NEW YORK, NY -- 02/06/08 --
"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 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
http://florida.imeem.com.
For more information about "STEP UP 2 THE STREETS," visit
www.myspace.com/stepupmovie and www.stepup2soundtrack.com
CONTACT:
Catharine McNelly (Flo Rida)
Atlantic Records
212-707-3069
Catharine.McNelly@atlanticrecords.com
Melissa Sessoms (Poe Boy Entertainment)
305-772-6825
sessomspr@gmail.com
Glenn Fukushima ("STEP UP 2 THE STREETS" Soundtrack)
Atlantic Records
818-238-6833
Glenn.Fukushima@atlanticrecords.com
Ryan Stankevich ("STEP UP 2 THE STREETS" film)
Walt Disney Studios
818-560-2219
Ryan.Stankevich@disney.com
