Billboard 200: 3/17/12: Adele No. 1- 23rd week

[HolidayGuy]

Starting with info from Idol Chatter and Hip Hop DX (the latter which uses Current Album rankings- shown in parentheses).

(2). WZRD (Kid Cudu & Dot Da Genius), WZRD: 66,000

(4). Tyga, Careless World: Rise Of The Last King: 37,000 (99,000)

(5). Drake - Take Care - 29,000 (1.525 million)

22. Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees: 17,000 (-41%; 267,000)

24. Kelly Clarkson, Stronger: 17,000 (-16%; 633,000 total)
25. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party: 16,000 (-7%; 2.421 million)

(19). Young Jeezy, TM 103: Hustler's Ambition: 15,000 (493,000)
(20). Jay-Z & Kanye West, Watch The Throne: 15,000 (1.364 million)

(28). Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV: 13,000 (2.039 million)

(43). Chiddy Bang, Breakfast: 11,000 (42,000)

59. Civil Wars, Barton Hollow: 11,000 (-28%, 358,000)

64. Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day: 10,000 (+2%; 958,000)

66. David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat: 9,000 (+46%; 255,000)

82. Various, WOW Gospel 2012: 8,000 (-11%; 62,000)

(76). Maino, Day After Tomorrow: 6,300

91. Various, Now That's What I Call Music 40: 6,000 (-19%; 670,000)

97. Tony Bennett, Duets II: 6,000 (-17%; 816,000)

110. Daughtry, Break the Spell: 5,000 (-5%; 396,000)

(99). Too Short, No Tresspassing: 4,600

133. Various, WOW Hits 2012: 4,000 (-8%; 236,000)

160. Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection: 4,000 (+7%; 429,000)

(145). Ja Rule - PIL2 (Pain Is Love 2): 3,200

189. Various, Now That's What I Call Music 39: 3,000 (-10%; 588,000)

OTHERS
Mandisa, What If We Were Real: 3,000 (+13%; 153,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry: 2,000 (+4%)

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1 more week to 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Purple Rain' for '21'

Then a 2 month wait to 'Rumours'

[HolidayGuy]

Updated the first post with Hip Hop DX info, and the title to reflect Ms. Adkins' 23rd week on top.

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Mar 7, 2012 9:34:58 GMT -5 @2m said:

1 more week to 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Purple Rain' for '21'

Then a 2 month wait to 'Rumours'

Does it look likely that Bruce Springsteen will (temporarily) keep Adele from her 24th week at #1?

[HolidayGuy]

www.billboard.com/#/news/kid-cudi-s-wzrd-scores-top-billboard-200-1006383752.story?utm_source=most_recent

Kid Cudi's WZRD Scores Top Billboard 200 Debut, Adele Still No. 1
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | March 07, 2012

Adele's "21" album clocks a 23rd week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 247,000 copies this week (down 17%) according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the longest-running No. 1 since Prince & the Revolution's "Purple Rain" soundtrack scored 24 weeks at No. 1 in 1984 and 1985.

"21's" year-to-date sales now stand at 2.07 million (by far 2012's top album). Well behind in second place among the best-sellers this year is Whitney Houston's "Whitney: The Greatest Hits," with 527,000 sold.

The last time an album sold over 2 million copies this early in a year was in 2003, when 50 Cent's just-released "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" blew through 2.6 million by March 2.

As "21" was released more than a year ago, its 2012 sales are all the more impressive. Reaching back further in the archives, the last time a months-old album rang up 2 million this fast was in 2001, when Shaggy's "Hotshot" album moved 2.12 million (through March 4).

"Hotshot" was first released in August of 2000, and in early 2001, Shaggy was riding high on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with two No. 1s: "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel."

Getting back to this week's Billboard 200, however, Adele leads a relatively quiet chart, as there is only one debut in the top 10. "WZRD," the collaborative album from Kid Cudi and producer Dot da Genius, bows at No. 3 with 66,000. It trails Houston's "Greatest Hits" at No. 2 with 112,000 (down 36%).

