Billboard 200: 6/25/11- Adele No. 1: 114,000

[HolidayGuy]

Starting with numbers from Hip Hop DX.
(Current Albums rankings)

Will update first post with Idol Chatter info, if it comes before the Billboard report.

4. Tech N9ne, All 6's & 7's: 56,000

17. Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans: 20,000 (1.09 million)

24. Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2: 15,000 (243,000)

26. Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.: 14,000 (610,000)

28. Wiz Khalifa, Rolling Papers: 14,000 (445,000)

32. Maybach Music Group Presents... Self-Made, Volume 1: 12,000 (90,000)

100. Tyler, The Creator, Goblin: 4,600 (75,000)

138. Jadakiss, I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans): 3,300 (18,000)

196. Kid Cudi, Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager: 2,500 (428,000)

200. Waka Flocka Flame, Flockaveli: 2,500 (272,000)

[street]

IfI bought The Book of Mormon for $1.99 from Amazon this week.

The rest of this post is in the wrong thread. :'(

[Caviar]

^^^ LOL what?

[street]

All these album that Amazon heavily discounts are going to have massive week to week drops.

[HolidayGuy]

street- I sent a ya message- you're posting in the wrong thread, it seems. :)

[newhaven]

The publicity team from The Book of Mormon is announcing that the cast recording will debut at #3, making it the first top ten Broadway cast album since Hair in 1969.

[ListenToItTwice]

www.billboard.com/#/news/adele-reclaims-no-1-on-billboard-200-book-1005231062.story

While Adele's "21" returns, as expected, to the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a tenth non-consecutive week (114,000; down 5%) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" falls to No. 2 (100,000; down 42%), the real news is the stunning re-entry at No. 3.

The original Broadway cast recording of "The Book of Mormon" comes roaring back in at No. 3 with 61,000 sold (up 2,116%) following the show's nine Tony Award wins on Sunday, June 12. It is the highest charting Broadway cast album -- and first top 10 -- since 1969, when "Hair" spent 13 straight weeks at No. 1.

And, with a whopping 61,000, "Mormon" owns the largest sales week for any cast album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The previous best sales week for a cast set belonged to the original London cast recording of "Phantom of the Opera" (Highlights), which sold 54,000 over the Christmas week of 1992.


"The Book of Mormon" actually debuted on the chart three weeks ago at No. 31 with 13,000 in sales, when it was initially only available as a digital album. It saw a physical CD release on June 7, just in time to capitalize on its Tony Awards momentum: it went into the June 12 kudocast with a field-leading 14 nominations.

After its initial first week, the "Mormon" album fell to No. 124 (4,000) and then slipped off the tally last week -- only to re-enter now at No. 3 in a post-Tonys frenzy.

No doubt the set is also spurred on by AmazonMP3's multi-day sale pricing of the digital album. The retailer offered it at just $1.99 for four days during the sales tracking week that ended on Sunday night. AmazonMP3 tweeted and promoted the set almost daily from Thursday June 9 through Sunday evening. In turn, of the album's 61,000 haul, downloads make up an exceptional 85% of its sales week.

The show -- with music and lyrics by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" co-writer Robert Lopez, opened on March 24 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Ads touting the cast album have been running during airings of "South Park" on Comedy Central, while Parker and Stone have chatted up the show on everything from NBC's "Today" to "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." "The Book of Mormon's" nine Tony wins included best musical, direction, featured actress (Nikki M. James) and score.

Elsewhere in the top 10 this week, rapper Tech N9ne has a banner week, earning not just his first top 10 album but his best sales week yet as "All 6's & 7's" debuts at No. 4 with 56,000. The set also crowns the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart -- his first leader on that list. His previous best week came when "Killer" debuted and peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 with 36,000 in 2008.

Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn goes solo at No. 5, taking a bow with his self-titled debut album (45,000). The set also enters at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums tally. Rock band All Time Low sees its first Hopeless album released via DGC/Interscope, "Dirty Work," climb in at No. 6 with 44,000. Their last studio release, 2009's "Nothing Personal," arrived at No. 4 with 63,000.


All Time Low Does 'Dirty Work' with Rivers Cuomo, The-Dream

Jason Aldean's "My Kind Of Party" continues its climb back up the Billboard 200 as it rises 8-7 with 41,000 (up 23%). The singer performed the album's "Dirt Road Anthem" with Ludacris on the June 8 CMT Awards. Fellow country star Brad Paisley is right behind Aldean, as his "This Is Country Music" slips 6-8 with 38,000 (down 29%). The "Now 38" compilation slides 7-9 (31,000; down 20%) and Death Cab for Cutie's "Codes and Keys" falls 3-10 (30,000; down 71%).



Over on the Digital Songs chart, Aldean also makes a rousing gain, as "Anthem" flies 16-4 with 169,000 (up 99%). The song's studio version with Ludacris was released June 7 and shifts 75,000 downloads, accounting for 44% of the title's overall downloads total. Also charging into the top 10 is Coldplay's "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," which benefits from its first full week of sales availability. It rises 17-7 with 136,000 (up 60%).

Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" continues to roll at No. 1 (224,000; down 8%) while Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) also is steady at No. 2 (211,000; down 3%). LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennet and GoonRock) stands still at No. 3 (189,000 up 12%).


Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" moves 4-5 (154,000; down 7%), Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" climbs 8-6 (143,000; up 8%) and Lil Wayne's "How to Love" is down 5-8 (133,000; down 12%). Rounding out the top 10 are Bruno Mars' "The Lazy Song" (falling 7-9 with just under 133,000 -- down 2%) and Katy Perry's "E.T." (down 6-10 with 124,000; down 9%).


Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending June 12) totaled 5.51 million units, down less than 1% compared to the sum last week (5.52 million) and down 2% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.64 million). Year to date album sales stand at 136.89 million, up less than 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (136.22 million). It is the third straight week where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.

[HolidayGuy]

EDIT: We posted at the same time.

www.billboard.com/news/adele-s-still-deep-atop-hot-100-coldplay-1005221272.story#/news/adele-reclaims-no-1-on-billboard-200-book-1005231062.story

Adele Reclaims No. 1 on Billboard 200, 'Book of Mormon' Makes History
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | June 15, 2011 11:00 EDT

While Adele's "21" returns, as expected, to the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a tenth non-consecutive week (114,000; down 5%) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" falls to No. 2 (100,000; down 42%), the real news is the stunning re-entry at No. 3.

The original Broadway cast recording of "The Book of Mormon" comes roaring back in at No. 3 with 61,000 sold (up 2,116%) following the show's nine Tony Award wins on Sunday, June 12. It is the highest charting Broadway cast album -- and first top 10 -- since 1969, when "Hair" spent 13 straight weeks at No. 1.

And, with a whopping 61,000, "Mormon" owns the largest sales week for any cast album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The previous best sales week for a cast set belonged to the original London cast recording of "Phantom of the Opera" (Highlights), which sold 54,000 over the Christmas week of 1992.

"The Book of Mormon" actually debuted on the chart three weeks ago at No. 31 with 13,000 in sales, when it was initially only available as a digital album. It saw a physical CD release on June 7, just in time to capitalize on its Tony Awards momentum: it went into the June 12 kudocast with a field-leading 14 nominations.

After its initial first week, the "Mormon" album fell to No. 124 (4,000) and then slipped off the tally last week -- only to re-enter now at No. 3 in a post-Tonys frenzy.

No doubt the set is also spurred on by AmazonMP3's multi-day sale pricing of the digital album. The retailer offered it at just $1.99 for four days during the sales tracking week that ended on Sunday night. AmazonMP3 tweeted and promoted the set almost daily from Thursday June 9 through Sunday evening. In turn, of the album's 61,000 haul, downloads make up an exceptional 85% of its sales week.

The show -- with music and lyrics by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and "Avenue Q" co-writer Robert Lopez, opened on March 24 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Ads touting the cast album have been running during airings of "South Park" on Comedy Central, while Parker and Stone have chatted up the show on everything from NBC's "Today" to "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." "The Book of Mormon's" nine Tony wins included best musical, direction, featured actress (Nikki M. James) and score.

