Beyonce "4" The Win; Tops Billboard 200

Beyonce's fourth-studio album, appropriately titled 4, has taken the honors of debut atop the Billboard 200, becoming only the second female artist to collect four consecutive top spot notches in BB history. The album's 310,000 copies sold last week put her in a dead-tie with Britney Spears whose streak of four number one albums ended in 2007 when Breakout came in at number two.

The album's sales were more than triple the nearest contender, Adele's 21, and also are the third best sales week of 2011, ahead of Spears but behind Lady Gaga and Adele. This marks some good news after rumors swirled that a pushback of the album's release was imminent. However, while the sales are good, they do mark her lowest first week numbers in her career as a solo artist, coming just 7,000 short of her debut album Dangerously In Love.

Wonder what next week sales will look like...

LMFAO Scores First #1 On Hot 100

LMFAO must be laughing their ______ ______ off because their latest single "Party Rock Anthem" has ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, displacing the one week reign of Pitbull's "Give Me Everything." Much like its predecessor, this is the first song of theirs to ascend to the top of the charts as their highest charting song (aside from a David Guetta collaboration) was "I'm In Miami Bitch," which stalled at number 51. However, their music has become a party staple, including "Shots" which has been played at every bar, nightclub, and frat party since its release in 2009.

The main component propelling the song from 3-1 on the Hot 100 was digital sales, which were up 22% this week as compared to last. Selling 258,000 copies, the song replaces Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" on the Hot Digital Songs chart. America now joins nearly a dozen other countries where the song has topped the charts, including most of Europe.

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Beyonce Dominates Both Sides of Atlantic with "4"

Beyonce may not have shattered the charts with her lead singles from her new album, but that doesn't mean her album would suffer the same fate... and indeed will not! According to midweek figures in the UK and Hits Daily Double, Beyonce is poised to take the top spot on the album charts in America and Britain in its debut week.

Gaga Pushes 2,000,000 First Week Worldwide; 2nd Week Tumbles.

Lady Gaga's Born This Way stacked up two million copies of the album in total sales its first week. The amazing sales have to do with a number of factors, including the Amazon deal, her international appeal (particularly in big markets such as the UK and Japan), and a promotional blitz that sent the pop star traversing TV networks and the globe.

Regardless of the promotional campaign, accumulating a superb 2M in sales for one week is something worth applauding. This makes Gaga the fastest selling artist of the year and one of the fast selling artist of the new millenium, not to mention the best aggregate first week sales total since Coldplay's Viva La Vida in 2008.

Though with the good news comes the not-so-great. According to Hits Daily Double, the album will take a serious tumble this week as sales will fall more than 80% from its first week (a margin far larger than normal for second week sales totals). An expected 190k copies will be sold in the US this week, which is impressive (and will secure another week at the top) but far less so considering the monstrous debut on the charts. What do you think about Gaga's album sales?

Lady Gaga To SHATTER Records This Week

Lady Gaga has had quite the good past few weeks. Actually, "good" is an understatement when you've unseated Oprah as the number one celebrity on the Forbes Celebrity Top 100 list, become the first person on Twitter to have 10 million followers, secured deals with Starbucks and Best Buy, and earned another top five song in the US. But if that wasn't enough, this week is sure to bring the quirky pop superstar the ammunition to topple any other music story this week as sales look to be ENORMOUS this week.

According to many insiders, the album is on the verge of selling nearly a million copies its first week IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE! Add to that the other 21 nations in which she is topping the iTunes albums chart, and sales for the album inflate even further. Of course, these sales include some remarkably lucrative sales gimmicks that come with any major album release. If you plan to purchase a cell phone this week, buy from Best Buy and get a FREE copy of Born This Way. A 24-hour first-day promotional campaign to sell the album for 99-cents on Amazon has crashed the site's music page, while Starbucks is working to provide the album free with members of their digital network. Two versions of the album are available on iTunes (at prices of $15.99 and $11.99) and 21,000 copies have been shipped to non-traditional outlets such as CVS.

Adele Spends Eighth Week at Number One

Everyone expected 2011 to be Gaga's year and with no album out yet, it may very well turn out that way. But Adele is giving the pop songstress a run for her money as she spends a second cumulative month atop the Billboard 200. That's right, London's 22-year-old blue-eyed soul singer has taken America by storm as she spends an eighth week atop the charts with her album and will likely stay atop the Billboard Hot 100 this week as well.

This makes Adele the first British female solo artist to hold the top spot on the Billboard 200 & Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks ever. Add to that, she shot a stunning cover for Out Magazine which you can check below. The sweet, sweet taste of success!

Adele Scores Her First Hot 100 Number One Single

An enormous congratulations is in order for Britain's soul diva as Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" ascends from the runner-up spot to take the number one space on the Billboard Hot 100. This marks the first time a solo female artist from the UK holds the number one spots on both the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 since Leona Lewis achieved it in April 2008, and only the second solo female artist from the UK in British history.

The song has racked up massive airplay increases this week and outsold the juggernaut that is Katy Perry's "E.T." by nearly 60,000 more digital downloads with 294,000. The singer will also likely get a boost this week as the hit show Glee covered the song this past week. Interestingly enough, "Rolling In The Deep"'s ascent to the top spot makes the song more successful in the US charts as opposed to the UK, where the song stalled at number two.

Enjoy the video below of the number one song in America:

Katy Perry's 5th Week at Number One; "Judas" & "Girls" Tumble

Katy Perry' "E.T." spends a fifth week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after selling another 300,000 copies this week. This is the fourth week the song has pushed 300k or more and its seventh week atop the Hot Digital Songs chart. Equally impressive is the song has spent a second week atop the Radio Songs chart, making it even less likely that the song will be overtaken atop these charts anytime soon.

Although Perry's reign atop the charts is impressive, a charging late-bloomer is rapidly catapulting up the charts in the form of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep." Although the song was released in late November, the song has steadily risen up the charts. This week the song, who undersold "E.T." by just a few hundred copies, rises to number two on the charts.

Interestingly enough, some of the most highly anticipated songs have not performed as many might have expected. Lady Gaga's controversial "Judas" falls out of the top ten Digital Songs chart from 9-16 (81,000), while Beyonce's lead single from her upcoming fourth album falls 23-39 with 47,000 sold. Their exact spots on the Billboard Hot 100 will be released tomorrow.

Check out the rest of the top five on the Hot 100 below.

Adele's "21" Dominates UK Albums Chart

Adele's sophomore album 21 has debuted at number one on the UK Albums chart with sales of 208,000 copies. Not only does this mark the singer's second UK number one album, it marks the highest sales week for an January release in five years. The album, which unseated Bruno Mars's Doo-Wops and Hooligans at the top, has received rave reviews.

Rihanna and Bruno Mars Dominate UK Charts

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Rihanna spends a third week atop the UK album chart with her fifth studio album Loud, while Bruno Mars debuts at the penthouse position on the singles chart this week. Rihanna's album, which debuted at number two behind Take That's Progress in November, has become a steady seller into the new year as the album has held the top spot for all charting weeks of the new year. The triple-platinum album has held off Plan B's The Defamation of Strickland Banks which moves to number two this week.

Check below for the top ten albums and singles in the UK: