Madonna's MDNA suffers historic second-week drop.
By Gil Kaufman
<P>It's the best of times, it's the worst of times on the <I>Billboard</I> 200 chart. On the one hand, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/minaj__nicki/artist.jhtml"><B>Nicki Minaj</B></a> will put up her <a href="/news/articles/1682537/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-album-release.jhtml">first #1 debut</a>
 on the album chart with her second full-length studio album, <a href="/news/articles/1682041/nicki-minaj-roman-reloaded.jhtml"><I>Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded</I>,</a>
 which moved 253,000 copies, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. Nicki's debut, <I>Pink Friday</I>, debuted at #2 in December 2010 on sales of 375,000. </P><P> </P><P>On the other, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/madonna/artist.jhtml"><B>Madonna</B></a> will suffer the <a href="/news/articles/1682825/madonna-mdna-chart-drop.jhtml">worst second-week drop</a>
 in chart history when <I>MDNA</I> slips 87 percent from its debut to #8 on sales of 44,000. </P><P> </P><P><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:756771/cp~vid%3D756771%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A756771" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed> </P><P> </P><P>A number of other acts made it into the top 10, including country trio <B>Rascal Flatts</B>, whose <I>Changed</I> came in at #3 (130,000), Icelandic band <B>Of Monsters and Men</B>, who made their American chart bow with <I>My Head Is An Animal</I> (#6, 55,000) and gospel great <B>Marvin Sapp</B>, in at #9 with <I>I Win</I> (44,000). </P><P> </P><P>The rest of the top 10: <B>Adele</B>, <I>21</I> (#2, 153,000), <B>Lionel Richie</B>, <I>Tuskegee</I> (#4, 95,000), <B>One Direction</B>, <I>Up All Night</I> (#5, 92,000), "The Hunger Games" soundtrack (#7, 50,000) and <B>Shinedown</B>, <I>Amaryllis</I> (#10, 36,000). </P><P> </P><P><B>Kelly Clarkson</B> got a nice Easter bump, as sales of her <I>Stronger</I> shot up 117 percent to 33,000, lifting the album 14 spots to #12. Bluesy rockers <B>Alabama Shakes</B> had a nice week as well, landing their debut, <I>Boys & Girls</I>, at #16 on sales of 25,000, while reunited vocal trio <B>Wilson Phillips</B> returned to the charts at #29 with a tribute to the members' famous classic rock parents, <I>Dedicated</I> (16,000). </P><P> </P><P>On the iTunes album chart, Nicki was queen, followed by Of Monsters and Men, Flatts, One Direction, Richie, Adele, Alabama Shakes, <B>Gotye</B>'s <I>Making Mirrors</I>, "The Hunger Games" and <B>Fun.</B>'s <I>Some Nights</I>. </P><P> </P><P>Fun. was tops on the iTunes singles tally with their breakthrough hit, "We Are Young," which came in before Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know," One Direction's, "What Makes You Beautiful," <b>Justin Bieber</b>'s "Boyfriend" and Nicki's "Starships." The #6 slot belonged to Bieber discovery <B>Carly Rae Jepsen</I>'s "Call Me Maybe," followed by <B>The Wanted</B> with "Glad You Came," <B>Flo Rida</B>'s "Wild Ones," <B>Katy Perry</B>'s "Part of Me" and Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)." </P><P> </P><P>Nicki's pole position could be safe next week as the only new faces in the crowd will be <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/monica/artist.jhtml"><B>Monica</B></a>, blues rock veteran <B>Bonnie Raitt</B> and <B>Florence and the Machine's</B> <a href="/news/articles/1682255/florence-and-the-machine-unplugged.jhtml"><I>Unplugged</I></a>
 album. </P><P> </P><P><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:756331/cp~vid%3D756331%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A756331" width="460" height="260" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed></p>
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