As earlier reported [1], Adele [2]'s "21" spends a 21st nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 730,000 (up 207%) in the week after the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards.

The diva also moves up five slots to No. 4 on the tally with her first album, "19," which sold 87,000 last week (up 144%).
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Whitney Houston [3]'s "Whitney: the Greatest Hits," climbs from No. 6 to No. 2 in the first full week after the singer's death on Feb. 11. The album sold 175,000 for a 174% gain. It's the best sales week (and highest charting position) for the set, which was first released in 2000. Its previous high came in its debut frame, when it started at No. 5 with 158,000 on the chart dated June 3, 2000.

Houston has a total of seven albums on the chart this week: "Whitney Houston" (72-37 with 17,000; up 113%), "The Bodyguard" soundtrack (80-38 with 17,000; up 123%), "I Look To You" (118-65 with 9,000; up 81%), "Whitney" (122-87 with 7,000; up 46%), "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack (183-90 with 7,000; up 46%) and "My Love Is Your Love" (a re-entry at No. 193 with 4,000; up 96%).

Grammy Awards performer Bruno Mars [5] jumps 30-8 with "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" (38,000; up 133%), country album of the year winner Lady Antebellum [6] zips 17-9 with "Own the Night" (37,000; up 47%) and nominee/performer the Civil Wars [7] fly 41-10 with "Barton Hollow" (36,000; up 178%). For the latter, this is the album's best sales week and marks a new peak position.

The "Now 41" set holds at No. 3 (94,000; down 33%) while the "2012 Grammy Nominees" album rises 8-5 with 85,000 (up 66%). Van Halen [8]'s "A Different Kind of Truth" falls 2-6 in its second week (58,000; down 69%) and Paul McCartney [9]'s "Kisses on the Bottom" slips 5-7 in its sophomore frame (58,000; down 22%).

Outside the top 10 we see big Grammy-fueled gains from Grammy performers/nominees Coldplay [10], Rihanna [11], the Band Perry [12], Foo Fighters [13], Mumford & Sons [14], Taylor Swift [15], Bon Iver [16] and Skrillex [17] -- and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" moves 14-11 (35,000; up 26%), Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" rises 18-17 (26,000; up 11%) and the Band Perry's self-titled set kicks 24-19 (24,000; up 22%).

Foo Fighters' "Wasting Light" glows with a 59-21 jump (23,000; up 134%), Mumford's "Sigh No More" moves 29-23 (23,000; up 40%) and Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" rallies 42-25 (20,000; up 60%). Best new artist winner Bon Iver (who was also spoofed on the Feb. 18 "Saturday Night Live") climbs 49-29 with "Bon Iver" (19,000; up 61%) while fellow best new artist nominee Skrillex sees his "Bangarang" EP move 32-31 (19,000; up 23%).

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Over on the Digital Songs chart, Katy Perry [19]'s "Part of Me" makes its expected No. 1 debut, selling 411,000 downloads in its first week. It's the biggest sales week for a song since one year ago (chart dated March 5, 2011), when Lady Gaga [20]'s "Born This Way" was No. 1 with 509,000 in its first full week of release, and Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" was No. 2 with 412,000.

Aside from Perry, there are two more debuts in the top 10 this week. Nicki Minaj [21]'s "Starships" sails in at No. 7 with 204,000, while Chris Brown [22]'s "Turn Up the Music" motors in at No. 9 with 180,000.

For Brown, "Turn" marks his best debut sales week for a song, and his overall best sales week since "Kiss Kiss" sold 277,000 over Christmas week of 2007.

Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" climbs 3-2 (367,000; up 89%) while Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" ascends 10-3 (271,000; up 115%). Adele has two more songs in the top 10: "Set Fire to the Rain" holds at No. 4 (254,000; up 36%) while "Someone Like You" moves 9-8 (183,000; up 44%).

Kelly Clarkson [23]'s "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" slips 2-5 (252,000; down 3%) and fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae [24]) comes off its Chevy Super Bowl-ad high, falling 1-6 (244,000; down 17%). LMFAO [25]'s "Sexy and I Know It" is also moving down this week, moving 5-10 (136,000; down 20%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Feb. 19) totaled 7.72 million units, up 13% compared to the sum last week (6.83 million) and up 7% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (7.18 million). Year to date album sales stand at 41.70 million, up 4% compared to the same total at this point last year (39.95 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 32.28 million downloads, up 12% compared to last week (28.93 million) and up 11% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (28.97 million). Year to date track sales are at 202.78 million, up 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (188.69 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Adele's "21" debuted at No. 1 with 352,000. Justin Bieber [26]'s "Never Say Never: the Remixes," fell 2-1 with 102,000 (down 38%).