Late diva Whitney Houston lands three albums in the top 10.
By Gil Kaufman
<P>Next week, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/adele/artist.jhtml"><B>Adele</B></a>'s unstoppable <I>21</I> is set to notch a 23rd non-consecutive week at #1 on the <I>Billboard</I> 200 thanks to sales of 247,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. As the <a href="/news/articles/1679311/adele-grammys-next-album.jhtml">Grammy-winning singer</a> closes in on 8 million sold in the U.S., Adele is on the cusp of tying the high-water marks held by <B>Prince</B>'s <I>Purple Rain</I> and the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, which locked down the pole position for 24 weeks. </P><P> </P><P>Despite some complaints about his label allegedly not putting enough product on shelves, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kid_cudi/artist.jhtml"><B>Kid Cudi</B></a>'s side project, <a href="/news/articles/1680112/kid-cudi-wzrd-under-shipping.jhtml"><B>WZRD</B></a>, will land at #3 on sales of 66,000. </P><P> </P><P><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:735616/cp~vid%3D735616%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A735616" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed> </P><P> </P><P>Nostalgic fans continue to snap up anything <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/houston_whitney/artist.jhtml"><B>Whitney Houston</B></a>-related, as three of the <a href="/news/articles/1679029/whitney-houston-dead.jhtml">late diva</a>'s albums remained lodged in the top 10. Her greatest-hits compilation hung in at #2 (112,000), while the soundtrack to "The Bodyguard" moved up a notch to #5 (43,000) and her self-titled debut slipped a spot to #10 (25,000). Houston's final album, 2009's <I>I Look to You</I>, was just outside the top 10 at #13 (24,000). Four other titles also charted in the top 50. </P><P> </P><P>The rest of the top 10: <I>Now That's What I Call Music 41</I> (#4, 46,000); <B>Tyga</B>, <I>Careless World: Rise of the Last King</I> (#6, 37,000); Adele, <I>19</I> (#7, 37,000); <B>Drake</B>, <I>Take Care</I> (#8, 29,000); and <B>Rihanna</B>, <I>Talk That Talk</I> (#9, 25,000). </P><P> </P><P>Following its re-release in a deluxe set, <B>Pink Floyd</B>'s legendary head trip in every key, <I>The Wall,</I> rocketed up 173 spots and 537 percent to #17 (20,000). In the wake of the <a href="/news/articles/1680140/davy-jones-dead.jhtml">death of singer <B>Davy Jones</B></a>, <I>Best of the Monkees</I> climbed to #20 on sales of 17,000. </P><P> </P><P>Suffering one of the week's biggest drop-offs was indie duo <B>Sleigh Bells</B>, whose second album, <I>Reign of Terror,</I> plummeted 66 spots in week two to #78 as sales dipped by 72 percent to nearly 8,000. Even with a wrist-slapping <a href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/03/06/ja-rule-reprimanded-for-phone-interview-in-jail/">phone call from behind bars</a> to promote his first studio album in eight years, <B>Ja Rule</B> barely made a dent on the charts with <I>PIL2,</I> which just dented the top 200 in its first week by coming in at 197 on sales of just over 3,000 copies. </P><P> </P><P>We'll see if Adele can keep the streak going next week when she faces the recession-minded latest from <B>Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band</B>, <I>Wrecking Ball.</I></p>
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