Oops...Britney Does It a 6th Time, while Katy makes it 2 in a Row - Billboard Charts for Week Ending April 16, 2011

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BIG CHART NEWS

Britney Spears' 7th studio album, "Femme Fatale" held off upstart hip-hopper Wiz Khalifa and scored her 6th #1 album on the Billboard 200. Featuring the #1 single, "Hold It Against Me" and Top 10 follow up, "Till The World Ends", Spears was expected to debut in the penthouse position. More on her achievement in a moment...

Katy Perry and Kanye West's "E.T." retains the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a 2nd consecutive week. Perry released the "E.T." music video in the last few days and sales of the single surged to new heights. With airplay still increasing and sales now north of 300,000 downloads for the first time, Perry (and West) may kick back and relax atop the singles chart for a few weeks.

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Perry and Brown rule the Billboard Charts - Week Ending April 9, 2011

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BIG CHART NEWS

Katy Perry has added her name to a distinct group of artists who have landed four consecutive #1 singles from an album, as her collaboration with Kanye West, "E.T.", ends Lady Gaga's impressive 6-week stay at #1 with "Born This Way" on the Billboard Hot 100.

With his eagerly anticipated debut album, "Rolling Papers", arriving this past Tuesday, on-the-rise rap star Wiz Khalifa follows his recent #1 hit, "Black And Yellow", with "Roll Up" and "No Sleep". "Roll Up" jumps 45-29 and is the official 2nd single from the album. To try and minimize leaks, Atlantic Records rush-released "No Sleep" to iTunes and digital retailers. A huge first week in sales lands "No Sleep" at #6. Although he may lose the top spot on next week's Billboard 200 album chart to Britney Spears, Khalifa is clearly becoming the rapper of the moment. Word also hit this week that he and iconic rapper Snoop Dogg would be starring in a stoner/comedy film, penciled in for a 2012 release.

Despite another controversial week, Chris Brown scores on the Billboard pop charts as "F.A.M.E. (Forgiving All My Enemies)" lands the R&B singer his first ever #1 album. An album cut featuring Justin Bieber, "Next 2 You" debuted at #26 while Brown's latest single, "Look At Me Now" featuring Busta Rhymes & Lil' Wayne pushed ahead 8-7. All in all, Brown proves that any publicity is good publicity and I'll leave my personal comments regarding his curious album title choice to myself.


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Lady Gaga and Adele Top Billboard Charts - Week Ending April 2, 2011

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As part of a new feature at Awards Circuit, found every Thursday on the Blog, we will summarize and take a look at the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200 album chart and any other facts or anecdotes we can glean from the week in charted contemporary music...