Elsewhere in the top 10 this week, rapper Tech N9ne has a banner week, earning not just his first top 10 album but his best sales week yet as "All 6's & 7's" debuts at No. 4 with 56,000. The set also crowns the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart -- his first leader on that list. His previous best week came when "Killer" debuted and peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 with 36,000 in 2008.

Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn goes solo at No. 5, taking a bow with his self-titled debut album (45,000). The set also enters at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums tally. Rock band All Time Low sees its first Hopeless album released via DGC/Interscope, "Dirty Work," climb in at No. 6 with 44,000. Their last studio release, 2009's "Nothing Personal," arrived at No. 4 with 63,000.

Jason Aldean's "My Kind Of Party" continues its climb back up the Billboard 200 as it rises 8-7 with 41,000 (up 23%). The singer performed the album's "Dirt Road Anthem" with Ludacris on the June 8 CMT Awards. Fellow country star Brad Paisley is right behind Aldean, as his "This Is Country Music" slips 6-8 with 38,000 (down 29%). The "Now 38" compilation slides 7-9 (31,000; down 20%) and Death Cab for Cutie's "Codes and Keys" falls 3-10 (30,000; down 71%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Aldean also makes a rousing gain, as "Anthem" flies 16-4 with 169,000 (up 99%). The song's studio version with Ludacris was released June 7 and shifts 75,000 downloads, accounting for 44% of the title's overall downloads total. Also charging into the top 10 is Coldplay's "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," which benefits from its first full week of sales availability. It rises 17-7 with 136,000 (up 60%).

Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" continues to roll at No. 1 (224,000; down 8%) while Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) also is steady at No. 2 (211,000; down 3%). LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennet and GoonRock) stands still at No. 3 (189,000 up 12%).

Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" moves 4-5 (154,000; down 7%), Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" climbs 8-6 (143,000; up 8%) and Lil Wayne's "How to Love" is down 5-8 (133,000; down 12%). Rounding out the top 10 are Bruno Mars' "The Lazy Song" (falling 7-9 with just under 133,000 -- down 2%) and Katy Perry's "E.T." (down 6-10 with 124,000; down 9%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending June 12) totaled 5.51 million units, down less than 1% compared to the sum last week (5.52 million) and down 2% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.64 million). Year to date album sales stand at 136.89 million, up less than 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (136.22 million). It is the third straight week where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.

[badrobot]

Would've been nice if they had specified if Gaga's 100k was just above or below the 100 mark.

This week's sales actually behind last year slightly -- although not enough to budge us from the overall year-to-year gains.

[microcuts]

Jun 15, 2011 10:52:10 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Would've been nice if they had specified if Gaga's 100k was just above or below the 100 mark.

Does it matter? 99,593 is a flop but 100,238 is not?

[HolidayGuy]

Here's a refresher in how album sales looked last summer, with the No. 1 albums totals and comparisons to 2009.

Albums from Drake and Eminem gave the industry some juice, so year-to-year sales may hit the black once again. Nonetheless, at least the sales holdup is in better shape than 2010.

W/E 6/13/10: 5.5 million (#1- Glee Journey to Regionals- sold 152,000; overall sales was down 14% compared to 2009); 2010 year-to-date sales up tho this point were down 11% compared to same point in 2009
W/E 6/20/10: 6.2 million (#1- Drake- sold 447,000; overall sales was down 1% compared to 2009)
W/E 6/27/10: 6.06 million (#1- Eminem- sold 741,000; overall sales was down 3% compared to 2009)

W/E 7/4/10: 5.5 million (#1- Eminem- sold 313,000; overall sales was down 20% compared to 2009)
W/E 7/11/10: 5.2 million (#1- Eminem- sold 229,000; overall sales was down 28% compared to 2009)
W/E 7/18/10: 5.21 million (#1- Eminem- sold 195,000; overall sales was down 23% compared to 2009)
W/E 7/25/10: 5.3 million (#1- Eminem- sold 187,000; overall sales was down 15% compared to 2009)

