The English Roses were acquired by Penguin Group UK. Puffin Books, Penguin's children's imprint, published the books. The joint press release announcing the deal explained that each story book would involve Madonna working with a different illustrator. Madonna confirmed that all profits from sales of the book were to be donated to charity. She partnered with Amazon and recorded an exclusive audio message about the book for Amazon's customers. The message was available from September 3 and was the first opportunity for customers to hear the singer talking about "The English Roses". The book was not available to the press and media in
School of Roses April 12, 2014, "School of Roses" charted at #44 on the "Billboard" 200, #5 on the R&B Albums, and #9 on the Independent Albums & Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. It also charted Billboard’s ‘Top Album Sales #44’ and ‘Top Digital Albums #13’. School of Roses School of Roses is the 2nd studio album from singer/rapper Christon Gray. It was released on March 25, 2014 by Collision Records. It charted on the "Billboard" 200 at #44 and #5 on R&B Albums. The 2nd studio album from singer/rapper Christon Gray is entitled "School of Roses", which was released on March 25,