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Adele's '21' Hits 1 Million, Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200

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Adele [1]'s "21" album not only returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (up two spots), but also becomes the first to sell more than a million copies this year.

With 88,000 sold this past week (down 6%) according to Nielsen SoundScan, "21's" total rises to 1.03 million. The year's second-biggest selling album remains Mumford & Sons [2]' "Sigh No More," which has shifted 645,000.

Adele, Jennifer Lopez Extend Reign on U.K. Charts [3]

Last week's No. 1, Britney Spears [4]' "Femme Fatale," falls to No. 2 with 75,000 (down 73%). The chart's highest new entry comes from rock band Hollywood Undead [5], as its second studio effort, "American Tragedy," bows at No. 4 with 66,000. It's the act's highest rank and sales week yet. The group's first set, "Swan Songs," debuted and peaked at No. 22 in 2008 off a 21,000 start.

Hollywood Undead's album is one of only two new arrivals in the top 10. Asking Alexandria [6]'s new "Reckless & Relentless" also opens at No. 9 with 31,000 -- also its best week ever. The band's first full-length album, 2009's "Stand Up and Scream," spent one week on the list at No. 170 -- though it has gone on to sell 92,000 total.

Next week's chart should look a little more lively, as we expect big bows from Foo Fighters [7]' "Wasting Light," Alison Krauss and Union Station's "Paper Airplane" and Maná [8]'s "Drama y Luz," among others.

Listen to Foo Fighters' 'Wasting Light' Album Here [9]

As for the rest of this week's top 10, Radiohead [10]'s "The King of Limbs" moves up three spots to No. 3 with 67,000 (down just 2%), as sales from a belatedly-shipped deluxe edition of the album reaches consumers. Wiz Khalifa [11]'s "Rolling Papers" slips 2-5 with 59,000 (down 70%), Chris Brown [12]'s "F.A.M.E." shuffles 4-6 with 51,000 (down 44%) and the "Songs For Japan" compilation moves 5-7 with just under 51,000 (down 29%). Mumford & Sons' "Sigh No More" rises 11-8 (34,000, down 7%) and Kirk Franklin [13]'s "Hello Fear" drops one spot to No. 10 (31,000; down 33%).

Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry [14]'s "E.T." holds at No. 1 for a fifth straight week, selling 323,000 (down 1%) while the Black Eyed Peas [15] are also stationary at No. 2 with "Just Can't Get Enough" (185,000; down 9%). Rihanna [16]'s "S&M" is another non-mover at No. 3 with 141,000 (down 11%). We'll see the impact of the just released remix of the track -- featuring Britney Spears -- on next week's chart.

Britney Spears, Rihanna Team for 'S&M' Remix [17]

The top debut on the Digital Songs tally belongs to Blake Shelton [18] with "Honey Bee" at No. 4 (139,000). The singer co-hosted last week's Academy of Country Music Awards (April 3) with Reba McEntire [19] and premiered the song on the show. It marks the best sales week and highest position for a solo country male artist, surpassing the previous high set when Trace Adkins [20]' "You're Gonna Miss This" jumped to No. 8 on April 4, 2008 with 100,000.

Spears' "Till the World Ends" vaults 15-5 with 133,000 (up 48%) following the track's video premiere last week. Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now" slides down one spot to No. 6 (126,000; down 8%), Jennifer Lopez [21]'s "On the Floor" falls three rungs to No. 7 (125,000; down 9%) and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" is up one to No. 8 (124,000; up 2%). At No. 9 we find Pitbull [22]'s "Give Me Everything," which flies up 49 spots with 112,000 (up 259%). Closing out the top 10 is Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," which falls two positions with 110,000 (down 14%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 10) totaled 5.87 million units, down 11% compared to the sum last week (5.53 million) and up 11% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.28 million). Year to date album sales stand at 83.70 million, down 4% compared to the same total at this point last year (87.23 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 23.18 million downloads, down 6% compared to last week (24.52 million) and up 4% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (22.37 million). Year to date track sales are at 362.28 million, up 8% compared to the same total at this point last year (334.75 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2010 when Justin Bieber [23]'s "My World 2.0" held at No. 1 for a third non-consecutive week, selling 92,000 (down 10%). The top debut was MGMT [24]'s "Congratulations," which arrived in the No. 2 slot with 66,000.

  • News [25]
Adele's '21' Hits 1 Million, Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200
Keith Caulfield [26]

Person

  • Katy Perry [27],
  • Reba McEntire [28],
  • Rihanna [29],
  • Kirk Franklin [30],
  • Trace Adkins [31],
  • Justin Bieber [32],
  • Blake Shelton [33],
  • Britney Spears [34],
  • Chris Brown [35],
  • Alison Krauss [36]

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[1] http://www.billboard.com/artist/adele/810846
[2] http://www.billboard.com/artist/mumford-and-sons/1183741
[3] http://www.billboard.com/news/adele-jennifer-lopez-extend-reign-on-u-k-1005125402.story
[4] http://www.billboard.com/artist/britney-spears/290150
[5] http://www.billboard.com/artist/hollywood-undead/1003889
[6] http://www.billboard.com/artist/asking-alexandria/1115750
[7] http://www.billboard.com/artist/foo-fighters/121501
[8] http://www.billboard.com/artist/mana/690028
[9] http://www.billboard.com/news/listen-to-foo-fighters-wasting-light-album-1005110632.story
[10] http://www.billboard.com/artist/radiohead/33472
[11] http://www.billboard.com/artist/wiz-khalifa/783995
[12] http://www.billboard.com/artist/chris-brown/679240
[13] http://www.billboard.com/artist/kirk-franklin/61891
[14] http://www.billboard.com/artist/katy-perry/958673
[15] http://www.billboard.com/artist/the-black-eyed-peas/272581
[16] http://www.billboard.com/artist/rihanna/658897
[17] http://www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-rihanna-team-for-s-m-remix-1005125352.story
[18] http://www.billboard.com/artist/blake-shelton/444576
[19] http://www.billboard.com/artist/reba-mcentire/2434
[20] http://www.billboard.com/artist/trace-adkins/167268
[21] http://www.billboard.com/artist/jennifer-lopez/339297
[22] http://www.billboard.com/artist/pitbull/498419
[23] http://www.billboard.com/artist/justin-bieber/1099520
[24] http://www.billboard.com/artist/mgmt/946806
[25] http://www.billboard.com/tag/news-6
[26] http://www.billboard.com/author/6485
[27] http://www.billboard.com/tag/katy-perry
[28] http://www.billboard.com/tag/reba-mcentire
[29] http://www.billboard.com/tag/rihanna
[30] http://www.billboard.com/tag/kirk-franklin
[31] http://www.billboard.com/tag/trace-adkins
[32] http://www.billboard.com/tag/justin-bieber
[33] http://www.billboard.com/tag/blake-shelton
[34] http://www.billboard.com/tag/britney-spears
[35] http://www.billboard.com/tag/chris-brown
[36] http://www.billboard.com/tag/alison-krauss

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