HITS: 3/5-3/6: Adele #1 243k

[KeepDeanWeird]

Those WH numbers are crazy - especially that Triple feature, which retails for $8.99! I'm surprised that those are being produced unless it's old stock that has been sitting a warehouse for a long time. The three albums bundled also are at 10, 12 and 13, too! (I know it won't last in the finals, but STILL.)

[areyoureadytojump]

New albums out today:

Bruce Springsteen
Andrew Bird
Idina Menzel

More at Amazon.com:

www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_dnav_bw_ir03_s?node=5174&field-binding_browse-bin=387645011&field-date=20120306&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0CZW5QV1P0GX3VTJRGMX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1348183122&pf_rd_i=5174

[chartfreak]

Regarding Whitney, is the rule that an album can't chart if some were sold under $3.99. You would think the Triple Disc would have some rules also. It's $9.00 at Wal-Mart which makes basically each disc only $3.00?

[areyoureadytojump]

^The rule is $3.49.

It doesn't matter. It's being sold for $9.00. That's the price SoundScan is looking at.

[FSUmcIL]

CHART DATE: 03/05/2012
LAST UPDATE: 03/06/2012 13:43:12
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 243,988 -16%
21
2 2 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 109,735 -35%
WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS
-- 3 WZRD G.O.O.D./UNIV REPUBLIC 70,499 --
WZRD
6 4 BODYGUARD RCA 44,266 -10%
SOUNDTRACK
5 5 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 40,845 -22%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
7 6 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 38,493 0%
19
4 7 TYGA CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 35,268 -46%
CARELESS WORLD
3 8 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 25,874 -63%
SOME NIGHTS
8 9 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 25,834 -17%
WHITNEY HOUSTON
15 10 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 24,514 +15%
I LOOK TO YOU
13 11 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 23,719 -8%
TAKE CARE
14 12 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 20,407 -11%
TALK THAT TALK
11 13 VAN HALEN INTERSCOPE 19,912 -28%
DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH
19 14 GOTYE FAIRFAX/UNIV REPUBLIC 18,035 0%
MAKING MIRRORS
-- 15 ROBERT GLASPER BLUE NOTE/EMI 17,996 --
BLACK RADIO
17 16 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 17,546 -4%
SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING
20 17 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 17,223 -3%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
-- 18 THE MONKEES RHINO 17,220 --
BEST OF THE MONKEES
-- 19 PROJECT X WATERTOWER MUSIC 16,810 --
SOUNDTRACK (VARIOUS ARTISTS)
16 20 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 16,538 -15%
STRONGER
10 21 2012 GRAMMY NOMINESS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 16,445 -42%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
22 22 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 16,294 -6%
MY KINDA PARTY
21 23 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 16,029 -10%
OWN THE NIGHT
-- 24 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 15,411 --
TRIPLE FEATURE
31 25 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 15,198 +6%
MYLO XYLOTO
25 26 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJ 14,830 -8%
TM 103: HUSTLER AMBITION
24 27 SKRILLEX BIG BEAT 14,528 -10%
BANGARANG
28 28 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 14,335 -1%
EL CAMINO
-- 29 ESTELLE ATLANTIC 13,676 --
ALL OF ME
-- 30 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 13,654 --
MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE
-- 31 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 13,309 --
FOUR THE RECORD
23 32 BRUNO MARS NEW ELEKTRA 13,210 -19%
DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS
32 33 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 12,907 -9%
MY LIFE II-THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
-- 34 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 12,774 --
I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT
-- 35 CRAIG MORGAN BLACK RIVER 12,540 --
THIS OLE BOY
-- 36 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 12,471 --
JUST WHITNEY
-- 37 CELTIC THUNDER DECCA 12,177 --
VOYAGE
18 38 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 11,913 -34%
KISSES ON THE BOTTOM
30 39 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 11,774 -18%
WATCH THE THRONE
37 40 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 11,573 -8%
HERE AND NOW
39 41 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 11,343 -6%
THE BAND PERRY
40 42 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 11,168 -6%
THA CARTER IV
27 43 KIDZ BOP KIDS RAZOR & TIE 11,151 -25%
KIDZ BOP 21
42 44 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 10,996 -4%
CHIEF
-- 45 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 10,776 --
LIVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD (EP)
26 46 LEONARD COHEN COLUMBIA 10,708 -31%
OLD IDEAS
9 47 CHIDDY BANG I.R.S./VIRGIN 10,125 -67%
BREAKFAST
44 48 FRESH BEAT BAND NICKELODEON/LEGACY 10,094 -10%
MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW
12 49 SLEIGH BELLS MOM & POP 10,075 -63%
REIGN OF TERROR
29 50 THE CIVIL WARS SENSIBILITY MUSIC 10,050 -31%
BARTON HOLLOW

[beebee]

Well , with these sales I can totally see Adele blocking Springsteen from #1 next week. She's very stable.

[areyoureadytojump]

Whitney has 8 albums in the Top 50.

Look at Jason Mraz at #45.

[Honeymoon]

Amazing that Adele is beginning to stabilize above 200k.

Very impressive that Whitney is such a presence in the top 50 nearly a month after her death. Interesting that I Look To You is top ten and Just Whitney is top 40 even though both lack mainstream hits. Does anyone recall how much Invincible sold the weeks after MJ's death (I know it wasn't allowed to chart in the Billboard 200 then but I'm sure its numbers were reported somewhere?)

[Honeymoon]

So what Adele and 21 have in the future to look forward to:

"Rumor Has It" exploding at radio and a possible video to promote it
Easter
Mother's Day
Potential American tour?

[Linnethia Monique]

She's selling more this year so far than last year. Just call her the Savior of Soundscan.

[forg]

Amazing Adele as always ;)

[gracelessheart]

I'm suprised at how Adele's sales are staying above 200k. Craziness. Also, I'm a little bummed Kelly's sales aren't, well, stronger considering the massive hit she has on her hands.

[Agent Yoncé]

I'm not even shocked at Adele's #s. I'll be shocked when she isn't #1 anymore, or when she falls out the Top 5.