Lupe Fiasco has put an end to Adele’s rule at the top of the Billboard 200. The rapper’s ‘Lasers’ album has replaced ’21’ in the #1 spot, preventing the R&B singer from scoring a 3rd week consecutive at the chart’s summit.
Lupe’s ‘Lasers’ enters the tally with over 204k copies sold, outpacing Adele’s ’21’ which sold just over 133k units (down 21%) in the #2 spot. However, Adele has no reason to cry as these figures bring her 3-week total to over 650k, further cementing her title of having the 2011’s best-selling album to date.
Marsha Ambrosius was not as lucky, on the other hand, as ‘Late Nights & Early Mornings’ slips to #8 with 41k units sold (down 57%). Still, the former Floetry member still managed to inch pass Justin Bieber’s ‘Never Say Never: the Remixes’ which held the #9 spot with 40k (down 25%).
On the Billboard Hot 100 Lady GaGa’s ‘Born This Way’ continues its reign at the #1 spot for a 5th consecutive week. The track managed to fend off strong competition from Cee-Lo Green’s ‘F*ck You (Forget You)’ at #2 and Katy Perry’s ‘E.T (Ft. Kanye West)’ at #3.
Rihanna’s ‘S&M’ slipped to #4 on the Hot 100, outranking Jennifer Lopez’s ‘On The Floor (Ft. Pitbull)’ at #5 (although ‘On The Floor’ sold another 216k downloads behind only Perry’s ‘E.T’ which sold 216k). Elsewhere on the chart Pink’s ‘F*ckin’ Perfect’ dipped to #6 and Bruno Mars’ ‘Grenade’ fell to #7.
Nonetheless, the real winner on the singles chart this week is Ke$ha who has writing credits on 2 songs in the top 10 – ‘Blow’ at #10 and Britney Spears’ ‘Till the World Ends’ which vaulted from #20 to #9. Just another reason for her to party.
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go Lupe! great album!
MARIAH CAREY IS BETTER THAN EM ALL
I wouldn’t say adele was RnB.. and lipe had better albums! Glad he number one tho, even with his label drama, and the fact he doesn’t believe in it all that much. I hope the next album is an album HE wants to make and STILL sells.
I bought “Lasers”! 🙂
I’m happy for him, but I also feel bad that he can’t even enjoy his success because Atlantic Records had to twist his arm into doing things THEIR way. Oh well, at least this shows that his fans are truly a loyal bunch, Lupe should take solace in that.
And I’m so proud of my girl Adele, still can’t believe that people are actually recognizing talent and quality in this day and age! This plus the Grammys probably means that mainstream music is making a positive turnaround after all.
WOOOO QUEEN RIHSUS BE SLAYIN
SO KATY PERRY IS ON HER 4TH SINGLE ..AND IS NUMBER 3 WITHOUT A VIDEO.WHEN RIHANNA IS ON HER 4TH ASWELL (AFTER ONLY 6 MONTHS SINCE THE RELEASE OF LOUD IN NOVEMBER) AND IS BEHIND HER ALREADY ???
WHEN WAS KATY PERRY ALBUM RELEASED ?
HOW MANY NUMBER ONE SHE IS GONNA HAVE OVER HER ALBUM?
GOSH I AM IMPRESSED.
SHOUTOUT TO THE MEN:LUPE,BRUNO,CEE LO(IMPRESSIVE CHART RUN BY THE WAY) AND KAYNE WEST.
@True Blue
I agree with you.
I´m so happy with this last two months. Grammys were on point and Adele´s dominating. It´s really great. I´m also happy Gaga is still #1 cos her most immediate competition is crap (Rihanna, Katy and JLo)
610,000 is the best selling numbers of 2011? WOW! *paitently waiting for Queen B’s return*
@KAT DELUNA FAN
RIHANNA IS COMPLETELY OUT-SELLING KATY IN ALBMS THIS ERA *sips tea*
KATY IS THE NEW SINGLES ARTIST OF THIS GENERATION
*takes crown from queen rihsus’s head, puts it on katy’s*
My Queen is Slaying!
Go Girl!
