Lana Del Rey has last laugh with high first Billboard

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - after weeks of media hype and ridicule, singer of Lana Del Rey had the last laugh Wednesday marking the debut more high of the week on the Billboard 200 album chart with his new record "Born To Die".

New York native Del Rey, who had Internet buzz especially after a volatile performance on sketch show "Saturday Night Live" U.S. last month, sold 76,000 copies of his album in its first week.

It was second only to the British singer Adele, who continues his reign for the week of 19 to no. 1 with "21."

In the wake of Del Rey a veteran singer Leonard Cohen, who has sold 41,000 copies of his 12th studio album, "Old ideas", a collection of songs recalling some prior and works the best-known Cohen as "Hallelujah".

Del Rey and new high entries of Cohen, they could not take first place Adele. It sold 121,000 copies of "21" in the week of his official return from throat surgery at the ceremony of the Grammy Awards Sunday.

The only other new entry in the top ten albums was singer of gospel, Fred Hammond, who have entered in table no. 8 with "God, love & Romance", while the party rockers LMFAO returned in the ranking with "Sorry for party rocking" at number 9 and ""Talk that Talk"Rihanna has jumped to the card to complete the top 10."

Battle of graph of next week will be seen if veteran rockers Van Halen can fall Adele first place with their new album, "A different kind of truth."

(Reports of Piya Sinha-Roy;) (Editing by Jill Serjeant)

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Beyonce's new baby makes Billboard chart debut

On her last album "The Dreamer," released just three months before her death, Etta James sings a mix of covers, from the R&B classic "Misty Blue" to the Ray Charles song "In the Evening." But perhaps the most curious tune included on the disc may be the Guns N' Roses staple "Welcome to the Jungle."

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Adele, Jason Mraz top 2012's first Billboard chart

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British singer Adele kicked off 2012 just like much of 2011 -- at the top of the Billboard album charts, for a 15th week, with her best-selling "21".

Soul-pop singer Jason Mraz scored the year's first top song with "I Won't Give Up" at No. 1 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, ahead of his eagerly anticipated fourth album.

"21" sold 124,000 copies, almost three times more than this week's No. 2 album, Drake's "Take Care." While album sales across the top 10 were down this week, the chart saw a resurgence of some of 2011's favorites, including Black Keys' "El Camino" up to No. 3, Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" back up at No. 5 and Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" up to No. 6.

The only new entry this week to break into the top 50 was alternative rock group SafetySuit's sophomore album "These Times," which entered the chart at No. 7.

In the digital songs chart, Mraz surpassed recent chart staples such as LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It," Rihanna's "We Found Love," with his new single.

The song was released after the singer posted a video on his website, which then spread through the social networks. It sold more than 229,000 download copies in its first week.

"I Won't Give Up" precedes Mraz's follow-up to 2008's "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things," which included the hit single "I'm Yours" and earned a Grammy nomination.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serjeant)

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