Former President Obama makes his debut on the Billboard R&B chart. Fox’s Carmen Roberts has more.
“One last time …”
The “Hamilton” inspired song “One Last Time (44 Remix)” debuts at No. 22 this week on the Billboard R&B song chart. It features former President Obama reading President George Washington’s farewell address.
(President Obama) “I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking…”
The creator of the hit Broadway show, Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda released the record last month. In just one week it garnered more than 300,000 streams in the U.S. and sold 9,000 downloads.
Carmen Roberts. Fox News.
This is President Obama’s third time on Billboard. In 2009 his inauguration video reached No.6 on the TV-DVD Sales chart. In 2015 the song, “Pop Off,” by J-X Cannon featuring Obama, reached No. 10 on Billboard + Twitter Emerging Artists chart.