Billboard 200: 1/7/12: No. 1: Michael Buble- 467K

[HolidayGuy]

Starting with info from Hip Hop DX, which uses Current Albums rankings.

Looks like just the top six scanned >100K.

3. Young Jeezy, TM 103: Hustler's Ambition: 233,000 (234,000)

5. Drake, Take Care - 131,000 (1,175,000)

7. Rihanna, Talk That Talk: 99,000 (472,000)

16. LMFAO, Sorry For Party Rocking: 74,000 (475,000)

17. Common, The Dreamer/The Believer: 69,000

22. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV: 56,000 (1.882 million)

76. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa, Mac & Devin Go To High School Soundtrack: 20,000 (59,000)

83. The Roots, undun: 18,000 (84,000)

132. Roscoe Dash, J.U.I.C.E.: 9,500

140. Childish Gambino, Camp: 8,700 (92,000)

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thanks! I was just heading to that site when I saw your post.

[wavey.]

-I love that LMFAO & Rihanna are about to go Gold.
-Rih jumped back into the Top 10!
-Nice for Jeezy. That'll be a another Gold cert for him.
-Eeek for Common.

[Deleted]

at more albums selling over 100k this week in the UK than the US.

And I think this is the first time ever that the entire Top 10 hasn't scanned 100k over Christmas week.

[HolidayGuy]

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Week Ending Dec. 25, 2011. Albums: A Very Jeezy Christmas
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Michael Buble and Adele continue to dominate The Billboard 200, which is about as surprising as the mall being jammed the day after Christmas. But some of you will be surprised to see Young Jeezy debuting at #3 with TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, ranking ahead of such household names as Justin Bieber and Lady Antebellum. You really shouldn't be. This is Jeezy's fourth consecutive album to debut in the top three, a streak that began in 2005.

This is the second time that Jeezy has released an album right before Christmas. His sophomore album The Inspiration debuted at #1 in the week ending Dec. 17, 2006. You know that line in "Theme From New York, New York," "If I can make it there/I'll make it anywhere"? If an artist can break through with an album right before the holidays, when the chart is studded with superstars, they've really got a following.

The "TM" in Jeezy's album title stands for "Thug Motivation." His 2005 breakthrough album was titled Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101.

For all his success, some of you probably know Jeezy best as the featured artist on Usher's 2008 chart-topper "Love In This Club."

Weird Item of the Week: Young Jeezy has had more top 10 albums than any other act that has the descriptor "Young" as part of its name. He surpasses Young Buck and Yung Joc, each of whom had two top 10 albums. (I'm not counting Neil Young, who has had eight top 10 albums as a solo artist.) By the way, Jeezy isn't all that young. He's 34.

Michael Buble's Christmas this week becomes only the third holiday album to top The Billboard 200 for five or more weeks. It follows Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas, which logged 39 weeks on top from 1945 into 1957, and Josh Groban's Noel, which had five weeks on top in 2007.

Buble's album sold 467,000 copies this week. This is the third week in a row that the album has topped 400K. It's the first album to top 400K in weekly sales three times since Susan Boyle's 2009 smash I Dreamed A Dream, which hit that mark five times. It's the first Christmas album to top 400K in weekly sales three times since Groban's Noel, which also hit that mark five times.

Buble's album has sold 2,431,000 copies in just nine weeks. That's more than his two previous studio albums (both of which are Grammy-winning chart-toppers) have sold in their entire runs. Call Me Irresponsible has sold 2,312,000 copies since 2007. Crazy Love has sold 2,151,000 copies since 2009. Christmas is Buble's fifth consecutive studio album to top the 2 million mark in sales. His first two studio releases were Michael Buble (which has sold 2,607,000) and It's Time (3,614,000).

Buble's album also holds at #1 in the U.K. for the third week. It's the first album by a male artist to log three or more weeks on top in both the U.S. and the U.K. since Eminem's Recovery last year. That album was #1 in both countries for seven weeks.

Buble's album sold 59K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the third time. The album has sold 345K digital copies, which is more than any of Buble's previous albums. His previous best-seller was Crazy Love, which has sold 265K digital copies.

Adele's 21 sold 399,000 copies this past week, which is its biggest weekly total to date. The album sold 352K copies in its first week in February. This brings its total for the year-to-date to 5,679,000. 21 has sold more copies in a calendar year than any album since Usher's Confessions in 2004. (That blockbuster sold 7,979,000 copies that year.) 21 has sold more than twice as many copies as the #2 album for the year-to-date, Buble's Christmas. This will be only the second time in the Nielsen SoundScan era (which dates to 1991) that the #1 year's album has sold more than twice as many copies as the year's #2 album. In 2004, Confessions sold more than twice as many copies as the year's #2 album, Norah Jones' Feels Like Home (3,843,000).

Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall sold 146,000 copies this week, which is its biggest tally to date. The DVD has sold 421K copies in its first four weeks. (That's the biggest total in a calendar year since a pair of Michael Jackson videos topped 400K in 2009. Number Ones sold 558K copies that year. Live In Bucharest sold 437K.

LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" sold 395K copies this week, which is the heftiest total by any song since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" sold 509K copies in the week ending Feb. 20. Will this be enough to finally dislodge "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris from the top spot on the Hot 100? Check back later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

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

1. Michael Buble, Christmas, 467,000. The album holds at #1 for the fifth week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. It's #2 for the year-to-date.

2. Adele, 21, 399,000. The former #1 album holds at #2 for the second week. This is its 44th week in the top 10. It's #1 for the year-to-date. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Set Fire To The Rain," which holds at #7.

3. Young Jeezy, TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, 233,000. This new entry is Young Jeezy's fourth top five album. "I Do" (featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000) enters Hot Digital Songs at #77.

4. Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe, 225,000. The former #1 album dips from #3 to #4. This is its eighth week in the top 10. It's #7 for the year-to-date. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Mistletoe," which holds at #16.

5. Drake, Take Care, 131,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #7 to #5 in its sixth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #9 for the year-to-date. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Headlines," which jumps from #24 to #17.

6. Lady Antebellum, Own The Night, 110,000. The former #1 album dips from #5 to #6 its 15th week. This is its 10th week in the top 10. It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the sixth week. It's #10 for the year-to-date. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Just A Kiss" holds at #46. "We Owned The Night" drops from #68 to #80.

7. Rihanna, Talk That Talk, 99,000. The album rebounds from #14 to #7 in its fifth week. This is its third week in the top 10. It's #52 for the year-to-date.

8. Nickelback, Here And Now, 99,000. The album drops from #6 to #8 in its fifth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #39 for the year-to-date. "When We Stand Together" drops from #50 to #66 on Hot Digital Songs.

9. The Black Keys' El Camino, 92,000. The album drops from #4 to #9 in its third week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #65 for the year-to-date. "Lonely Boy" drops from #73 to #142 on Hot Digital Songs.

10. Various Artists, Now 40, 88,000. The album rebounds from #11 to #10 in its seventh week. This is its fourth week in the top 10. The album is #45 for the year-to-date.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Andrea Bocelli's Concerto: Live In Central Park drops from #8 to #13, Scotty McCreery's Clear As Day drops from #9 to #11 and Amy Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures drops from #10 to #15.

Adele's 2008 album 19 jumps from #22 to #17. The album is #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 28th week. This ties Michael Jackson's Number Ones for the most weeks at #1 on the catalog chart by an album released since Jan. 1, 2000. 19 has sold 821,000 copies so far this year, which puts it at #19 for the year-to-date. Adele and Justin Bieber are the only artists with two albums in the top 20 for the year-to-date.

Common's The Dreamer, The Believer debuts at #18. This is Common's fifth top 20 album, following Like Water For Chocolate (#16 in 2000), Be (#2 in 2005), Finding Forever (#1 in 2007) and Universal Mind Control (#12 in 2008).

Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album: Volume 2 drops from #13 to #27 in its sixth week. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fourth week. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 drops from #34 to #42 in its seventh week. It's the highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the seventh week.

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtracks to the first two Mission: Impossible movies made the top 20. Lalo Schifrin's soundtrack to the TV show on which the movies are based reached #47 in April 1968.

To My Readers: We still have one week to go in the 2011 tracking year. The week ending Jan. 1, 2012 counts as a 2011 week because six of those seven days fall in 2011. One week from today, I'll update the year-to-date blogs for albums and songs that we posted in mid-December, so they reflect the official year-end results. I'll also do the regular weekly blogs for that week. Happy new year, everybody.

