Adele notches 16th week at No. 1

Maintaining its torrid pace, Adele's "21" dangles onto its No. 1 slot around the U.S. album chart for any 16th non-consecutive week. In the 46th chart week, the British singer's Columbia set offered 144,000 copies, based on Nielsen SoundScan data for that week ending Jan. 8. It had been the only real title to maneuver a lot more than 100,000 models a week ago. If "21" holds the apex in a few days - a likely proposition among a skinny The month of january release schedule -- it will likely be the very first album to log 16 days at No. 1 because the blockbuster soundtrack for "Titanic" achieved that task in 1998. Barring an enormous sales slump, the gathering Up for six Grammys the following month -- should top the six million sales plateau on next week's chart. The week's only top ten debut - actually, the only real album to bow within the top 50 - is Oklahoma band SafetySuit's "These Occasions," (Universal Republic), which makes its way into at No. 7 having a 26,000-unit tally. Group's sophomore album was released being an iTunes exclusive. Week's some of the best 10 albums all drenched percentage declines with flagging publish-holiday sales. Ruling within the top 5 are Drake's "Be MindfulInch (No. 2, 42,000 offered, off 41%), the Black Keys' "El Camino" (No. 3, 42,000, lower 8%), Youthful Jeezy's "TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition" (No. 4, 36,000, off 47%) and Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" (No. 5, 28,000, lower 37%). Finishing the very best 10 are Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" (No. 6, 27,000, off 35%), LMFAO's "Sorry For Party Rocking" (No. 8, 25,000, lower 38%), the "Now 40" compilation (No. 9, 24,000, lower 42%) and Florence & the Machine's "Ceremonials" (No. 10, 24,000, lower 50%). New sets by Snow Patrol, the David Crowder Band and also the Little Willies are some of the top chart candidates for in a few days. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com