Chris Rene debuts on Billboard Pop Songs radio airplay chart

The X Factor finalist Chris Rene debuts at #40 on the Billboard Pop Songs radio airplay chart this week! How exciting!

Chris released his song 'Young Homie' two weeks ago and it sold 31,000 digital downloads on it's first week. He released the music video last week.

Download: Young Homie

From Billboard:

Chris Rene, who finished third in the inaugural season of "The X Factor," debuts on Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs chart at No. 40 with "Young Homie." The song started on Digital Songs last week at No. 65 with 31,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. J.R. Rotem, whose long list of collaborators includes Chris Brown, Destiny's Child and Rihanna, produced "Homie," which Rene premiered on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on March 14. Epic CEO - and "X Factor" judge - LA Reid joined DeGeneres to introduce Rene in his first national TV performance following his run on the Fox reality series.