Jussie Smollett thanks fans for support as he celebrates new track landing at number one

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Jussie Smollett has thanked fans for their support as he celebrated his new singleSome Things reaching the number one spot on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart.The disgraced star, who was convicted last year of lying to the police about a racist and homophobic attack he staged, posted a screengrab of his new track topping Numb by Marshallow & Khalid and Blinding Lights by The Weeknd on Tuesday.'Y'all… WE MADE IT TO #1.

Number 1 ITunes R&B Charts and number 17 in all genres. This is my first number one as a solo artist ever,' Jussie, 40, captioned the Instagram post. 'Y'all know a bit of what we've been through': Jussie Smollett is celebrating his new single Some Things reaching the number one spot on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart'My own music… released through my own label… Completely independent of any conglomerate.

Y’all know a bit of what we’ve been through. So this means more than I can explain.'I promise that a full body of work is coming and I promise that we will make you proud.

Just thank you. I LOVE y’all so deep and I mean that. Keep working and loving hard.' The celebrations continued Wednesday as Smollett posted video of the new song to his Instagram Stories.Smollett appeared in the clip as the song played in the background, and he flashed a smile and a wink to the camera. '#1 iTunes R&B,' he wrote in the video.