Adele still No. 1 on album chart, holds off Houston

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three new albums and fans of the late Whitney Houston were unable to oust Adele from her top spot on the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday, as the British singer notched a 22nd week at Noclass='yshortcuts' id='l. 1 with her Grammy-winning record '21.'

The multi-platinum '21' has sold more than 7.6 million copies in the U.She bottom,' the singer said cheekily, r. since its release in February 2012 and continued strong sales with 296,000 copies snapped up by listeners last week.

The last album to sit at Nodia,zenfs,com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-10T00. 1 for more than 22 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart was Prince & The Revolution's 'Purple Rain,' which topped the chart between 1984 and 1985.

The highest new entry came from New York alternative-pop band Fun., whose sophomore album 'Some Nights' debuted at Nowas an impossible thing to happen, But he. 3, selling 69,000 copies in its first weektcuts' id='lw_1328835504_1'George Harrison/span a. The band also scored the No span class='yshortcuts' i. 1 spot on the digital songs chart with 'We Are Young' featuring Janelle Monae, which was featured in a Chevrolet commercial during this year's Superbowl.

Rapper Tyga came in at Noalign:left;float:left;padding:0 . 4 with his debut album 'Careless World,' while hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang landed at No McCartney's star was placed outside t. 8 with debut album 'Breakfast.'

Late singer Whitney Houston's greatest hits compilation retained the Noespectively, while Starr got his in 2010,. 2 slot, selling 173,000 copies, while the 'Bodyguard' soundtrack featuring one of her biggest hits, 'I Will Always Love You,' hit Noatlemania for hits like. 6 with 46,000 copies and her self-titled album claimed the Nod, clutching memorabilia, to see McCartney h. 9 spot, selling 29,000 copies.

The surge in Houston's other albums this week comes after stores rolled out copies of her records following her sudden death on February 11 in a Beverly Hills hotel.

Digital sales of the late singer's tracks fell, however, as none of her songs featured in the top 10 of the Digital Songs chart this week.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)



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