The "Now 41" compilation is up a slot to No. 4 (46,000; down 15%), "The Bodyguard" soundtrack also rises a rung to No. 5 (43,000; down 9%) and Tyga's "Careless World" slips two to No. 6 (37,000; down 39%). Adele's "19" holds at No. 7 (just under 37,000; down 6%), Drake's "Take Care" climbs 13-8 (29,000; up 13%) and Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" zips 14-9 (25,000; up 9%). Houston's "Whitney Houston" rounds out the top 10, falling one to No. 10 (25,000; down 15%).

Houston has a total of nine albums on the Billboard 200 this week -- and all are within the top 100: she is found at Nos. 2, 4, 10, 13, 21, 31, 32, 50 and 80. The last time one act had nine out of the week's top 100 sellers was on Oct. 17, 2009, when the Beatles racked 11 out of the top 100.

Over on the Digital Songs chart this week, fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae), is steady at No. 1 with 302,000 (up 4%) while the Wanted's "Glad You Came" surges 3-2 with 206,000 (up 10%).

Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" slips 2-3 (197,000; down 18%), Nicki Minaj's "Starships" rises 7-4 (161,000; up 4%) and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) is up 8-5 (149,000; up 11%). Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" falls 5-6 (145,000; down 13%) and Katy Perry's "Part of Me" is down 4-7 (142,000; down 24%).

The chart's highest debut is found at No. 8, where Far*East Movement's "Live My Life" (featuring Justin Bieber) starts with 127,000. Right behind them is Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl," rising 12-9 in its first full week of sales (119,000; up 11%). Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild & Free" is up a slot to No. 10 with 109,000 (down 3%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending March 4) totaled 6.33 million units, up less than 1% compared to the sum last week (6.31 million) and down less than 1% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (6.34 million). Year to date album sales stand at 54.34 million, up 3% compared to the same total at this point last year (52.79 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 27.12 million downloads, down 4% compared to last week (24.13 million) and up 7% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (25.45 million). Year to date track sales are at 258.04 million, up 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (240.61 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Lupe Fiasco's "Lasers" started at No. 1 with 204,000 while Adele's "21" slipped one slot to No. 2 with 133,000 (down 21%).

[areyoureadytojump]

Mar 7, 2012 10:14:04 GMT -5 @peigan68 said:

Mar 7, 2012 9:34:58 GMT -5 @2m said:

1 more week to 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Purple Rain' for '21'

Then a 2 month wait to 'Rumours'

Does it look likely that Bruce Springsteen will (temporarily) keep Adele from her 24th week at #1?

I don't know.

Adele sold 243k this week. She might have another small decrease next week.

If Bruce sells 200k, Adele will be #1.

[HolidayGuy]

Well, at least if MDNA misses the top spot and peaks at No. 2, it will have peaked behind a juggernaut of an album. That's happened with each of Madonna's FIVE No. 2 albums:

(album that kept M's album from No. 1, and RIAA certification)

I'm Breathless (Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Em- 10 million)
The Immaculate Collection (To the Extreme- 7 million)
Erotica (The Chase- 8 million)
Evita (Tragic Kingdom- 10 million)
Ray of Light (Titanic- 11 million)

[areyoureadytojump]

^Nobody said anything about Madonna missing the top spot.

Let's chat about that in 3 weeks, m'kay?

[Enigma.]

It's a very close race between The Boss and Adele.

Billboard made headlines about Whitney but actually she didn't do really much better than last week. Impressive anyway.

[HolidayGuy]

LOL Just looking ahead and speculating- it will be here before ya know it.

Using the HITS info, we can guesstimate the Whitney Houston albums outside the top 10:

13. I Look to You
21. Triple Feature
31/32/50. My Love is Your Love/Just Whitney/I'm Your Baby Tonight (all were close on HITS)
80. The Preacher's Wife?

iTunes put the Whitney album back on last week, but not sure if that was enough to make it jump back up the chart.

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Mar 7, 2012 11:52:58 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

LOL Just looking ahead and speculating- it will be here before ya know it.

