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March 01, 2012

Thursday Billboard Update - 3/1/12

With a 22nd non-consecutive week at #1, Adele's 21 is now the longest-running #1 album since Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack spent 24 weeks at the top in 1984-85. Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits remains at #2 with another 174,000 sold. Tyga's Careless World: Rise Of The Last King debuts at #4 with 61,500 sold. Sadly, those numbers probably could've been much higher had some idiot at YMCMB never thought it'd be necessary to clear a Martin Luther King speech they sampled for the intro. Whitney's The Bodyguard soundtrack flies 38-6 while selling 47,000 (up 176%), and her self-titled album Whitney Houston soars 37-9 while selling 30,000 (up 72%). Chiddy Bang's Breakfast debuts at #8 with 30,6000 copies sold.

After being dethroned last week, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) returns to #1.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Adele - 21 (1-1)
2. Whitney Houston - Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2-2)
3. fun. - Some Nights (3)
4. Tyga - Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (4)
5. Various Artists - Now 41 (3-5)
6. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard sdtk (38-6)
7. Adele - 19 (4-7)
8. Chiddy Bang - Breakfast (8)
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (37-9)
10. Various Artists - 2012 Grammy Nominees (5-10)

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The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (4-1)
2. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (2-2)
3. fun. - We Are Young (6-3)
4. Katy Perry - Part Of Me (1-4)
5. The Wanted - Glad You Came (23-5)
6. Rihanna - We Found Love (8-6)
7. Flo Rida - Good Feeling (12-7)
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On (11-8)
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free (14-9)
10. Nicki Minaj - Starships (9-10)