@KAT DELUNA FAN, Teenage Dream has only sold around 1.2 million in the U.S. with 3 #1s and around 3 million WW which is not a lot. Loud has sold around 1.1 million in the U.S. with just 3 singles and around 3.5 million WW. I can’t stand Rihanna but she’s outselling Katy. Rihanna said her next single is California King Bed and then Man Down or Cheers, so I’m pretty sure Loud will top the 5 million mark in WW sales while Teenage Dream is only at 3.5 million because Katy isn’t really that big overseas like Rihanna. Katy’s international success is mainly in Canada, Australia, U.K. while Rihanna’s is all of Europe, Australia and Oceania and even South and Central America. I don’t think Rihanna is that big in Asia though.
LUPE!!!
Worshipmariah do yourself a favor go to hell. This post has nothing to do with her omg you stans. Any way congrats go to Gaga a 5th week is impressive, though weird her personality stands out from the norm
LETS ALL SALUTE THAT MAN….CLAP, CLAP LUPE!!!
The rest of this is a mess! Some of these songs are so old that they should have been replaced ST!NK pls #sitthefuckdown! Love Bruno but enough with that song and ewww…..BTW is the worse song ever and I like Gaga!
YAS! Lupe, YAS! 😀 Loved the album. Glad its #1!
And YAS! to Adele. Love her 🙂
O wow!!! That is so good! I am happy for him!! love his music!! If you want to be a star like Lupe you shoudl go to http://www.essencemusicfestival.com/rbstar.html and try out for Essence R&B Star! They are giving someone a record deal and that would make a singers life amazing just like Lupe!
@TWITTER.COM/XTINASDISCIPLE
YES SHE IS THE NEW QUEEN 0.o I AM IMPRESSED
@ANTONIO
YEAH I KNOW BUT KATY IS ONLY ON HER THIRD ALBUM SHOULD I SAY SECOND ALBUM SINCE SHE IS KATY PERRY(NOT KATE HUDSON).SHE HAS ALOT OF TIME TO SOLIDIFIED HER FANBASE.RIHANNA’S PROMOTION WAS/IS WAY MORE IMPRESSIVE AND SHE IS PLAYEDON RNB STATION WITH TRACKS LIKE WMN.
KATY PERRY HAS SPEND SO MANY WEEK ON THE TOP OF THE HOT 100 THE PAST COUPLE OF YEAR.
CALIFORNIA GIRLS-10 WEEKS I GUESS
FIREWORK
TEENAGE DREAM
AND NOW …E.T.???
DONT DENY THAT HER RUN CHART IS TO DIE FOR.RIHANNA ON THE OTHER HAND SPEND ONLY 1 TO 2 WEEKS ON THE TOP WHEN SHE IS NOT A FEAT ACT.I AM NOT COMPARING THE TWO BUT KATY IS ACTUALLY TAKING OVER THE SINGLES CHART AND SHE IS DOING JUST FINE IN THE ALBUMS CHART SO FAR.
MORE POWER TO HER.
That’s what I’m talking about!
I love how radio is on the Lupe train all of a sudden to.
I hadn’t heard him on the radio since Kick, Push, now SGO is on every hour on the hour 🙂
To Every Man, Woman & Child…
1. We Want An End To The Glamorization Of Negativity In The Media.
2. We Want An End To Status Symbols Dictating Our Worth As Individuals.
3. We Want A Meaningful And Universal Education System.
4. We Want Substance In The Place Of Popularity.
5. We Will Not Compromise Who We Are To Be Accepted By The Crowd.
6. We Want The Invisible Walls That Separate By Wealth, Race & Class To Be Torn Down.
7. We Want To Think Our Own Thoughts.
8. We Will Be Responsible For Our Environment.
9. We Want Clarity & Truth From Our Elected Officials Or They Should Move Aside.
10. We Want Love Not Lies.
11. We Want An End To All Wars. Foreign & Domestic (Violence).
12. We Want An End To The Processed Culture Of Exploitation, Over-Consumption & Waste.
13. We Want Knowledge, Understanding & Peace.
14. WE WILL NOT LOSE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOSERS, WE ARE LASERS!!!
Lasers are the opposite of losers. Lasers are shining beams of light that burn through the darkness of ignorance. Lasers shed light on injustice and inequality. Losers stand by and let things happen. Lasers act and shape their own destinies. Lasers find meaning and direction in the mysteries all around them. Lasers stand for love and compassion. Lasers stand for peace. Lasers stand for progression. Lasers are revolutionary.
