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XL/Columbia U.K. chanteuse Adele nudges over 5 million at #3, adding another 186k to her total for 2011’s best-selling CD.

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The Black Keys, Amy Winehouse and Glee Cast 7 Debut in Top 10
Michael Buble’s selling more Christmas albums than chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

The Reprise crooner’s new album will be the second-top seller of the year after Adele by the time the year is done, adding 473k to his total to land at #1 for the second consecutive week.

Nonesuch/WB’s critically acclaimed album by the Black Keys, El Camino, is the top debut, entering at #2 with an impressive 203k in sales.

XL/Columbia U.K. chanteuse Adele nudges over 5 million at #3, adding another 186k to her total for 2011’s best-selling CD.

The late Amy Winehouse debuts at #5 with her posthumous Universal Republic release Lioness: Hidden Treasures album, which enters on the strength of 110k in first-week sales, behind Island/IDJ’s Justin Bieber Under the Mistletoe, now at #4, with 157k, giving it a six-week total of 860k.

Columbia’s long-running Glee: The Music Vol. 7 compilation debuts at #9, while Decca’s Andrea Bocelli Concerto: Live in Central Park (#6), YM/CM/Universal Republic’s Drake (#7), Roadrunner’s Nickelback (#8) and Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope’s Scotty McCreery (#10) round out the Top 10.

Other new entries include Def Jam/IDJ’s Roots (#15), Roadrunner’s Korn (#15), Epic’s Chevelle (#19), Star Trak/Geffen’s Robin Thicke (#22), RCA’s T-Pain (#28) and Columbia’s Neil Diamond Very Best (#42).

Fantasy holiday perennial Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas re-enters at #25, as does Hollywood’s Selena Gomez & the Scene at #49.

Show Dog’s Toby Keith leads the gainers (#40-32, +80%), followed by Republic Nashville’s The Band Perry (#44-37, +66%), Interscope’s LMFAO (#32-31, +59%), Buble (+57%), McCreery (+52%), Reprise’s Josh Groban (#47-43, +47%), Decca’s Andrea Bocelli My Christmas (#18-14, 45%) and Columbia’s Jackie Evancho (#13-11, +42%).

Hitting this week are RCA’s Anthony Hamilton, Atlantic’s Snoop Dogg w/Wiz Khalifa and WB’s Gucci Mane. The following week (12/20), look for Def Jam/IDJ’s Young Jeezy as the year’s last major release.

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