Adele was the undisputed music artist of 2011, and it seems like she has no intention of losing that crown in 2012. Her sophomore album, 21, marks a 17th week on top which is the longest run at # 1 since Whitney Houston’s Bodyguard soundtrack, and she also tops the Hot 100 singles chart with her third straight # 1 “Set Fire to the Rain”. To have simultaneous chart topping albums and singles is incredibly rare, but to do it three times in a row is unheard of. And that’s just the record Adele accomplishes this week. She previously held the # 1 album spot during a few weeks of her “Rolling in the Deep” reign and also during one week of “Someone Like You”‘s chart topping run. Now, “Fire” makes it three in a row. Wow… Can she do it again next week? I’m not sure as Tim McGraw will be hot on her heels on the album charts and she has a lot of competition on the singles chart. More on that below. In the meantime check out the new top ten albums.
Billboard 200 Albums Top Ten:
1. 21- Adele (last week~ 1)
2, Kidz Bob 21 (debut)
3. El Camino- The Black Keys (lw~ 3)
4. Take Care- Drake (lw~ 4)
5. Talk that Talk- Rihanna (lw~ 7)
6. TM:103: Hustlerz Ambition- Young Jeezy (lw~ 6)
7. Identity- James Fortune & Fiya (debut)
8. Clancy’s Tavern- Toby Keith (lw~ 22)
9. Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay (lw~8)
10. Here and Now- Nickelback (lw~ 9)
Over on the Hot 100 Singles chart, as I stated, Adele climbs to the top with “Set Fire to the Rain” displacing Rihanna after a 10 week run. Adele is a good bet for one more week at the summit, but she will have to fight off big charges from David Guetta and Nicki Minaj‘s “Turn Me On” and Kelly Clarkson‘s tenth top ten Hot 100 “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” which flies into the top ten at # 8 up from # 21. Check out the new top ten which also gives Jessie J her first song to hit the upper regions with “Domino”. For more on all the Billboard charts, head here.
Top Ten Singles on the Hot 100:
1. “Set Fire to the Rain”- Adele (lw~ 2)
2. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 1)
3. “Good Feeling”- Flo Rida (lw~ 3)
4. “Turn Me On”- David Guetta w/ Nicki Minaj (lw~ 10)
5. “The One that Got Away”- Katy Perry (lw~ 6)
6. “It Will Rain”- Bruno Mars (lw~ 4)
7. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (lw~ 5)
8. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”- Kelly Clarkson (lw~ 21)
9. “Ni##s in Paris”- Jay Z & Kanye West (lw~ 7)
10. “Domino” – Jessie J (lw~ 15)
And here’s England’s Katy Perry (as I call her anyway), Jessie J with her first top ten hit, “Domino”
Tags: Adele, Billboard, David Guetta, Jessie J, Kelly Clarkson, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston
