Already slaying your faves.

If you guessed that Baby Carter would grow up to be a star because of her ubiquitous, famous parents, you were probably right. If you anticipated her first song being released in her tweens, a la Willow Smith, you were dead wrong.

Try within hours of her birth.

Blue Ivy Carter, the bundle of joy brought into the world by megastar Beyoncé (with a little help from fellow famous dad Jay-Z) Saturday (Jan. 7), becomes the youngest person ever credited with gracing a Billboard chart, as Jay-Z's newly-recorded studio cut "Glory" -- officially billed as "featuring B.I.C.," an abbreviation of Blue Ivy Carter -- begins on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 74. (For historical purposes, this week's Billboard charts are dated Jan. 21).

Taking a page out of Stevie Wonder's proverbial book on how to be a sentimental musical dad, Jay-Z recorded his precious girl's first seconds of life -- her breathing, cries and coos -- just as Wonder did on his iconic song "Isn't She Lovely," written for his then-newborn daughter Aisha.

Why does B.I.C. claim the mark for youngest charted artist and not Wonder's girl? Two reasons: young Aisha was never officially credited on "Lovely" and the song did not reach a Billboard chart until Jan. 29, 1977 (when it entered Adult Contemporary at its No. 23 peak), almost two years after she was born.

Blue Ivy Carter/B.I.C. also benefits from the era in which she born. Technology today allows an advantage in that Jay-Z was able to record and release "Glory" less than 48 after her birth. After almost 72 years of numbers, positions, peaks, lows, gains and debuts -- the first national Billboard chart was published the week of July 27, 1940 -- the little princess born to the reigning king and queen of R&B/hip-hop breaks the mold almost concurrently with her arrival into Beyonce's anticipating, loving arms.

"Glory" arrives as the week's highest new entry on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with 1.7 million audience impressions on 54 radio stations, according to Nielsen BDS.

In a stroke of chart kismet, the song marks Jay-Z's 107th career entry on the survey, mirroring the Jan. 7 birth date - in other words (or, um, numbers), 1/07 - of Blue Ivy.

Check billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 12), when all rankings, including R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday.

http://www.billboard.com/...6902.story

This is the earliest famewhoring I've ever heard of

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Not cool at all. And musicjunky you are killing me softly how you are playing both sides in this mess. You are not innocent

LOL

Billboard should be shot for making this an article and acting like that baby is an artist. WTF

babybugz said:

Not cool at all. And musicjunky you are killing me softly how you are playing both sides in this mess. You are not innocent

LMAOO

babybugz said:

Billboard should be shot for making this an article and acting like that baby is an artist. WTF

Wouldn't it be funny if this continues to shit and she gets a #1 credit? Fresh out of mom's cooch and already shitting on Keri Hilson.

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By the time the poor baby is 1, there going to make an all baby girl group & make her the center one

Beyonce & Jay-Z bring up levels of fame whoring more and more everyday

I don't understand how this is considered "whoring"...

I guess Stevie's blind ass was famewhoring too. Bitter words from people with absolutely no fame to whore.

conflagration said:

I guess Stevie's blind ass was famewhoring too. Bitter words from people with absolutely no fame to whore.

Say it again!

I don't see how introducing the child on a record is whoring.

Prince's Emancipation charted at number 11 and featured his unborn son heartbeat on the track 'Sex In The Summer'. Game, set, match!

HonestMan13 said:

Prince's Emancipation charted at number 11 and featured his unborn son heartbeat on the track 'Sex In The Summer'. Game, set, match!

wasnt a single... lose

Billboard is REACH-ing

Yeah, yeah—just what we need, another Blue Ivy Carter baby thread!

For some reason, when I read this initially I was imaginiing Jay-Z being hunkered down at Beyonce's vagina with a laptop and a mic while she was in labor

So Stevie's song never charted?

thekidsgirl said:

For some reason, when I read this initially I was imaginiing Jay-Z being hunkered down at Beyonce's vagina with a laptop and a mic while she was in labor

neonlights said:

So Stevie's song never charted?

RIGHT?????

How quickly we forget

neonlights said:

So Stevie's song never charted?

"Isn't She Lovely" was never released as a single 45, just an album cut.

Identity said:

neonlights said:

So Stevie's song never charted?

"Isn't She Lovely" was never released as a single 45, just an album cut.

I love that song.

Get that promo B!

Identity said:

neonlights said:

So Stevie's song never charted?

"Isn't She Lovely" was never released as a single 45, just an album cut.

Okay but didn't it chart?

I can just imagine what they are going to do with her shit, literally.

neonlights said:

Identity said:

"Isn't She Lovely" was never released as a single 45, just an album cut.

Okay but didn't it chart?

No, not anywhere. Motown apparently issued UK-only promos in 1980 and 1996(!), which were not eligible to chart.

Identity said:

neonlights said:

So Stevie's song never charted?

"Isn't She Lovely" was never released as a single 45, just an album cut.

That's correct.I heard that Motown wanted to release it as a single,but Stevie objected because it would mean the song would have to be edited down (removing the baby sounds).