"People on my Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were saying, 'Bro, I drove to four stores and they don't even have a copy of your album.' And I said, 'Do you know what? This is exactly why I'm glad this album is winning, because hopefully, it's going to re-spark this genre.' " "I feel like ( Black Rose) was under-shipped, because most of the retailers didn't want to buy a bunch of albums and not have them sell," Gibson, 36, says. It's a slightly better launch than his last effort, 2011's Open Invitation (76,000), but still not as big as it could have been, says Gibson, who goes by stage name Tyrese. His sixth album, Black Rose, sold 83,000 copies its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But for the R&B singer and Fast and Furious franchise star, the victory is bittersweet. After two decades, Tyrese Gibson has his first No.
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