With the anticipation that was built up for Toni Braxton’s new album, Pulse, it fell a bit short. On it’s first week of release Pulse managed to sell 54,000 and debuting at number nine in US Billboard 200 Chart. Pulse mananged to debut at number one on the US R&B/Hip-Hop albums. Pulse became Braxton’s fifth US top-ten album.
When released Pulse got positive reviews from most music critics including Billboard (favorable), Allmusic (4/5 stars), The Washington Post (favorable) & USA Today (3/4 stars),
Pulse has sold 145,000 copies in the United States as of April 11 2011.