It’s been a while since we looked at the Billboard 200. What blows my mind is that nine months after it was released, Adele’s album still manages to find 100,000+ new buyers every week. Who are these people who haven’t figured out they want this album by now?
1. Tony Bennett – “Duets II” – 179,000 (debut)
2. Lady Antebellum – “Own the Night” – 125,000 (down 64%)
3. Adele – “21” – 117,000 (down 2%)
4. Demi Lovato – “Unbroken” – 96,000 (debut)
5. Lil Wayne – “Tha Carter IV” – 84,000 (down 28%)
6. NeedToBreathe – “The Reckoning” – 49,000 (debut)
7. Mindless Behavior – “#1 Girl” – 36,000 (debut)
8. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter” – 34,000 (debut)
9. Jay-Z and Kanye West – “Watch the Throne” – 31,000
10. Pearl Jam – “Pearl Jam Twenty” – 27,000 (debut)
Lower:
24. Tori Amos – “Night Of Hunters” – 18,000 (debut)
26. Superheavy – “Superheavy” – 18,000 (debut)
• Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Sept. 25) totaled 5.28 million units
• Year to date album sales stand at 222.93 million