Yes I get that you are excited about next months album chart - LOL

[Agent Yoncé]

Houston has a total of nine albums on the Billboard 200 this week -- and all are within the top 100: she is found at Nos. 2, 4, 10, 13, 21, 31, 32, 50 and 80. The last time one act had nine out of the week's top 100 sellers was on Oct. 17, 2009, when the Beatles racked 11 out of the top 100.

WOW!

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Michael Jackson did it too that year

[areyoureadytojump]

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-4-2012-albums-something-remember-172500681.html;_ylt=AmBtd9NNNLateoLBmN1T7N0PwiUv;_ylu=X3oDMTFoaWdtNXJpBG1pdANNdXNpYyBCbG9nIEluZGV4BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUJsb2dJbmRleFRlbXA-;_ylg=X3oDMTFvcGs0cnBnBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANibG9nBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3

Week Ending March 4, 2012. Albums: Something To Remember Her By
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 13 minutes ago

Three Whitney Houston albums crowd the top 10 on The Billboard 200. Houston is one of just six artists to have three or more of the 10 best-selling albums in the U.S. since August 1963, when Billboard merged separate mono and stereo charts into one comprehensive listing. (Coincidentally, that was also the month that Houston was born.) The five other artists to achieve this feat are Peter, Paul & Mary, The Beatles, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Simon & Garfunkel and Michael Jackson.

This makes Houston the first woman to achieve the feat, and the second (solo) star to achieve it posthumously. As happened after Jackson's death three years ago, fans are looking for a keepsake of a star they loved (or once loved). A CD is ideal for this purpose.

The charts document that Houston fans have shifted from downloading individual songs to picking up full-length albums. Just two Houston songs are listed on the 200-deep Hot Digital Songs chart this week, down from 24 two weeks ago. But eight Houston albums are listed in the top 50.

The Greatest Hits holds at #2 for the third week. The Bodyguard soundtrack moves up from #6 to #5. Houston's first album, 1985's Whitney Houston, dips from #9 to #10.

The Greatest Hits is #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the fourth week. This matches Amy Winehouse's Back To Black, which was #1 on the catalog chart for four weeks after her death last summer. But Houston still has a ways to go to catch Jackson, whose Number Ones was #1 on the catalog chart for 28 weeks following his death in June 2009.

This is the highest ranking for The Bodyguard since June 1993. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the 46th week. The Bodyguard has sold 11,944,000 copies, which makes it the sixth best-selling album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991. (It's the #1 soundtrack for this 21-year period.)

The Fine Print: Billboard barred catalog albums from The Billboard 200 for many years, but the magazine wisely reconsidered its policy in the wake of Jackson's death in 2009. The change came too late for Jackson's albums to dominate The Billboard 200 after he died, but it opened up the chart for Houston. Jackson, of course, also paved the way for Houston in the 1980s, expanding the potential for pop/R&B crossover beyond what anyone had thought possible. (Isn't this a wonderful shot of these two stars in happier times? Life is fragile.)

Houston has four other albums in the top 50. Her final album, 2009's I Look To You, jumps from #16 to #13, Triple Feature, a value-priced set which includes My Love Is Your Love, I'm Your Baby Tonight and Just Whitney, vaults from #73 to #21. And those individual albums rank #31, #32 and #50, respectively.

[Photo: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images]Adele's 21 is #1 for the 23rd week. That's the longest run at #1 by any album since Prince & the Revolution's Purple Rain soundtrack had 24 weeks on top in 1984-1985. 21 is #1 for the 10th consecutive week. That's the longest continuous run at #1 since the Titanic soundtrack had 16 straight weeks at #1 in 1998.

This is the longest run at #1 for an album by a female solo artist since the chart became a weekly feature in 1956. It's the longest continuous run at #1 by a female solo artist since Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack was #1 for 13 straight weeks from December 1992 to March 1993. Adele is likely to be dislodged next week by Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball. It would be his 10th #1 album.

Adele's previous album, 19, holds at #7 in its 124th week on the chart. The album tops the 2 million mark in U.S. sales this week. It sold just 930K copies prior to the release of 21.

