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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

John Mayer Holds On To #1 Billboard Slot For Second Week

Mayer's 'Born And Raised' keeps top spot as Regina Spektor lands at #3.
By Gil Kaufman

<a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/mayer_john/artist.jhtml">John Mayer</a> is <a href="/news/articles/1686646/john-mayer-taylor-swift-dear-john.jhtml">none too happy with ex Taylor Swift</a>  these days, but the guitar strummer has plenty to celebrate when it comes to his chart prowess. Mayer's <a href="/news/articles/1685535/john-mayer-born-and-raised-review.jhtml">Born And Raised</a> , will hold on to the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 next week despite losing 70 percent of its first-week mojo. According to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, Mayer's fifth solo disc sold an additional 65,000 copies, giving him a two-week total of more than 285,000.<div class="player-placeholder right" title="John Mayer - "Shadow Days"" id="vid:762832" width="415" height="255"></div>Russian piano pounder Regina Spektor will land at #3 with her sixth effort, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, which sold nearly 42,000 copies, while buzz band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros came in a bit behind at #5 with Here (35,000). The other debut in the top 10 was from Icelandic mood rockers Sigur Rós, whose Valtari landed at #7 (26,000).The rest of the top 10: Adele shows no sign of quitting, as 21 once again locked down the #2 spot on sales of 58,000 as the increasingly rare 10 million sales figure looms on the near horizon. Boy band One Direction got a slight boost, as Up All Night slid up one spot to #4 (41,000), while Carrie Underwood fell three spots with Blown Away (#6, 32,000), NOW 42 inched up a spot (#8, 26,000), country star Luke Bryan moved up six spots to get back into the top 10 with Tailgates & Tanlines (#9, 24,000) and Lionel Richie rounded things out with Tuskegee (#10, 22,000).Georgia rap trio <a href="/news/articles/1684999/travis-porter-debut-album.jhtml">Travis Porter</a>  debuted at #16 with their first major-label studio album, From Day 1 (14,000) and, after debuting at #4, the latest from guitar god Slash, Apocalyptic Love, took a major tumble in week two to #19 (14,000). His <a href="/news/articles/1686158/phillip-phillips-american-idol-digital-sales.jhtml"> "Home" single</a> might be taking off on iTunes, but the first collection of songs from "American Idol" winner <a href="/news/articles/1686599/phillip-phillips-american-idol-surgery.jhtml">Phillip Phillips</a>  tanked in its second week on the charts, plunging by 52 percent and 14 spots to #25 on sales of 12,000). Just ahead was former "American Idol" runner-up <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/lambert_adam_american_idol_/artist.jhtml">Adam Lambert</a>, whose second major-label album, Trespassing, slipped nearly 50 percent in its third week, falling another 12 spots to #24 (12,000).It was also a major comedown for Gotye pal Kimbra whose vows dropped 31 spots to #45 in its second week (8,000).Next week, look for the reunion album from the Beach Boys, as well as discs from Alan Jackson, rapper <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/big_krit/artist.jhtml">Big K.R.I.T.</a>, Curren$y and the "Rock of Ages" soundtrack.

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