W/E 8/1/10: 5.2 million (#1- Avenge Sevenfold- sold 163,000; overall sales was down 13% compared to 2009)
W/E 8/8/10: 5.26 million (#1- Arcade Fire- sold 156,000; overall sales was down 13% compared to 2009)
W/E 8/15/10: 5 million (#1- Eminem- sold 132,000; overall sales was down 16% compared to 2009)
W/E 8/22/10: 5.1 million (#1- Eminem- sold 116,000; overall sales was down 11% compared to 2009)
W/E 8/29/10: 5.12 million (#1- Katy Perry- sold 192,000; overall sales was down 12% compared to 2009)

[David]

The week Drake released (6/20) doesn't look to have any big releases this year. So we might take a hit. (Unless I'm missing a release) But this week with Bsd Meets Evil and Jackie, and Adele hopefully doing another 100k, we should balance out. The rest of the summer looks pretty easy to beat though.

[Deleted]

The Book of Mormon chart position is interesting and likely won't be around the top ten long.

[Honeymoon]

IIRC the sales in September (and October) were generally quite poor up until Taylor. I think one of those weeks was where we dipped under 5 million for the first time.

[HolidayGuy]

For week ending Sept. 12 of last year, album sales hit a SoundScan-era low of 4.8 million.

[badrobot]

Jun 15, 2011 10:55:57 GMT -5 microcuts said:

Jun 15, 2011 10:52:10 GMT -5 badrobot said:

Would've been nice if they had specified if Gaga's 100k was just above or below the 100 mark.

Does it matter? 99,593 is a flop but 100,238 is not?

No. It's the difference between saying "2 weeks over 100k" and "3 weeks over 100k" -- interesting for trivia purposes.

[David]

Well, hopefully we have some big releases this fall. The only one I know of, off hand, thats releasing this fall is Kelly Clarkson.

[Deleted]

Which isn't necessarily "big" at this point, her popularity peak has passed

[David]

Jun 15, 2011 12:29:46 GMT -5 @2m said:

Which isn't necessarily "big" at this point, her popularity peak has passed

Yeah, but she could have a hit and surprise us. I know there has to be other releases...

[Deleted]

Jun 15, 2011 12:18:40 GMT -5 David said:

Well, hopefully we have some big releases this fall. The only one I know of, off hand, thats releasing this fall is Kelly Clarkson.

Mariah Carey is also supposedly working on a new studio album and I wouldn't be shocked if SuBo had something out.

[David]

Jun 15, 2011 12:33:31 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

Jun 15, 2011 12:18:40 GMT -5 David said:

Well, hopefully we have some big releases this fall. The only one I know of, off hand, thats releasing this fall is Kelly Clarkson.

Mariah Carey is also supposedly working on a new studio album and I wouldn't be shocked if SuBo had something out.

We also have Drake, Evanescence, and Mary J. Blige

[Deleted]

^ I forgot about Carrie :kii:.

[David]

I don't think Carrie's confirmed yet, though?

[HolidayGuy]

I don't see releases from Kelly Clarkson or Mimi Carey being ones that would rack up big numbers (well, most albums these days don't see BIG numbers, but).

Excluding any others, there always could be an Adele-like breakout, though.

[maria4hitz]

NEW 5 Ronnie Dunn Ronnie Dunn 45,376 45,429
8 7 Jason Aldean My Kinda Party 40,796 1,310,972
6 8 Brad Paisley This Is Country Music 37,668 243,423
NEW 19 Randy Travis Anniversary Celebration 19,274 19,278
17 20 Zac Brown Band You Get What You Give 17,655 968,714
20 22 Taylor Swift Speak Now 17,221 3,468,057
37 31 The Band Perry The Band Perry 12,605 592,581
39 42 Lady Anthebellum Need You Now 10,873 3,532,706
34 45 Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This 10,289 865,016
49 47 Alison Krauss/Union Station Paper Airplane 8,060 224,808
59 50 Kenny Chesney Hemingway's Whiskey 8,699 839,504
56 54 Blake Shelton Loaded…Best of Blake… 8,161 289,071
53 60 Sara Evans Stronger 7,585 214,661
64 68 Zac Brown Band The Foundation 7,014 2,635,235
66 73 Colt Ford Every Chance I Get 6,248 58,257
74 80 Miranda Lambert Revolution 5,803 1,331,498
92 87 Sugarland The Incredible Machine 5,455 1,003,723
86 89 Aaron Lewis Town Line 5,325 164,725
71 90 Tim McGraw Number One Hits 5,205 372,803
97 92 Thompson Square Thompson Square 5,089 180,396
NEW 121 Nick 13 Nick 13 3,731 3,762
122 123 Billy Currington Enjoy Yourself 3,627 329,489
177 144 Keith Urban Get Closer 3,202 597,993
190 167 Brantley Gilbert Halfway To Heaven 2,890 119,790
191 168 Zac Brown Band Pass The Jar 2,843 255,849