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/news#/news/michael-buble-remains-no-1-adele-s-21-has-1005744752.story

Michael Buble Remains No. 1, Adele's '21' Has Best Sales Week Yet
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | December 28, 2011

Michael Buble's "Christmas" album spends a fifth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 467,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its sales were up 4% in the tracking week that ended on Dec. 25, Christmas day.

Buble's "Christmas" is now -- so far -- the year's second-best selling album with 2.43 million sold. Adele's "21" is 2011's biggest, with 5.68 million. As there is one more week left in the year (ending Jan. 1, 2012), we'll have the full report on the year's top sellers on Wednesday, Jan. 4.

As for this week's chart, Adele's "21" holds at No. 2, selling 399,000 (up 44%) -- its best sales week yet. Its previous high came during its debut frame (44 weeks ago!), when it bowed at No. 1 with 352,000.

Watch for "21" to return to the top of the chart next week -- for a 14th non-consecutive frame -- as Buble's "Christmas" set will certainly tumble from the No. 1 position. (Holiday albums fall down the chart rapidly once Christmas passes. Last year, Susan Boyle's "The Gift" fell from No. 2 to No. 31 in the week following Christmas.)

Young Jeezy's "TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition" debuts at No. 3 with 233,000 -- the rapper's fifth-straight top five set (his entire output, including the U.S.D.A. mix tape in 2007). His last release, 2008's "The Recession," started at No. 1 with 260,000.

Justin Bieber's "Under the Mistletoe" slips 3-4 with 225,000 (up 32%), Drake's "Take Care" moves 7-5 with 131,000 (up 71%) and Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" slides 5-6 with 110,000 (up 36%).

Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" jumps 14-7 (99,000; up 83%) after AmazonMP3 sale priced the set. Naturally, it also saw a huge 163% increase in download sales.

Nickelback's "Here and Now" drops 6-8 (with just under 99,000; up 23%) while the Black Keys' "El Camino" falls 4-9 (92,000; up 9%) and the "Now 40" compilation rises 11-10 (88,000; up 38%).

After Young Jeezy, the next highest debut is found at No. 18, where Common's "The Dreamer, the Believer" enters with 69,000. Jeezy and Common are the only two debuts on the entire Billboard 200 tally this week.

On the Digital Songs chart, LMFAO profits from Christmas day purchases (likely on newly-acquired electronic devices) as "Sexy and I Know It" retains the No. 1 slot, but with a massive sales gain. The song sold 395,000 last week -- up a whopping 159%. This is the biggest sales week for any song since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" shifted 509,000 in its second week at No. 1 on the chart dated March 5.

Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" vaults 6-2 with 297,000 (up 157%) thanks in part to the release of a new remix featuring B.o.B. The latter mix accounted for 76,000 of the overall 297,000 sold.

Rihanna's "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) slips 2-3 (276,000; up 86%), Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" holds at No. 4 (266,000; up 112%) and Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Ni**as In Paris" is also stationary at No. 5 (227,000; up 93%).

Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" drops 3-6 (219,000; up 74%), Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" is steady at No. 7 (217,000; up 118%) and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" returns to the top 10, climbing 13-8 (214,000; up 170%). The latter's rise is again chalked up to Christmas day purchases of the year's biggest hits. Other likely beneficiaries of the holiday: Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" (35-29; 106,000 - up 167%), Lil Wayne's "How to Love" (75-33; 83,000 - up 324%) and Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" (49-42; 67,000 - up 146%).

Rounding out the top 10 on the Digital Songs chart is Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" featuring Nicki Minaj (8-9 with 200,000; up 126%) and Adele's "Someone Like You" (9-10 with 183,000; up 109%).

The highest debut on the Digital Songs tally this week is Taylor Swift's "Safe & Sound" (featuring the Civil Wars), which enters at No. 19 with 136,000. The song was released digitally on Dec. 23 -- meaning that it starts on the list with only two days of sales. Expect the track to make a big jump on next week's list after a full week's sales are registered.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 25) totaled 15.11 million units, up 35% compared to the sum last week (11.20 million) and up less than 1% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (15.08 million). Year to date album sales stand at 322.86 million, up 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (319.01 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 38.25 million downloads, up 70% compared to last week (22.48 million) and down 13% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (43.96 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.22 billion, up 8% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.13 billion).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when: Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" was No. 1 for a fifth non-consecutive week, selling 77,000 (down 72%) while Eminem's "Recovery" charged 7-2 with 63,000 (but down 54%). The chart's highest debut was the Maine's "In Darkness & in Light" soundtrack at No. 93 with 7,000 sold.

[forg]

Beyonce's 4 crossed 1 million sales this week. So we have 11 million sellers this year, is there a chance for a 12th album reaching that milestone?

[HolidayGuy]

Yay for sales being up (albeit less than 1%) compared to the same week last year.

Album sales for 2011 maintain a 3.85-million lead over 2010's numbers, with one week to go.

Here are the comparable stats:

Year-to-date sales through Dec. 25, 2011: 322.86 million (Weekly sales: 15.08 million)
Year-to-date sales through Dec. 26, 2010: 319.01 million (Weekly sales: 15.08 million)

Year-to-date sales through Jan. 1, 2012 (final week of SoundScan year): TO BE DETERMINED
Year-to-date sales through Jan. 2, 2011 (final week of SoundScan year): 326.16 million (Weekly sales: 7.15 million)

[Enigma.]

Quite good sales overall! 46K for #33 is brilliant.

Wasn't this the best sales week for "19" as well?

[wavey.]

"Adele's 21 sold 399,000 copies this past week, which is its biggest weekly total to date. The album sold 352K copies in its first week in February. This brings its total for the year-to-date to 5,679,000."

DAMN.

[HolidayGuy]

No stopping the Adkins machine. Yet further evidence that if an act connects strongly with a mass audience, intense promo from the act herself would just be icing on an already super-sweet cake.

[Agent Yoncé]

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

:'( :o :) ;)

"Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life"

[slw84]

Dec 28, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

:'( :o :) ;)

"Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life"

To be fair are there many other albums classified as R&B that even sold over 500k. Would have been better if it were for overall albums.

Thinking about it...were there big R&B albums this year. I remember Kelly R. and Robin thicke???

[Linnethia Monique]

Dec 28, 2011 14:26:07 GMT -5 slw84 said:

Dec 28, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

:'( :o :) ;)

"Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life"

To be fair are there many other albums classified as R&B that even sold over 500k. Would have been better if it were for overall albums.

Thinking about it...were there big R&B albums this year. I remember Kelly R. and Robin thicke???

You did not just put Kelly R.

[wavey.]

Dec 28, 2011 14:38:43 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

Dec 28, 2011 14:26:07 GMT -5 slw84 said:

To be fair are there many other albums classified as R&B that even sold over 500k. Would have been better if it were for overall albums.

Thinking about it...were there big R&B albums this year. I remember Kelly R. and Robin thicke???

You did not just put Kelly R.

[Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815...]

LMAO!

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

She flopped for our sins, okay? She had to give us motivation to purchase next time around.

[pnobelysk]

Idol albums

Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (85,000, +28%, 833,000) (#11 Billboard 200)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (58,000, +49%, 299,000) (#21 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (41,000, +50%, 426,000) (#39 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (18,000, +39%, 214,000) (#90 BB200)
James Durbin, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster (13,000, +31%, 70,000) (#129 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (11,000, +30%, 134,000) (#155 BB200)
Daughtry, Daughtry (3,000, +65%)

Idol-related albums

Various, Now That's What I Call Music 40 (88,000, +38%, 509,000) (#10 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (75,000, +44%, 2.238 million) (#14 BB200)
Tony Bennett, Duets II (54,000, +37%, 704,000) (#24 BB200)
Various WOW Hits 2012 (27,000, +13%, 184,000) (#60 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Music 39 (25,000, +44%, 533,000) (#63 BB200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (21,000, +43%, 607,000) (#80 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Christmas 4 (18,000, -23%, 387,000) (#93 BB200)
Various, Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas (15,000, -21%, 460,000) (#109 BB200)
Various, WOW Christmas (2011) (13,000, -16%, 105,000) (#124 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country, Vol. 4 (12,000, +46%, 238,000) (#132 BB200)
The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (12,000, +51%, 237,000) (#144 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (11,000, +115%, 168,000) (#146 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (11,000 +38%, 648,000) (#150 BB200)


This is the best sales week Mandia's album has had, it opened with 8k. Great Scotty will be the first Idol alumni to go platnium since Cook. Awesome Kelly will go gold

[badrobot]

I did not realize that the record for #1 on the BB200 by a female artist is "only" 15 weeks (for Carole King's "Tapestry"). Seems Adele is easily going to beat that.

