Despite Grammy performance snafu, Adele regains Billboard top spot

Adele (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) Adele may have cried all day after her shaky Grammy performance last week, but the British songstress reclaimed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart on Monday as demand for her hit album “25″ remained strong three months after its release. Adele’s “25″ climbed from No. 2 after clocking a further 151,000 units across album and song sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The album has sold a total of 8.3 million copies in the United States. It features the song “All I Ask,” which Adele sang last week at the televised Grammy awards. But her performance was marred by technical issues when a microphone fell on the piano’s strings and the singer uncharacteristically hit sharp and flat notes. Later in the week, Adele appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show and performed a flawless rendition of the song, accompanied by [...]