Lasers Are The Future.
We’re Not Losers…We Are L.A.S.E.R.S.!!!
Love Always Shines Every-time Remember to Smile!
🙂
DEAD @ KAT DELUNA COMPARING RIHANAN WITH KATY PERRY LMFAO!!!!
GIRL….
KATY PERRY IS AT 2.9 MILLION WW AFTER 28 WEEKS
RIHANNA 3.5MILLION AFTER 16 WEEKS
NUMBERS WERE POSTED LAST WEEK LOL! NO COMPARISON BOO
NOW……ET IS A THREAT FOR RIHANNA NOW ON THE US CHARTS…….HOWEVER, SM IS ALREADY #2 ON THE WORLD CHARTS BEHIND LADY GAGA
I STILL THINK WE MAY GET A 10TH #1 WITH SM IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS
HAHAHAHA!!!! DO YOU LOVE IT?
@JOHN VIDAL
Might be the first time, but CO-SIGN. Lol
ARE YALL READY FOR LOUD TO SURPASS 4 MILLION ALBUM SALES NEXT MONTH?
IM SO READY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
THEN 5 MILLION IN THE SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to Lupe and Gaga.. Well deserved.. Keep slaying hard
Yessss Lupe! Lasers is a stellar album, that #1 is well deserved.
omgg im so proud of lupe!! i love the album, been waiting for it since The Cool
@PERIS
RIHANNA STANS CRITISIZE CIARA BUT THEY CANT THEMSELF STAY ON TOPIC MORE THAN A SECOND .I AM TALKIN ABOUT SINGLE RUN CHART AND LONGEVITY.
KATY PERRY HAS SPEND SO FAR 12 WEEKS ON THE TOP OF THE HOT 100 WITH 3 SINGLES OUT OF 3 FROM TEENAGE DREAM.RIHANNA HAS SPEND ONLY 3 WEEKS ON THE HOT 100.NO NEED TO BE A SCIENTIST TO SEE THAT SHE IS SHITTIN ON EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW.BRUNO MARS HAS SPEND 8 WEEKS WITH 2 SINGLES OUT OF 2.I AM JUST SAYIN ITS IMPRESSIVE “TO ME”
RIHANNA HAS EASILY TOP CHARTER BUT SHE NEVER STAY THERE FOR WEEKS,KATY & BRUNO DID.
DONT TALK TO ME ABOUT ALBUM SELL BECAUSE I AM NOT A KATY PERRY STAN AND I DONT GIVE A F*CK ABOUT HER NUMBERS.RIHANNA STANS CANT EVEN CONGRATULATE THE SUCESS OF ONE OF RIHANNA BESTIE…JEALOUS MUCH.
why is everything about who outsold who?
why isnt it about who performed better or, who sang better, who’s album lyrically was better.. im tired of sales the onli ppl who shud be concerned are the artist and ther label THER THE ONLY ONES making bread offa da sales not us. so why is everybody pressed on sales. sales dont mean S*** these days. anyone can make a wack ass song and sell millions. take nicki minaj for example
@BLANCO FAMILY
PREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH!
LUPE! So proud of him. Unfortunately now y’all wanna post ish about him though now that he has a #1 record. But, before he was all of non-existent to your blog. Shady… lame
“:RIHANNA HAS EASILY TOP CHARTER BUT SHE NEVER STAY THERE FOR WEEKS,KATY & BRUNO DID.’
@Kat Deluna Fan
“Rude Boy” was #1 on BB Hot 100 for four or five weeks. So what are you talking about?
Oh and Congrats on your fav’s Rolling Stone cover
http://cdn.newsoxy.com/2011/03/snooki-rolling-stone1-e1299109041922.jpg
Congrats to Lupe, BTW
@BLANCO FAMILY
You mad?
Stay mad :]
http://www.gifsoup.com/view3/1070462/kingsley-o.gif
@LOUD
You must be a devil worshipper if you call @Blanco Family’s b******* preaching. Lol
@KAVION LMAOOOO 😀 AHAHA
@MARI
I AM TALKIN ABOUT ONE ALBUM AT THE TIME.LOUD VS TEENADE DREAM VS DOO WOPS ..VS WHATEVER…I mean singles from one era/album ..
