Tank Snags #1 Debut on "Billboard's" R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

Atlantic RecordsTank's fifth studio album, This Is How I Feel, debuts at #1 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop albums chart this week, selling 33,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.  Tank hopes to keep the momentum going, tweeting on Friday, "We should go for a second wk at #1!! What u think? #ThisIsHowIFeel..."

This is How I Feel is the third of Tank's albums to bow at #1 on the Billboard R&B/hip-hop albums chart, according to the magazine. Both his first album, 2001's Force of Nature, and 2007's Sex, Love & Pain grabbed the top chart spot in their first week.

This Is How I Feel, which includes the first single "Next Breath," debuts at #9 on the cross-genre Billboard 200 albums chart.

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