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  • Diddy on the way to a hat trick?

    P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Combs, Diddy: It doesn’t matter what you call him, this man is a hit maker.

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    Diddy has put together two successful bands through his Making the Band franchise: Danity Kane and Day26. They have officially taken over the charts.

    According to Nielsen SoundScan, Danity Kane’s sophomore album, Welcome to the Dollhouse, sold 236,000 copies in its first week. The album was released on March 18.

    Yesterday, Billboard reported that Danity Kane dropped from the top position on the Billboard 200 chart, and was replaced by Day26’s debut album. Day26 sold 190,000 records in comparison to Danity Kane’s 89,000 this week. Both groups are on the Bad Boy record label, which Diddy heads as CEO and founder.

    Diddy is also the mastermind behind the Making the Band TV series on MTV. He put together the all-female pop/hip-hop group Danity Kane by eliminating potential candidates on the reality show Making the Band 3, which he produced. Danity Kane released their debut, self-titled album in 2006.

    This year, he followed Danity Kane’s success with another season of Making the Band, in which he searched for members to make a soulful male R&B group. Making the Band 4 conceived the band Day26 and solo artist Donnie Klang, who didn’t make the band but was signed to Bad Boy records anyway.

    Klang is expected to release an album soon, although a release date has not yet been announced. His first single, “Take you There,” which features Diddy rapping, is currently available on iTunes.

    If Klang’s album hits number one when it’s released, Diddy will have produced a hat trick of top albums and will be paving the way for a successful Making the Band Tour. It was announced on the Making the Band finale that Danity Kane, Day26, and Donnie Klang will perform together in various cities this summer.

    Making the Band certainly doesn’t portray Diddy’s modest side. Throughout the show, Diddy flaunts his star-status, shows off his wealth and refers to himself as the best in the business. Diddy even coins his own phrase, “Bitchassness,” which he stamps on a T-shirt, now commercially available through his clothing line Sean John.

    After all the bravado and bragging, the charts have confirmed what Diddy has stated all along: He is on his way to re-establishing Bad Boy Records as a hip-hop empire, a status it hasn’t held since the late ’90s when was at its peak with leading artists Notorious B.I.G., Mase, 112, and Diddy himself.

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