Sales Figures: Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Lasers’ Shoot Down Adele

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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