BUT OVER WITH THE DEBATE.CONGRATS TO LUPE
@Kavion
Why do you say that? what’s his past? lol
I just thought he was right. Talent > Sales.
It’s Britney B****
@LOUD
Because Blanco Family usually says nothing but hateful s***. Lol
Plus sales do matter in some ways. i.e THRILLER.
& I’m a big fan of Nicki. Lol
@Dave
Tecnically the post is a billboard update not exclusively on lupe
@LOUD
YOU ARE RIGHT DONT EXCUSE YOURSELF
How is Gaga still number one! Her song sounds soo s*****. JLO should be number one! Or atleast higher than her last week position! If not Jlo ATLEAST Rihanna should have taken number one spot! Also, I like Katy Perry and all but her E.T. song is pretty bad, but thats my opinion.
Lady gaga number one for the 5th week.. she killing it!!
I don’t know how you feel y’all about that but i think that even if BTW is still #1, Gaga lost a lot of hype. People are getting tired of her. her tricks are getting old. I doubt she’ll have a long career. I give her two years maximum and then…bye Gaga!
@LOUD
I am tired of her antics aswell but her monsters are kick ass.The hype is fallin between the non fans but the real stans are still in love with her.She is takin herself too seriously.I dont know but we’ll see.
How can you say, people are getting tired of lady gaga when shes been number 1 for 5 weeks.. when was the last female singer to do that? Shes more popular then ever
you rihanna stans need to get off katys nuts, jeez. considering that rihanna has been out longer then katy, its expected that she would outsell her. comparing Louds sales to Teenage Dreams sales is stupid. as far as the charts go, most of rihanna’s songs only last a week at #1. katy stays at #1 longer then rihanna.
@Taylor swifts number 1 fan
ke$ha stayed at #1 for a record 9 weeks. california gurls was #1 for 6 weeks. that was like 7 months ago
Yeah, my girl dominates those digital sales!!! You know shes getting her $$$$!!! Hard to believe shes accomplished so much in a year. Thats pretty good for a “no talent white trash autotune abuser”. Haters can stay pressed.
SMH@ Rihanna stans going after a woman whose only been out for 3 years.
@LTM Lmao, it wasnt that long ago then!
@Ltm&Dollar$ign$kills
If I’m not mistaken somebody*cough flop deluna fan* brought up katy first so why attack the rihanna stans!? I doubt that the rihanna stans feel threatened or even dislike katy but if you try to use her or any other artist to slay rih her stans will always shut that s*** down!
lol @KAVION being mad at the truth.. u calling me a devil because im spitting TRUTH. its my opinion… since when did having a voice and saying whats on ur mind become hating??? u mad at the truth gwarl STAY MAD!!!! cuz i will continue to spit it. ill never lie to impress NO B****. not even my own mother
@BLANCO FAMILY
Lmao, first you say it’s the truth, then it’s your opinion?
LOL!!
I can’t….
http://www.gifsoup.com/view/1219391/i-can-t.html
@sane beyhanna stan
She wasnt coming at Rih. She didnt say Katy was slaying Rihanna. She was just saying shes passed Rihanna on the charts, which is true. She never said Katy was better. No need for Rihanna stans to get b*** hurt about it, and bust out Rihannas numbers.
Yess ADELE
^^^^agreed. pulling up rihanna’s numbers was stupid. it would be pathetic for her not to outsell katy.
@DOLLAR$IGN$KILLS
Thanks ,I just choose rihanna because rihanna is already on her 4th single like katy perry but the video is not even released yet.God knows that I cant favorite one to the other,they are both ass good/bad to me.
Once again @Dollar$ign$kills
Once again why choose rihanna when she’s been out longer. Why not say Beyonce, ke$ha or somebody else? Katy has more then one contemporary so why choose rih? And they shouldn’t bust out # but everybody knows their delusional anyways.
@sane beyhanna stan
KAT DELUNA FAN
March 18, 2011 at 12:34 am
@DOLLAR$IGN$KILLS
Thanks ,I just choose rihanna because rihanna is already on her 4th single like katy perry but the video is not even released yet.
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Whatever Kat deluna fan does not like rihanna more then they dislike katy so it makes sense 🙂
minus Adele F*** everybody on that list that is LUPE ….he outshined everyone this week and noone can take that away from him, even if only for a week, i wish you stans would take a damn break, preferably your whole life.
*isnt lupe
More Stan wars..Gee What’s new? Anyway Congrats Lupe So proud of you. Glad to see Marsha Hanging on in the top ten. @ BLANCO FAMILY I agree 100% with your first comment.
Congrats to Lupe he deserves the Number 1 Spot as did his previous albums. First Adele & Marsha now Lupe. REAL MUSIC is on the RISE!!!
LOUD IS ABOUT TO PASS TAYLOR SWIFT WORLD ALBUM SALES DESPITE TAYLOR SELLING 1.8 MILLION THE FIRST 2 WEEKS B4 LOUD WAS OUT LMFAO!!!
TAYLOR HAS FALLEN OUT OF THE TOP 40 ON THE WORLD CHART. SHES AT 3.9 MILLION WW
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
his successful is well deserved even tho he had to dumb it down to get it.
“Congrats to Lupe he deserves the Number 1 Spot as did his previous albums. First Adele & Marsha now Lupe. REAL MUSIC is on the RISE!!!”
I agree!!! 🙂
I also agree with @Dave.
@ Keesha, I totally agree, im glad that artists with something to say are doing well on the charts. As for my girl Rihanna, I love her so much and wishes that she would release “Fading” as the next single after CKB. I know she wants to go slower bc it ill be the summer time and everyone is doing this Europop fast music. But i feel fading is better than CKB, but this album deserves some grammys, so hopefully nxt year she gets some!
RIhanna fans never compare her to Beyonce or Alicia Keys or Lady Gaga….why? because you guys know that she can’t compete..therefore you compare her to people who haven’t even been in the business as long as she has. Just sad!!!
Very happy for Lupe. I don’t know much about him but I definitely like some of his songs. I hope in the next few weeks Katy is #1! My sister adores her and I have to say she’s grown on me. It’d be very exciting for her fans, like my sister, for their fav to have 4 #1’s off the same cd. Plus I’ve been told she’s been in the top ten for 40ish consecutive weeks as a lead artist? Which is second to Ace of bass I believe? Pretty impressive for someone on their second cd. 🙂
To the person that said only 650k thats good for an album that has only been out for a few weeks. Trent Marsha’s album is doing good. It only had a decrese of 57%, thats closer to how albums use to decline, what are u talking about.
650K is good, yes. However, Beyonce will sell that in just one week or maybe two. Pretty sure Britney and Gaga will do the same, too.
LUPE is amazing. He’s beginning to get new fans that appreciate his music!!!! It took a long time but hard work pays off.
GaGa IS recognized as the highest digital seller ever with 20 million sold, and that doesn’t include Telephone, Born this way & Alejandro. Behind is Taylor Swift & Rihanna with 18.5 & 19 million respectively. How long has GaGa been out compared to those two? GaGa is SLAYING!! The end..
THE FAT CHIC ADELE BITES THE DUST!!!!!!! ANOTHER ONE BITE THE DUST, UH HUH…
@KATDELUNAFAN Rihanna is on her 3rd single. Only Girl – What’s My Name? and S&M. Plus the only reason why E.T is so high is because Katy’s label sent out the remix with Kanye as the official single in order to boost sales because that version is not on the album. That’s the only reason why the single is selling so well. Case closed.
@heartbeat maybe the reason why its selling is because its good
Your trying to tell me that it’s cuz of kanye?
Well then the only reason why rihanna has 9# ones is because of
1.jay z
2.Drake
3.eminem
4. T.I
Without them she would only have like 5 # ones just like beyonce
Lol music has taken such a bad turn
Lady Gaga and Rihanna are the most popular artist with their bubble gum crap.
I miss the days where Eminem was by far the most popular artist in the world and real music was recongnized (real Eminem , not the Em that makes songs with Rihanna)
good for Lupe despite the fact Lasers is no where as good as his last two
woo go lupe