Whitney Houston?s sudden death on February 11 led to her return to the popularity charts. Houston?s album re-enters the at Number 6. In addition, three of her Number One singles are back on the Hot 100 list. ?I Will Always Love You? re-enters at Number 7, ?I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)? places at Number 35 and ?Greatest Love of All? comes in at Number 41.
Adele?s six Grammy wins and her return to performing after a three-month break were responsible for increased sales of her albums and spends its 20th week at Number One and jumps 10 positions to Number 9 on the chart. According to , is expected to sell another 500,000 to 600,000 copies in the week ending February 19. That will be enough to keep it in the ?s top spot for a 21st week and make it the longest-running Number One album by a female artist in the chart?s history.
In other chart news, Madonna earns her 38th Top 10 hit this week with ?Give Me All Your Luvin?.? The debut single from her upcoming album features Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. Madonna holds the record for most Top 10 songs in the Hot 100?s 53-year history. Rounding out the list of artists with the most Top 10 hits are the Beatles (34), Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder (28), Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Elton John (27), Elvis Presley (25), and Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones (23).
This week?s Top 10 album debuts on the chart include Van Halen?s ?A Different Kind of Truth? at Number 2, ?Now That?s What I Call Music 41? by various artists at Number 3, ?Scars & Stories? by The Fray at Number 4, ?Kisses on the Bottom? by Paul McCartney at Number 5 and ?Home? by Dierks Bentley at Number 7.
On February 21, Capitol Records will release the soundtrack to the Navy SEAL action-thriller . The album features 10 tracks by superstar Country acts, including Lady Antebellum, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Wynonna Judd, Trace Adkins and Jake Owen, among others. hits theaters nationwide on February 24.
?Some Nights? by Fun
?Voice of Ages? by The Chieftains
?How About I Be Me (And You Be You) by Sinead O?Connor
?Electric Sea? by Buckethead
?Careless World? by Tyga
?Safe House? the original motion picture soundtrack
On February 21, Mick Jagger, Keb Mo, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, and others will perform a special blues concert at the White House. The event, which celebrates Black History Month, will be filmed for the PBS television special, ?In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues.? The show is scheduled to air on February 27.
The 2012 Country Radio Seminar (CRS) will take place February 22-24 in Nashville. The three-day event attracts Country radio programmers and personalities throughout the U.S. A highlight of the annual seminar is the New Faces of Country Music Show, which will be held on February 24. This year?s New Faces talent includes Thompson Square, the Eli Young Band, Hunter Hayes, David Nail and Sunny Sweeney.
Legendary Motown singer will turn 72 on February 19. In 1955, Robinson formed the Detroit-based vocal group The Miracles. The group made its first appearance on the rhythm-and-blues chart in 1960 with the Number One song, ?Shop Around.? Robinson left The Miracles in 1972 to pursue a solo career. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and two years later, received the Grammy Living Legend Award. Smokey was presented with a Kennedy Center Honor in December 2006. That same year, he recorded , which includes his renditions of 13 jazz, big band and pop standards. Smokey?s latest album, , was released in 2009. Guests on the collection include Joss Stone, India Arie and Carlos Santana.