Wzrd's Wzrd debuts at #3. It's the third top five album for Kid Cudi, who previously scored on his own with Man On The Moon: The End Of Day and Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. WZRD is an alternative hip-hop/rock duo which also includes producer Dot da Genius.

Drake's Take Cake rebounds from #13 to #8 in its 16th week. The album also tops the 1.5 million mark this week. Drake's previous album, Thank Me Later, took 74 weeks to top the 1.5 million mark. (In a few weeks, Take Care will surpass Thank Me Later, which is up to 1,561,000.)

fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the third time in the past four weeks. Will the pop smash also jump to #1 on the Hot 100? And what will happen to Far*East Movement's "Live My Life," which enters Hot Digital Songs at #8? You'll 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, 247,000. The album logs its 23rd week at #1. This is its 54rd week in the top 10. The album sold 53K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the 16th week. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Set Fire To The Rain," which dips from #5 to #6.

2. Whitney Houston, The Greatest Hits, 112,000. The album holds at #2 for the third week in its 33rd week. This is the album's sixth week in the top 10. Two Houston songs are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "I Will Always Love You" drops from #13 to #53. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" drops from #81 to #145.

3. Wzrd, Wzrd, 66,000. This new entry is the duo's debut album; the third top five album for member Kid Cudi.

4. Various Artists, Now 41, 46,000. The album rebounds from #5 to #4 in its fourth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. The album has sold 335K copies.

5. Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard soundtrack, 43,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #6 to #5 in its 145th week. This is its 42nd week in the top 10. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the 46th week. "I Will Always Love You" drops from #13 to #53 on Hot Digital Songs.

6. Tyga, Careless World: Rise Of The Last King, 37,000. The album drops from #4 to #6 in its second week. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Rack City," which rebounds from #16 to #14.

7. Adele, 19, 37,000. The album holds at #7 in its 124th week. This is its fifth week in the top 10. "Make You Feel My Love" rebounds from #149 to #134 on Hot Digital Songs.

8. Drake, Take Care, 29,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #13 to #8 in its 16th week. This is its 14th week in the top 10. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Take Care" (featuring Rihanna), which jumps from #21 to #18.

9. Rihanna, Talk That Talk, 25,000. The album rebounds from #14 to #9 in its 15th week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris), which drops from #24 to #31.

10. Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, 25,000. The former #1 album dips from #9 to #10 in its 167th week. This is its 48th week in the top 10.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. fun.'s Some Nights drops from #3 to #12, Chiddy Bang's Breakfast plummets from #8 to #55, and Grammy Nominees 2012 drops from #10 to #22.

Robert Glasper's fifth album, Black Radio, debuts at #15. The album blends elements of jazz and hip-hop. Lupe Fiasco is among the guests…Lady Antebellum's Own The Night rebounds from #19 to #16 in its 25th week. The album logs its 12th week at #1 on Top Country Albums.

Pink Floyd's The Wall vaults from #190 to #17 in the wake of a deluxe reissue campaign. The double-disk album logged 15 weeks at #1 in 1980. Since 1956, only one other double-disk album has spent so much time at #1: the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (24 weeks). The Wall hit #1 on Top Catalog Albums on April 1994. It ranks #6 on the catalog chart this week, behind four Whitney Houston albums and one by Adele.

Gotye's Making Mirrors jumps from #22 to #19 (its highest ranking to date) in its ninth week. This may be one of those relatively rare albums that builds to a top 10 ranking, rather than debuting in the top 10. "Somebody That I Used To Know" (featuring Kimbra) jumped from #27 to #16 on last week's Hot 100 and appears headed for the top 10. It has been #1 in the U.K. for three of the last four weeks.

The Best Of The Monkees re-enters at #20 in the wake of Davy Jones' death last week. It's the group's first appearance in the top 20 since The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees logged its final week in the top 20 in July 1968. (A 1986 compilation, Then & Now…The Best Of The Monkees, peaked at #21.)

