Katy & Kelly Rule Billboard This Week

 

It's been a big week for sales this week. I already posted about Adele's amazing achievement, selling 700,000 albums, but we also had quite a few artist top their highest sales debuts in digital sales.   

According to Billboard, Katy Perry checked in at 411,000 sales for "Part of Me" which marks a tie for the 2nd highest debut for a female (along w/ "Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears, Lady Gaga currently holds the record with 488,000). This makes Katy's 5th song to debut with over 300,000 which is a new Billboard record. Also flying high this week was Nicki Minaj's "Starships" which sold 204,000 copies, enough to make it the 7th best selling single of the week. Chris Brown debuted at #9 with "Turn Up The Music," selling 180,000 copies.

On the album charts we see some major Grammy boosts. Adele's 21 sold will spend it's 21st week at #1, making it the album with the most weeks at the #1 spot ever! Bruno Mars' album Doo-Wops & Hooligans flies up 22 spots to #8. Own The Night by Lady Antebellum saw a boost of of 8 spots, bringing them to #9. 

Also, big news for Kelly Clarkson fans: Kelly Clarkson becomes the first artist in billboard history to hit #1 on the Hot 100, Pop, Country, HAC, AC and Dance charts. She lands at #1 this week on the Dance charts with "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)."

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Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart

1. Adele - 21

2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: the Greatest Hits

3. Now 41

4. Adele - 19

5. 2012 Grammy Nominees

6. Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth

7. Paul McCartney - Kissed on the Bottom

8. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans

9. Lady Antebellum - Own The Night

10. Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

Billboard Digital Singles Chart

1. Katy Perry - "Part of Me"

2. Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"

3. Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"

4. Adele - "Set Fire to the Rain"

5. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger "(What Doesn't Kill You)"

6. fun. - "We Are Young (Featuring Janelle Monae)"

7. Nicki Minaj - "Starships"

8. Adele - "Someone Like You"

9. Chris Brown - "Turn Up The Music"

10. LMFAO - "Sexy & I Know It"

Billboard Hot 100 Chart [Not Announced]

1. Katy Perry - "Part of Me"

2. Adele- "Set Fire To The Charts"

3. Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Slay You"

4. Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"

5. Adele - "Rolling In My Grammys"

6. fun. - "We Are Young (Featuring Janelle Monae)"

7. Adele - "Someone Like You Could Never Slay Like Me"

8. Rihanna - "We Found Love"

9. Nicki Minaj - "Slayships"

10. Chris Brown - "Turn Up The Music"