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Adele's "25" climbed from No. 2 after clocking a further
151,000 units across album and song sales and streaming
activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The album
has sold a total of 8.3 million copies in the United States.
It features the song "All I Ask," which Adele sang last week at
the televised Grammy awards. But her performance was marred by
technical issues when a microphone fell on the piano's strings
and the singer uncharacteristically hit sharp and flat notes.
Later in the week, Adele appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show
and performed a flawless rendition of the song, accompanied by a
candid interview in which she said she was "so embarrassed" and
"cried pretty much all day" after the Grammys.
Other Grammy performers that saw a boost in the top 10 of the
Billboard 200 album charts included Canadian pop star Justin
Bieber, who won his first Grammy award and climbed three spots
to No. 2 with his album "Purpose."
Country musician Chris Stapleton, who picked up four Grammy
awards, saw his "Traveller" album climb to No. 5 from No. 11;
R&B star The Weeknd, who won two Grammys, had his "Beauty Behind
the Madness" climb six spots to No. 6; while Taylor Swift, who
won the coveted album of the year Grammy Award, saw her "1989"
record climb 12 spots to No. 8.
The only new entry to crack into the top 10 this week was
"Hymns" at No. 4 by husband-and-wife country music duo Joey +
Rory.
On the Digital Songs chart, which measures online song sales,
Flo Rida's "My House" held the top spot for a second week with
135,000 copies sold.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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