Chart Roundup: LeToya Luckett, Pharrell, Tom Petty, Snow Patrol

• LeToya Luckett, the scorned former Destiny's Child member who was allegedly ousted from the group by Matthew Knowles, has debuted at Number One with her new, self-titled record, selling 165,346 records in its first week on the charts.

• The buzz on Pharrell's debut solo record In My Mind has been iffy but the record debuted well, landing at Number Three and selling 142,194 copies in its first week on the charts.

• Tom Petty came in right behind Pharrell in his first week on the charts with new solo album Highway Companion, which sold 112,777 copies.

• Snow Patrol jumped 15 spots to Number 60 this week, selling 14,207 copies of their record Eyes Open.

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Song Stories

“Too Close”

Next | 1998

Next was formed in Minneapolis when the uncle of Terry "T-Low" and Raphael "Tweety" Brown, who was a gospel choir director, introduced the brothers to Robert Lavelle "R.L." Huggar. Sounds of Blackness singer Ann Nesby groomed the R&B group before handing them over to Naughty by Nature's KayGee, who wrote and produced "Too Close." The idea for the song was sparked "from a conversation we had with several girls at a nightclub," explained T-Low. "It's talking about the club scene, with guys getting out of hand and the female telling him to back up, asking, 'What are you doing?'" 

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