www.roughstock.com/blog/ronnie-dunn-lands-1-on-album-sales-chart

[Envoirment]

Leona looks likely to release this fall, perhaps she can help sales out? ;)

[Deleted]

Jun 15, 2011 12:33:31 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

Jun 15, 2011 12:18:40 GMT -5 David said:

Well, hopefully we have some big releases this fall. The only one I know of, off hand, thats releasing this fall is Kelly Clarkson.

Mariah Carey is also supposedly working on a new studio album and I wouldn't be shocked if SuBo had something out.

I don't see SuBo selling 4 million in a month with a 3rd christmas album

[Peaches. [Ch, r. is]]

Jun 15, 2011 13:15:16 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

I don't see releases from Kelly Clarkson being one that would rack up big numbers

She's predicted to open with 2 million...
stay pressed & delusional.

Jun 15, 2011 13:22:44 GMT -5 Codex said:

Jun 15, 2011 12:33:31 GMT -5 @drag27 said:

Mariah Carey is also supposedly working on a new studio album and I wouldn't be shocked if SuBo had something out.

I don't see SuBo selling 4 million in a month with a 3rd christmas album

It would be her 2nd xmas album

[ListenToItTwice]

Jun 15, 2011 13:27:09 GMT -5 Peaches. [Ch, r. is] said:

Jun 15, 2011 13:15:16 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

I don't see releases from Kelly Clarkson being one that would rack up big numbers

She's predicted to open with 2 million...
stay pressed & delusional.

Kellegend Classickson

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Week Ending June 12, 2011. Albums: The Tortoise & The Hare
Posted Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:22am PDT by Paul Grein in Chart Watch
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Adele's 21 returns to #1 in its 16th week on The Billboard 200, displacing Lady Gaga's Born This Way, which is in just its third week. 21 is the first album to rank #1 this late its chart run since Taylor Swift's Fearless, which was #1 in its 16th week in March 2009..

Two weeks ago, Gaga posted the biggest one-week sales tally since 2005. But last week, sales of the album dropped by 84%. That was the biggest sales drop-off, expressed in a percentage basis, of any of the 17 albums to sell 1 million copies in a week in the Nielsen SoundScan era..

Adele, meanwhile, has been a model of consistency. Her album has sold between 88,000 and 168,000 copies every week for the last 15 weeks. (It sold more than that in its first week, but has since settled into a very nice groove. Just when its sales were starting to soften, "Rolling In The Deep" became a monster hit and helped to keep the pace up. The song is expected to top the Hot 100 for the sixth straight week when the chart is released later today.).

This is the 10th week at #1 for Adele's album, which is the longest run by any album since Fearless had 11 weeks on top in 2008-2009. It's the longest run at #1 for an album by a British artist since George Michael's Faith logged 12 weeks on top in 1988. Both of those albums went on to win Grammys for Album of the Year. Adele is front-runner for the honor at next year's Grammys..

21 is the first album to spend its first 16 weeks in the top three since Usher's 2004 blockbuster Confessions, which spent its first 17 weeks in that high-rent district. A key difference between the two albums? By its 16th week, Usher's album had spawned three #1 hits on the Hot 100. Adele is still on her first..

Born This Way spent just two weeks at #1. Of the 17 albums to sell 1 million copies in a single week in the Nielsen SoundScan era, Born This Way is one of just five to spend only one or two weeks in the top slot. *NSYNC's Celebrity and Britney Spears' Oops!...I Did It Again both had one week on top. Backstreet Boys' Black & Blue and Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water both had two. (Of course, Born This Way may return to #1 down the line, rendering this point moot.).

