Whoa! Simmer down, Adele. You’re making us hot. Adele’s sophomore album, 21, storms to the top of the Billboard 200 with 352,000 in sales.
Things that are noteworthy about this:
- It’s her best sales week
- It’s her highest charting album, and
- It’s the highest frame for any album since the sales week ending Nov. 28, 2010
- The album is also on the Digital Albums chart as No. 1 with 217,000 downloads
See, I told you, she’s hot!
For the rest of the chart habitants, we have Nos. 2, 3 and 4 all falling one spot each from last week. No. 2 is Bieber’s “Never Say Never: the Remixes” (102,000; down 38%), Mumford & Sons’ “Sigh No More” (71,000; down 46%) at number 3, and “Now 37” (58,000; down 38%) holding down the fort for No. 4.
Rounding out the top 10:
Bieber is No. 5 with “My World 2.0” (up three, 42,000; down 22%)
Bruno Mars’ “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” (37,000; down 40%) and Eminem’s “Recovery” (34,000; down 44%) both slip one rung to Nos. 6 and 7.
Rihanna’s “Loud” steps two spots to No. 8 (33,000; down 26%)
Minaj’s “Pink Friday” holds at No. 9 (just under 33,000; down 28%)
Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” drops six spaces to No. 10 (28,000; down 67%)
What do y’all think of the success of new artist, Adele?! And how about the rest of the Billboard 200?
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