[H-I-M]

1. Lionel Richie, Tuskegee, 111,000. The album is #1 for the second week. This is its fourth week in the top five. The album has sold 537K, which puts it at #4 for the year-to-date (#2 among albums released in 2012, behind Now 41.)

2. Jason Mraz, Love Is A Four Letter Word, 103,000. This new entry is Mraz's highest-charting album; his third to reach the top five. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "I Won't Give Up" jumps from #32 to #24. "Living In The Moment" debuts at #100.

3. Adele, 21, 88,000. The former #1 album dips from #2 to #3. This is its 61st week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Rumour Has It," which moves up from #23 to #22.

4. Train, California 37, 74,000. This new entry is the group's fourth top 10 album; its first to reach the top five. "Drive By" jumps from #12 to #10 on Hot Digital Songs.

5. One Direction, Up All Night, 54,000. The former #1 album holds at #5 for the third week in its sixth week on the chart. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "What Makes You Beautiful," which drops from #3 to #6.

6. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 47,000. The former #1 album drops from #3 to #6 in its third week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Starships," which drops from #6 to #8.

7. Gotye, Making Mirrors, 42,000. The album holds at #7 for the second week in its 15th week on the chart. This is its third week in the top 10. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Somebody That I Used To Know" (featuring Kimbra) dips from #1 to #2. "Eyes Wide Open" jumps from #181 to #134.

8. Future, Pluto, 40,000. This new entry is the hip-hop artist's debut album. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Magic" (featuring T.I.) jumps from #125 to #107. "Same Damn Time" bows at #158.

9. Bonnie Raitt, Slipstream, 33,000. The album drops from #6 to #9 in its second week. The album has sold 100K copies in its first two weeks.

10. Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines, 28,000. The album rebounds from #13 to #10 in its 37th week. This is its fourth week in the top 10; its first since August. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Drunk On You," which dips from #17 to #18.

http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-w...HRlc3QD;_ylv=3

[staracademy1990]

Lionel, 3 weeks, 100+ impressive, already gold

[Cap10Planet]

Looks like HITS and Billboard agreed for the most part.

[staracademy1990]

https://twitter.com/#!/chartnews/sta...70326928302082

Adele

[Fresh]

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/indus...06862352.story



Yes, There Are 2 One Directions on This Week's Charts

Your eyes aren't deceiving you. There are two different groups named One Direction on the Billboard charts this week.

While the U.K. pop quintet is at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with Up All Night (66,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan; down 28%), a California rock band with the same name enters the Heatseekers Albums chart at No. 48 with The Light (1,000; up 9%).

The latter album was released in the United States in August 2011 and has seen almost weekly sales growth since February. (About the same time the U.K. act started making waves on the Billboard charts.) The set's cumulative sales now stand at 6,000 copies.

"We may not have Simon Cowell's machine behind us, but we have many loyal fans," the other One Direction tells Billboard through their rep. "We thank them for supporting our albums, and we intend to stand up for the right to Rock and Roll!"

According to the California-based group's Facebook page, it has been "drawn into a legal dispute" with the U.K. act over the use of its name. As the U.S. group has been "using the name since November 2009" (a year before the British One Direction formed on "The X Factor"), its members are claiming they have first rights to the name.

In a recent interview with Australia's Herald Sun, British boy band members Harry Styles and Zayn Malik said they're "not changing their name," but added they have "no idea" what's going on with the dispute.

[Green]

US album sales: @OfficialAdele's "21" this week becomes the first album to sell 3 million copies in 2012.

[Apocalypso]

Up All Night, 54,000

[kitten_moon]

1. Lionel Richie, Tuskegee, 111,000. The album is #1 for the second week. This is its fourth week in the top five. The album has sold 537K, which puts it at #4 for the year-to-date (#2 among albums released in 2012, behind Now 41.)

[Kaluda]

Who the **** is still buying 21?

[IVY]

congrats lionel and number 2 for jason pretty good

[Cap10Planet]

WHITE EARNS HIS STRIPES

Guitar Maestro's Debut Solo Album Headed for His First-Ever #1 Debut

April 25, 2012

The Blunderbuss stops here.
Rock guitar god Jack White's debut solo album on Third Man/Columbia is headed for the top of next week's chart with a sales total projected at between 110-120k for his first-ever #1 bow.

That's based on one-day sales reports from those retailers still conscious after partying over last weekend's impressive Record Store Day sales results. Can we get a vinyl witness?

MCA Nashville Tifton, GA, country singer-songwriter Kip Moore's debut album, Up All Night, is set to bow with a total in the 40-45k range after scoring a Top 10 country single with potential novelty crossover in "Somethin' 'bout a Truck."

Curb country songwriter-turned-performer Lee Brice's sophomore album, Hard 2 Love, his follow-up to 2010's Love Like Crazy, is on target for sales of 37-42k.

Mercury/IDJ's entry into the neo-boy band sweepstakes, U.K.'s The Wanted, arrive with a seven-track EP that includes their megasmash, "Glad You Came," which appears ready to sell 35-40k.

Josh Abbott Band, a country-rock group out of Texas which has been hovering near the top of the iTunes album chart all week, will see sales of 23-27k for Small Town Family Dream, their third release on indie label Pretty Damn Tough.

Finally, world-renowned Dutch DJ Tiesto's Club Life Volume Two Miami, on the Musical Freedom label, looks set to bow in the 12-15k range.

[iamvladd]

Happy 21 finally hit the 3M mark YTD.
Scanning the 9M in 2 weeks.

And with Jack White, I downloaded his first single. It was ok, I wonder if the rest of the album is.

[Quiqui4eva]

Originally posted by Kaluda

Who the **** is still buying 21?

IKR?

[Rico Shameless v2]

MCA Nashville Tifton, GA, country singer-songwriter Kip Moore's debut album, Up All Night, is set to bow with a total in the 40-45k range after scoring a Top 10 country single with potential novelty crossover in "Somethin' 'bout a Truck."

Tifton is like 40 minutes from me.

[Sammi]

Originally posted by iamvladd

And with Jack White, I downloaded his first single. It was ok, I wonder if the rest of the album is.

His album is good.Check out 'On and On and On'.

[Cap10Planet]

So Lionel has the best-selling studio album released in 2012? Crazy.

[mrnick]

Anyone knows if Adele is gonna promote her album just a little bit?

[Cap10Planet]

Adele doesn't have to promote the album since it's been out over a year and is selling fine just the way it is. However, if she does plan on promoting it further, then the Billboard Awards is the next stop. Other than that, I don't see Columbia pushing a one-year old album that has sold this much.

[TheGeoKing]

6. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 47,000. The former #1 album drops from #3 to #6 in its third week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Starships," which drops from #6 to #8.

Oh.

[Mr. Duff]

Gotye, One Direction

Jason Mraz and Train's debut
I hope they'll have longevity.