CHART DATE: 05/14/2012
LAST UPDATE: 05/15/2012 12:14:18
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 118,274 -57%
BLOWN AWAY
4 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 103,303 +34%
21
6 3 LIONEL RICHIE MERCURY NASHVILLE 71,960 +10%
TUSKEGEE
3 4 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 42 CAPITOL/EMI 63,294 -34%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
2 5 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE/EMI 56,219 -47%
LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS
8 6 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 39,736 -13%
UP ALL NIGHT
-- 7 SILVERSUN PICKUPS DANGERBIRD 39,548 --
NECK OF THE WOODS
7 8 JACK WHITE THIRD MAN/COLUMBIA 34,178 -46%
BLUNDERBUSS
-- 9 TANK ATLANTIC 32,752 --
THIS IS HOW I FEEL
12 10 GOTYE FAIRFAX/UNIV REPUBLIC 26,571 0%
MAKING MIRRORS
11 11 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 26,299 -4%
TAILGATES & TANLINES
5 12 B.O.B. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 21,795 -71%
STRANGE CLOUDS
17 13 NICKI MINAJ YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 21,691 +14%
PINK FRIDAY... ROMAN RELOADED
24 14 RASCAL FLATTS BIG MACHINE 20,309 +36%
CHANGED
-- 15 KEANE INTERSCOPE 19,777 --
STRANGELAND
22 16 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 19,624 +23%
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
-- 17 KARMIN EPIC 19,441 --
HELLO - EP
9 18 SMASH CAST COLUMBIA 19,293 -54%
MUSIC OF SMASH
-- 19 MARY MARY COLUMBIA 18,616 --
GO GET IT
16 20 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 18,588 -4%
CHIEF
14 21 LEE BRICE CURB 18,159 -28%
HARD 2 LOVE
28 22 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 18,011 +45%
19
23 23 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 16,334 +3%
MY KINDA PARTY
15 24 KIP MOORE MCA NASHVILLE 15,409 -27%
UP ALL NIGHT
20 25 BONNIE RAITT REDWING 15,220 -8%
SLIPSTREAM
37 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 15,095 +34%
OWN THE NIGHT
21 27 TRAIN COLUMBIA 14,690 -11%
CALIFORNIA 37
13 28 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HOLLYWOOD 13,476 -48%
SOUNDTRACK
10 29 MARILYN MANSON DOWNTOWN 13,418 -58%
BORN VILLAIN
26 30 BLACK KEYS NONESUCH 12,213 -15%
EL CAMINO
29 31 THINK LIKE A MAN EPIC 12,087 -2%
SOUNDTRACK
27 32 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 11,919 -6%
TALK THAT TALK
40 33 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 11,831 +10%
WHITNEY - THE GREATEST HITS
18 34 BEASTIE BOYS DEF JAM/IDJ 11,819 -35%
LICENSED TO ILL
33 35 ALABAMA SHAKES ATO 11,806 +2%
BOYS & GIRLS
43 36 BLAKE SHELTON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 11,711 +16%
RED RIVER BLUE
47 37 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 11,632 +23%
STRONGER
32 38 OF MONSTERS & MEN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 11,578 -1%
MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL
31 39 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 10,951 -10%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
35 40 FUN. FUELED BY RAMEN 10,735 -5%
SOME NIGHTS
30 41 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 10,562 -14%
TAKE CARE
45 42 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 9,651 -3%
CEREMONIALS
38 43 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 9,636 -15%
AMARYLLIS
48 44 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 9,413 +4%
MYLO XYLOTO
-- 45 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 8,601 --
THE BAND PERRY
39 46 MONICA RCA 8,507 -22%
NEW LIFE
46 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT BIG MACHINE 8,417 -11%
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
42 48 HUNGER GAMES: SONGS FROM DISTRIC UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 8,400 -17%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 49 MARVIN SAPP VERITY 8,307 --
I WIN
-- 50 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 8,251 --
FOUR THE RECORD

Carrie Underwood's 'Blown Away' Nabs Second Week at No. 1
by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | May 16, 201

Carrie Underwood holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart a second week with "Blown Away," selling another 120,000 copies (down 55% according to Nielsen SoundScan). It's Underwood's third No. 1 album, but first to spend more than a week at the top.

With the Mother's Day holiday falling on the final day of the tracking week (May 13) reflected in the new chart, it's not surprising to see Adele's mom-friendly "21" see a big gain in sales. The album rises 4-2 this week on the Billboard 200 with 101,000 sold -- up 31%.

Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee" also sees a mother-fueled jump, climbing 6-3 with 71,000 (up 11%). The "Now 42" compilation falls 3-4 (65,000; down 31%) while Norah Jones' "Little Broken Hearts" slips 2-5 (60,000; down 46%).

The chart's highest debut comes from rock band Silversun Pickups, which sees its "Neck of the Woods" drive in at No. 6 with 41,000. It's the highest charting set for the act, but not its best sales week: 2009's "Swoon" bowed at No. 7 with a career-high 43,000.

One Direction's "Up All Night" spends its ninth straight week in the top 10, as it rises one slot to No. 7 with 40,000 (down 11%). Right behind the U.K. boy band is Jack White's "Blunderbuss," moving 7-8 with 34,000 (down 38%).

Rounding out the top 10 are Tank's new "This Is How I Feel," debuting at No. 9 (33,000), and Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" stepping 13-10 (26,000; down 1%). Tank's latest gives him his fifth top 40 set and third to reach the top 10. His last release, 2010's "Now Or Never," debuted and peaked at No. 35 with 44,000 that December.

Over on the Digital Songs chart, the top three are non-movers this week, led by Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" at No. 1 with 321,000 (down 8%). The song, which features Kimbra, crosses the 4 million sales mark this week -- rising to 4.04 million downloads sold in the U.S.

At No. 2, Maroon 5's "Payphone" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) sells 293,000 (up 2%) while Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is at No. 3 with 234,000 (up 12%).

Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" rises 5-4 (165,000; down 4%), fun.'s "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) is down one to No. 5 (164,000; down 12%) and Nicki Minaj's "Starships" sails 7-6 (151,000; up 3%).

Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" (featuring Sia) is up two rungs to No. 7 (150,000; up 8%), One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" drops 6-8 (146,000; down 3%) and Jennifer Lopez's "Dance Again" (featuring Pitbull) zips 15-9 (104,000; up 39%). The latter benefits from J.Lo's performance of the track on "American Idol's" May 10 episode.

The Wanted's "Glad You Came" closes out the top 10 on the Digital Songs chart, holding at No. 10 with 95,000 (down 21%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending May 13) totaled 5.56 million units, down 3% compared to the sum last week (5.77 million) and down 2% compared to the comparable sales week of 2011 (5.68 million). Year to date album sales stand at 112.32 million, down 1% compared to the same total at this point last year (113.79 million).

Digital track sales this past week totaled 24.96 million downloads, down 2% compared to last week (25.41 million) and up 1% stacked next to the comparable week of 2011 (24.79 million). Year to date track sales are at 520.35 million, up 7% compared to the same total at this point last year (487.16 million).

Next week's Billboard 200 competes with the same week in 2011 when: Adele's "21" continued to rule the chart for a ninth nonconsecutive week (138,000; down 12%) while Seether debuted at No. 2 with "Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray" (61,000).

That Lionel album is like fucking ear cancer. What tripe! MJ's death must have sapped his soul.

I think it's safe to say Carrie's topped Kelly in success. In the states at least.

The dearth of rock and roll music is scaring me.