self " ▁became ▁R & B ▁hits , ▁reaching ▁number ▁two ▁and ▁number ▁three ▁respectively ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁R & B / H ip - H op ▁Songs , ▁while ▁the ▁controvers ial ▁" B aby ▁M ama " — which ▁critics ▁accused ▁of ▁rom antic izing ▁single ▁mother hood — re ached ▁the ▁top ▁twenty . ▁Bar r ino ▁did ▁even ▁better ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁Ad ult ▁R & B ▁Air play , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁artist ▁of ▁any ▁kind ▁to ▁simultaneously ▁hold ▁the ▁top ▁two ▁sp ots ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁three , ▁and ▁" Tr uth ▁Is " ▁spent ▁ 1 4 ▁weeks ▁at ▁the ▁number ▁one ▁position . ▁Bar r ino ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁number - one ▁artist ▁of ▁the ▁Ad ult ▁Urban ▁Contempor ary ▁format ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁December ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁issue ▁of ▁Billboard ▁magazine . ▁ ▁Through ▁the ▁spring ▁and ▁winter ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Bar r ino ▁made ▁many ▁television ▁appearances ▁to ▁promote ▁her ▁album . ▁She ▁played ▁Are tha ▁Franklin ▁in ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁American ▁Dream s , ▁singing ▁" Res pect ", ▁guest ▁vo iced ▁on ▁The ▁Sim ps ons ▁episode ▁" A ▁Star ▁Is ▁T orn ", ▁and ▁guest ▁star red ▁as ▁herself ▁in ▁a ▁came o ▁role ▁on ▁the ▁sit com ▁All ▁of ▁Us . ▁She ▁appeared ▁three ▁times ▁as ▁a ▁musical ▁guest ▁on ▁The ▁Ton ight ▁Show ▁with ▁Jay ▁L