Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist
T.I. is this week’s big chart winner, as his eagerly anticipated new album,
“T.I. vs T.I.P.,” makes a triumphant #1 debut on the Billboard 200 album
chart.  With Nielsen SoundScan first-week
sales of 468,000 copies, “T.I. vs T.I.P.” scores as the biggest urban music
premiere of the year, ranking second only to Linkin Park’s “Minutes To Midnight”
as the biggest debut thus far in ’07. 
“T.I. vs T.I.P” also debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and #1 on the SoundScan Rap Albums and Digital
Albums charts. 

“T.I. vs T.I.P.” marks T.I.’s second
consecutive #1 debut on the Billboard 200, following last year’s
breakthrough smash, “KING.”  Spurred by
the success of “T.I. vs T.I.P.,” Atlantic ranks as the #1
label in the music industry this week, according to SoundScan, garnering 12.38%
of the current marketshare, nearly double that of the #2-ranked
label.

The #1 success of “T.I. vs T.I.P.”
follows his win as Best Hip-Hop Artist at the “BET Awards 2007,” held June
26th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles – where T.I. performed
his current top ten smash single, “Big Things Poppin’ (Do It).”  Coming up, T.I. will be a presenter at the
ESPN’s “2007 ESPY Awards,” airing this Sunday, July
15th.

T.I. will personally herald the album’s
release by headlining the upcoming “Screamfest ’07,” slated to kick off August
3rd in New Orleans.  The
extravaganza – which will also feature Ciara, T-Pain, Yung Joc, and others – is
scheduled to hit cities across the country, with stops including Chicago, New
York, Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, and Washington, DC.

T.I. is
launching the first ever MMS collect-to-win mobile social community with T.I.
Trading Cards.  This mobile offering will
allow consumers to purchase, collect, trade, and redeem unique mobile images for
cash and prizes.  Fans can subscribe to
be collectors by texting “TI” to the short code 87233 (TRADE), or register
online at http://cards.trapmuzik.com.  Finally, July 3rd saw the long-awaited
re-launch of the high-octane mobile game, “T.I. Street Racing,” available via
AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile.

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