Kim Kardashian vs Paris Hilton song

Kim Kardashian vs Paris Hilton song

Kim Kardashian has often followed, intentionally or not, in the footsteps of fellow socialite Paris Hilton. Both women have privileged backgrounds, became well-known pop culture symbols, earned notoriety via sex tapes and used their fame into hit reality TV shows.

Now, Kim has set her sights on the music world. Last week, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star dropped her first single, the self-released “Jam (Turn It Up),” produced by The-Dream.

In its first five days on sale, the bouncy dance number sold 14,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan. That’s not enough to enable a debut on the 75-position Digital Songs chart — No. 75 this week is Nelly’s “Just a Dream,” with 26,000 sold.

Kim Kardashian Premieres Her Pop Song

Kim Kardashian Premieres Her Pop Song

Well, it was only a matter of time. Paris Hilton did it, after all. So did Lindsay Lohan (and LiLo's sister, Ali Lohan), Heidi Montag, Brooke Hogan, Kelly Osbourne, The Situation, and a couple of Gossip Girls and Real Housewives. So now tabloid-courting E! reality starlet Kim Kardashian has naturally recorded her own pop song. I'm actually surprised it took her this long.
No, it's not a cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back"...although that would have been awesome, of course. It's also not "Shake"--the presumed original full title of which must have included the parenthetical prefix "(Do Fries Come With That?)"--which "leaked" online last November and was initially mistaken by the entire Interweb to be Kim's rumored first single.