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Adele continues to rule
10:45 | Tuesday February 22, 2011
Source: MW
By Paul Williams
Adele is expected to retain command of both the UK’s singles and artist albums charts for another week after securing early strong leads in both markets, according to OCC data.
Singles
Her second XL album 21 has, at this point in the week, sold more copies than its three closest challengers combined: Epic’s newly-issued Glee The Music – Vol 4 album, Def Jam/Mercury act Rihanna’s Loud and Adele’s own first album 19.
Meanwhile, her single Someone Like You, which claimed the second biggest move to number one in chart history last Sunday after moving 47-1, is outselling the combined early-week sales of Island/Lava act Jessie J’s Price Tag and Rihanna with S&M. These are currently the second and third biggest singles of the week.
Adele’s previous single Rolling In The Deep is also marginally ahead in fourth place of Interscope/Polydor act Lady GaGa’s Born This Way, which had appeared to be on course last week to climb to number one after taking an early lead in midweek sales but then slipped to third place in the final chart last Sunday. It is now the fifth top singles seller at this stage of the week.
Good Girl, the follow-up to Columbia/StarRoc/RocNation act Alexis Jordan’s introductory hit Happiness, is showing up as the week’s biggest new single after appearing in sixth place on midweek sales.
Several songs performed at last week’s Brits are still experiencing sales lifts as a result of the extra exposure, including Rihanna’s S&M, whose sales are up 33.9% on the week so far, Warner Bros act Cee Lo Green’s Forget You, whose sales are almost double what it managed at this point last week to lift it 19-12 on the midweeks, and Polydor act Take That’s Kidz, which was 31st on last Sunday’s chart but is now in 17th place in the week so far.
Another of the BBC Sound Off… intake for this year, Polydor’s Clare Maguire, is on course to make her Top 40 debut this Sunday with The Last Dance presently in 22nd position.
Albums
Back on the artist albums chart and the Brits effect continues to be felt with sales of albums by show winners and performers including Gentlemen Of The Road/Island’s Mumford & Sons, Parlophone’s Tinie Tempah, 679/Atlantic’s Plan B and Warner Bros’s Cee Lo Green significantly higher than where there were at the same point last week.
Apart from the Glee album, there are no new releases appearing within the Top 20 positions, but a clutch outside, including new sets from Pop Sex/Wichita’s Frankie & The Heartstrings, XL’s Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX, Roadrunner’s Devil Driver, Decca’s Secret Sisters and Bella Union’s Low Anthem.
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Top 40 Only
Singles
1 Adele
2 Jessie J/BoB
3 Rihanna
4 Adele [RITD]
5 Lady Gaga
Top 10
6 Alexis Jordan
Top 15
Cee Lo Green
Top 20
Take That
19 Rihanna/Drake
Top 30
22 Clare Maguire
24 Rihanna [OG]
28 Katy Perry
29 Avril Lavigne
Top 40
Justin Bieber/Jaden Smith
Plan B
Glee/Gwyneth [SITR/Umbrella]
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Albums
1 Adele
2 Glee
3 Rihanna
4 Adele [19]
5 Mumford & Sons
Top 10
Cee Lo Green
Rumer
Top 15
JLS
Arcade Fire
Top 20
17 Katy Perry
Top 30
Frankie & The Heartstrings
Justin Bieber
Gill Scott Heron & Jamie xx
Devil Driver
The Secret Sisters
Top 40
The Low
Paloma Faith
Justin Bieber
Florence + The Machine
39 KIngs Of Leon
Lady Antellebum
NO SALES INFO
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ARTIST UPDATES
Singles
JLS
Chipmunk/Chris Brown
Chris Brown
Enrique
Pink
Katy Perry
Britney
Albums
Tinie Tempah
Ellie Goulding
Pink
JLS
Olly Murs
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