Although this will always have an asterisk due to Whitney Houston's Bodyguard soundtrack having 20 weeks -- unless Adele beats that as well (which is entirely possible).

[Deleted]

Dec 28, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

:'( :o :) ;)

"Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life"

Sis, who needs a Top 10 single when you schoolin' charts

This era did everything for Bey. Cemented her place, got the critical acclaim, got decent sales (she's still pretty much on par with the g0rls), only thing is the Grammy's but f*ck'em.

She's starting on her 5th album soon but I think we can get up to a nice ~1.3-1.4 mil ending by the time that drops.

[Agent Yoncé]

Dec 28, 2011 14:26:07 GMT -5 slw84 said:

Dec 28, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

:'( :o :) ;)

"Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life"

To be fair are there many other albums classified as R&B that even sold over 500k. Would have been better if it were for overall albums.

Thinking about it...were there big R&B albums this year. I remember Kelly R. and Robin thicke???

Ummm, no. Those people you named are nowhere close to gold status.

[Agent Yoncé]

Dec 28, 2011 16:42:54 GMT -5 @swella said:

Dec 28, 2011 11:59:09 GMT -5 Agent Yoncé said:

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

:'( :o :) ;)

"Who needs a degree when you're schoolin' life"

Sis, who needs a Top 10 single when you schoolin' charts

This era did everything for Bey. Cemented her place, got the critical acclaim, got decent sales (she's still pretty much on par with the g0rls), only thing is the Grammy's but f*ck'em.

She's starting on her 5th album soon but I think we can get up to a nice ~1.3-1.4 mil ending by the time that drops.

YASSS! But I don't think she'll release another album in '12. She may be writing new material, but I smell a re-release happening :) She gon' try to go 2x platinum. EOT, IC, IWH, IMY can still push some units.

[KeepDeanWeird]

"Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" jumps 14-7 (99,000; up 83%) after AmazonMP3 sale priced the set. Naturally, it also saw a huge 163% increase in download sales."

MEOW! It wasn't the only one on sale + Amazon has several singles priced at .49.

[SuRvIvOr]

Us year end is:

1º Adele 5.6mil

2º Bublè 2.4mil+

3º Gaga 2.0 mil+

4ºLil Wayne 1.9mil+

Right?

[HolidayGuy]

^One more week of sales to be added (week ending Jan. 1).

[SuRvIvOr]

Dec 28, 2011 19:24:05 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

^One more week of sales to be added (week ending Jan. 1).

Ok tnx

[PDC1987]

Dec 28, 2011 16:33:47 GMT -5 badrobot said:

I did not realize that the record for #1 on the BB200 by a female artist is "only" 15 weeks (for Carole King's "Tapestry"). Seems Adele is easily going to beat that.

Although this will always have an asterisk due to Whitney Houston's Bodyguard soundtrack having 20 weeks -- unless Adele beats that as well (which is entirely possible).

Plus 'Rumors' as half of the group were women.

[badrobot]

Dec 28, 2011 22:20:54 GMT -5 PDC1987 said:

Dec 28, 2011 16:33:47 GMT -5 badrobot said:

I did not realize that the record for #1 on the BB200 by a female artist is "only" 15 weeks (for Carole King's "Tapestry"). Seems Adele is easily going to beat that.

Although this will always have an asterisk due to Whitney Houston's Bodyguard soundtrack having 20 weeks -- unless Adele beats that as well (which is entirely possible).

Plus 'Rumors' as half of the group were women.

I thought it was pretty clearly implied by saying "female artist" but I was referring to solo females.

[Enigma.]

"19" indeed (probably!) just had its best sales week to date as it sold 59k when peaking at #10 (post-Grammy Awards, 2009). Impressive!

[Honeymoon]

Hopefully the BIllboard 200 soundscan sales leaks...