The Book Of Mormon re-enters The Billboard 200 at #3. It's the first original cast album to appear in the top 10 since Hair wound up a 28-week run in the top 10 in October 1969. (Hair, which was billed "the American tribal love-rock musical," spent 13 of those weeks at #1.) The Book Of Mormon won nine Tonys on Sunday, including Best Musical..

Since Hair, just two other cast albums have even reached the top 20. Dreamgirls peaked at #11 in August 1982 (boosted by Jennifer Holliday's Grammy-winning hit "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"). Rent debuted and peaked at #19 in September 1996..

Mormon sold 61,000 copies this week. Billboard's Keith Caulfield reports that this is the biggest one-week total for a cast album in Nielsen SoundScan history. The old record was held by Highlights From The Phantom Of The Opera, which sold 54K copies during Christmas week of 1992. This week's sales tally for Mormon consists of 9K CDs (this was the first week it was available on CD) and 52K digital copies (goosed by a $1.99 sale at AmazonMP3, which ran from Thursday through Sunday)..

Cast albums held center-stage in the pop market for more than 20 years, from December 1943, when the Oklahoma! cast album made the top 10 on the pop songs chart (there was no album chart yet), to February 1965, when Fiddler On The Roof made the top 10. Rock's ascendance in the mid-1960s pushed cast albums to the sidelines. The only two cast albums to make the top 10 since Fiddler are Hair and now The Book Of Mormon..

It's not that cast albums don't sell. They do. They just sell slowly, over time. The aforementioned Highlights From The Phantom Of The Opera has sold 4,959,000 copies since SoundScan started tracking sales for Billboard in 1991, though it never climbed higher than #46 on The Billboard 200. Wicked (which peaked at #77) has sold 2,112,000 copies since its release just before Christmas 2003. .

The Book Of Mormon has exceed the chart success of a previous project from Mormon co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The soundtrack to South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut reached #28 in 1999..

Ronnie Dunn's eponymous solo debut album debuts at #5. With his former partner Kix Brooks, Dunn notched nine top 10 albums between 1991 and 2009. In addition, the album enters Top Country Albums at #1. Brooks & Dunn had six #1 albums on the country chart, from Waitin' On Sundown (1994) to #1s...And Then Some (2009)..

Pop Quiz: Ronnie Dunn is the only second artist to reach #1 on Top Country Albums both in a group or duo and as a solo artist. Name the other. Answer below the top 10 list..

Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" leaps from #16 to #4 on Hot Digital Songs. Will it make the top 10 on this week's Hot 100? Find out later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs..

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums..

1. Adele, 21, 114,000. The album logs its 10th week at #1 in its 16th week on the chart. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Rolling In The Deep," which logs its sixth straight week at #1..

2. Lady Gaga, Born This Way, 100,000. The album slips to #2 after two weeks on top. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "The Edge Of Glory," which dips from #4 to #5..

3. Original Cast Album, The Book Of Mormon, 61,000. This is the first cast album to appear in the top three since Hair spent 20 consecutive weeks in the top three in 1969. It's #1 on Top Digital Albums..

4. Tech N9ne, All 6's And 7's, 56,000. This new entry is the rapper's first top 10 album. Killer, Sickology 101 and K.O.D. all peaked in the second half of the top 20. The album enters Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at #1. It's his first #1 on that chart..

5. Ronnie Dunn, Ronnie Dunn, 45,000. This new entry is Dunn's first solo album, following a long string of hit albums with former partner Kix Brooks. Brooks & Dunn had nine top 10 albums between 1991 and 2009. "Bleed Red" jumps from #110 to #80 on Hot Digital Songs..

6. All Time Low, Dirty Work, 44,000. This new entry is the group's second straight top five album. Nothing Personal hit #4 in July 2009. "Time-Bomb" enters Hot Digital Songs at #136..

7. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party, 41,000. The album holds at #7 for the second week in its 32nd week on the chart. This is its 10th week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Dirt Road Anthem," which jumps from #16 to #4..

8. Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music, 38,000. The album drops from #6 to #8 in its third week on the chart. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Remind Me," a duet with Carrie Underwood, debuts at #43. "Old Alabama" (featuring Alabama) drops from #68 to #75..

9. Various Artists, Now 38, 31,000. The album drops from #7 to #9 in its sixth week on the chart. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It has sold 359K copies..

10. Death Cab for Cutie, Codes And Keys, 30,000. The album drops from #3 to #10 in its second week. It has sold 133K copies in its first two weeks..

Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs drops from #4 to #11, My Morning Jacket's Circuital drops from #5 to #18, Flogging Molly's Speed Of Darkness plummets from #9 to #58 and Glee: The Music, Season Two, Vol. 6 drops from #10 to #21. Glee: Vol. 6 is the #1 soundtrack for the third straight week..

Quiz Answer: Wynonna is the only other artist (besides Ronnie Dunn) to reach #1 on Top Country Albums both in a group or duo and as a solo artist. She topped the chart four times in the Judds (with her mother Naomi Judd) and has since reached the summit three times on her own. (Note: I'm not counting collaborations involving solo artists as "groups or duos.") I'll give you half credit if you answered John Rich. Rich has topped the Country Albums chart as part of a group (Lonestar) and as part of a duo (Big & Rich), but not yet as a solo artist..

Tedeschi Trucks Band's Revelator enters The Billboard 200 at #12. This is the first album by the 11-member group which is headed by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks (who are married). Tedeschi received a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist of 1999 (she lost to Christina Aguilera)..

Arctic Monkeys' Suck It And See debuts at #15. It's the band's third top 15 album in a row, following Favourite Worst Nightmare and Humbug. Suck It... debuts at #1 in the U.K., displacing Lady Gaga's album. This is the band's fourth album in a row to debut at #1 in that market, following Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not and the two other just-named titles. Only three other acts have debuted at #1 with four straight albums in the U.K.: George Michael (1987-1998), Boyzone (1995-1999) and Keane (2004-2010). ("Suck It And See" is a colloquial expression, common in Britain and Australia, which means "to try something new to discover what it's like." So it's not a prurient title, as many pop fans will assume, given some of the titles we've seen on the charts this year.).

Def Leppard's Mirrorball debuts at #16. The album, a two-CD with DVD combo, is a Walmart exclusive. Def Leppard first charted in May 1980 with On Through The Night. The band first cracked the top 20 in February 1983 with Pyromania. The band joins a long line of "heritage" acts (such as Eagles and Journey) to strike exclusive deals with Walmart. (Sarah McLachlan released a live album titled Mirrorball in 1999. It reached #3. But we seem to have run out of good album titles.).

I have more good news for Def Leppard. The band's 1995 compilation Vault: Greatest Hits 1980-1995 tops the 5 million mark in sales this week..

Randy Travis' Anniversary Celebration debuts at #19. The collection marks Travis' 25th anniversary as a country star. Travis first hit the country album chart in June 1986 with Storms Of Life...Adele's 2008 album 19 drops from #15 to #24. It's #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 15th time in the past 17 weeks...Country Strong drops from #71 to #96. It's the top-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically released movie for the 15th week. (Will somebody please put out a hit movie soundtrack?).

The Broadway cast album to the latest revival of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Daniel Radcliffe, debuts at #122. The cast album to the original 1961 production, starring Robert Morse, peaked at #19. The cast album to the 1995 revival, starring Matthew Broderick, didn't chart. Radcliffe sang "The Brotherhood Of Man" on the Tonys..

Coming Attractions: Jackie Evancho's Dream With Me and Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel will debut at #1 and #2 next week, though it's not yet clear which will come out on top. Bad Meets Evil is a collabo featuring Eminem and Royce Da 5'9''. Owl City's All Things Bright And Beautiful will also debut in the top 10. Barry Manilow's 15 Minutes may also crack the top 10. Also due: Black Veil Brides' Set The World On Fire, Now Country 4, Neil Young & the International Harvesters' A Treasure, Ledisi's Pieces Of Me, Ziggy Marley's Wild And Free, Andy Grammer's Andy Grammer and Madeleine Peyroux's Standing On The Rooftop..

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