rap Debut to Top the CHR/TOP 40 Chart;
Blockbuster Track Continues to Dominate Radio as Well as Digital Sales
& Ringtone
"Step up 2 the Streets" Soundtrack in Stores Now;
Debut Album, "Mail on Sunday," Drops March 18th
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
"Low (Feat. T-Pain)," the blockbuster hit single from Poe
Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida, has hit #1 on this week's
CHR/Top 40 national airplay chart. The track's massive mainstream
success is indeed momentous - "Low" is officially the first-ever debut
single by a rap artist to reach the top spot in chart history, as well
as only the fourth rap title to ascend to #1 since 2005.
Flo Rida - whose hugely anticipated debut album, "MAIL ON SUNDAY,"
is set to street on March 18th - has instantly catapulted into the
upper ranks of hip-hop superstardom. Along with its CHR/Top 40
triumph, "Low" continues to light it up at Rhythmic outlets
nationwide, maintaining the #1 airplay ranking for 8 uninterrupted
weeks and counting. The track's success marks the longest-reigning
debut track from a male artist since Nelly's classic "(Hot S**t)
Country Grammar" held the top spot for 10 weeks in 2000.
The Carol City, FL, native will celebrate the amazing
accomplishment of "Low" with an eagerly awaited live performance on
NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, scheduled for tonight, February
6th (check local listings). In addition, Flo Rida will appear on MTV's
TRL on Wednesday, February 13th. Both appearances come in tandem with
the single's inclusion on this week's Atlantic Records release, "STEP
UP 2 THE STREETS - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK," the musical
companion to the upcoming Touchstone Pictures dance film which debuts
in theaters nationwide on February 14th.
The "Low" companion video is proving equally unstoppable, coming
in this week as the #1 most-played clip on both BET and MTV. "Low" -
which also topped the countdowns on BET's 106 & Park and MTV's TRL -
is now in "Heavy" rotation at BET, "Big 10" rotation at MTV, "Elite 8"
rotation at MTV2 (where it is the network's #2 most-played video),
"Summa Cum Laude" at mtvU, "Blazin'" at MTV Jams, a top 5 "Power"
rotation smash at MTV Hits, and the #1 ranked clip on MTV.com. As if
all that weren't enough, "Low" is also a top 10 success on Fuse.
Flo Rida is also breaking big online, where he is currently
MySpace's #2-ranked Top Indie Artist, logging a remarkable 8.5 million
total streams thus far at his www.myspace.com/officialflo page. At
YouTube, the video for "Low" has received more than 6 million views
via Flo's official channel, www.youtube.com/user/officialflo.
Without question one of 2008's most anticipated albums, "MAIL ON
SUNDAY" sees Flo Rida teaming with some of today's biggest hit makers,
including Timbaland, The Runners, J.R. Rotem, and Atlanta's DJ Montay,
who produced "Low." He's also recruited a who's who of A-list
collaborators like Atlantic Records labelmate Trey Songz, Lil' Wayne
(who appears on the street savvy "Guns And Roses"), Yung Joc (featured
on the raucous party anthem "Furniture"), and Timbaland, who shows up
on the album's second single, "Elevator."
For more information about Flo Rida, visit www.officialflo.com,
www.myspace.com/officialflo, www.youtube.com/officialflo, and
florida.imeem.com.
For more information about Step Up 2 The Streets, visit
www.myspace.com/stepupmovie and www.stepup2soundtrack.com.
Atlantic Records
Catharine McNelly (Flo Rida)
212-707-3069
Catharine.McNelly@atlanticrecords.com
or
Melissa Sessoms (Poe Boy Entertainment)
305-772-6825
sessomspr@gmail.com
or
Glenn Fukushima (Step Up 2 The Streets Soundtrack)
818-238-6833
Glenn.Fukushima@atlanticrecords.com
or
Walt Disney Studios
Ryan Stankevich (Step Up 2 The Streets film)
818-560-2219
Ryan.Stankevich@disney.com
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