Adele's "21" scores its 12th Week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. That the longest time at #1 for any album since Santana's "Supernatural" in 2000.

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• Party @ Yep Roc: Fountains of Wayne new "Sky Full of Holes" hit first week sales of 11,728 debuting at #37 on the Billboard Top 200. That marked a new high for the band, as well as, the largest singles sales week and highest Billboard chart position in the 14-year history of NC-based indie Yep Roc Records. 
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