Shameless Plug: The Monkees are the only act in the history of the Billboard album chart to have four #1 albums in a calendar year. They scored in 1967 with The Monkees (which first hit #1 the previous year), More Of The Monkees, Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. Who's in second place? Glad you asked. I posted a Chart Watch Extra on Friday in which I look at everybody who had had three #1 albums in one year, from Mario Lanza in 1951 to the cast of Glee in 2010. If you missed it, here's a link.

The Project X soundtrack debuts at #23. The album features Kid Cudi, D12 and Nas, among others. The movie was #2 at the box-office over the weekend…Estelle's third album, All Of Me, bows at #28. Shine, Estelle's sophomore album (and U.S. breakthrough), reached #38.

Jason Mraz's EP Live Is A Four Letter Word debuts at #56. Mraz's fourth studio album, Love Is A Four Letter Word, is due in April. Mraz isn't the first artist to recognize that "live" and "love" are just a letter off. Sugarland followed its 2008 studio album Love On The Inside with the 2009 live album Live On The Inside. Both albums hit #1.

Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall is #1 on Top Music Videos for the 14th straight week. This is the longest run at #1 since Michael Jackson's Number Ones was #1 for 14 weeks (one week in 2004 and 13 weeks following his death in 2009). It's the longest continuous run at #1 since Collision Course by Jay-Z/Linkin Park was #1 for 17 straight weeks in 2004-2005. Adele's DVD sold 27K copies this week, bringing its total to 707K.

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtrack sold 2K copies, too few to make The Billboard 200. Dr. Seuss has had above-the-title billing on a string of movies, dating back to 2000's Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. His name also preceded the title on The Cat In The Hat in 2003 and Horton Hears A Who! in 2008.

Coming Attractions: Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball is expected to debut at #1 next week. Also due: Andrew Bird's Break It Yourself.

[Enigma.]

HDD was very off with Van Halen (they are #11 probably, fabulous showing) and Gotye.

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Coming Attractions: Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball is expected to debut at #1 next week.



Billboard seems to think that Springsteen will get #1 over Adele next week.

I guess we'll see.

[Caviar]

I'm not holding my breath.

[HolidayGuy]

Paul Grein has not been associated with Billboard for some time; Billboard hasn't made any predictions about next week as of yet.

[Deleted]

I would tend to believe it is true though

[HolidayGuy]

Very well may be- just clarifying the source of the posted prediction. ;)

[Deleted]

Bruce Springsteen is #1 on itunes and Amazon (among others) and that doesn't count Best Buy, Target and Walmart where he is likely to have a bigger following (than the itunes crowd)

Paul Grein being Billboard or not, this has a shot

[newpower]

Bruce will outsell Adele 2 to 1 this week.

[Enigma.]

Over 200k is very doable for Springsteen. It's more of a case of how much Adele will drop (because she will). Another 15-17% would take her to 205-210k.

[HolidayGuy]

21 outdid HITS' projection for this week by 20K or so, so who knows where it will come in next week.

I'd love to see The Boss snag another No. 1 album. He's one of those acts who endures, despite not landing big hit singles in eons, even at the rock radio format. I guess ageism isn't limited to top 40 radio.

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Have singles even been released to radio?

Classic rock acts are what they are. The focus is touring and an occasional album, not pop hits.

[Deleted]

Bruce Springsteen has a very large, loyal, and dedicated fanbase that he has built up since the 70's. They may not buy any other albums for a long time, but they will always buy a new one of his when it comes out. I liken them to the core, loyal Beatles' fanbase; who will also always come out in droves for new Beatles' material whenever it comes out.

I could see him doing at the very least a few hundred thousand; and yes, I think he stands a good chance of beating Adele next week.

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Bingo - there ya go

[Enigma.]

'We Take Care of Our Own' has also been declared as one of his best lead singles which doesn't hurt.

[angellynnmonroe]

this would be Bruce's 8th #1 album if it does. he hasn't had a hit single since Secret Garden was used in Jerry Maguire 16 years ago of course his other movie song that gets good catalog play is the academy award winning Streets Of Philadelphia

[slw84]

Mar 7, 2012 14:55:38 GMT -5 newpower said:

Bruce will outsell Adele 2 to 1 this week.

O really...