It really doesn’t seem fair to the less talented Pop stars in the industry that Adele has continuously denied them a shot at the top spots of the Billboard charts. Yet, it is certainly not her fault that US consumers have finally rediscovered their taste for real music.

Adele’s ’21′ album has notched an 18th nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 by selling another 116K copies for a new total of 6.27 million. The album is slowly advancing toward the 20-week total run of Whitney Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack and if it succeeds at surpassing that figure then it would become the longest-running #1 album of the SoundScan era (1991 to present).

Additionally, Adele also dominated the Billboard Hot 100 this week. Her latest single, ‘Set Fire to the Rain’, has claimed a 2nd frame in the lead position while bolstered by 118 million audience impressions and 167K digital downloads. However, Kelly Clarkson remained hot on Adele’s heels as her song ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’ leapt from #8 to #2.

See the leading releases in the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:

Billboard 200

1. Adele – ’21′ – 116K (total: 6.27 M)

2. Tim McGraw - ‘Emotional Traffic’ – 68K (debut)

3. Lamb of God - ‘Resolution’ – 52K (debut)

4. Various Artists – ’2012 Grammy Nominees’ – 52K (debut)

5. Ingrid Michaelson - ‘Human Again’ – 40K (debut)

6. Various Artists – ‘Kidz Bop 21′ – 33K (total: 92K)

7. Kellie Pickler - 100 Proof’ – 27K (debut)

8. Seal - ‘Soul 2′ – 27K (debut)

9. Drake – ‘Take Care’ – 26K (total: 1.38 M)

10. Kari Jobe - ‘Where I Find You’ – 25K (debut)

Billboard Hot 100

1. Adele – ‘Set Fire to the Rain’

2. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’

3. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love (Ft. Calvin Harris)’

4. Flo Rida – ‘Good Feeling’

5. David Guetta – ‘Turn Me On (Ft. Nicki Minaj)’

6. Bruno Mars – ‘It Will Rain’

7. LMFAO – ‘Sexy & I Know It’

8. Jessie J – ‘Domino’

9. Katy Perry – ‘The One That Got Away’

10. Tyga – ‘Rack City’

Thoughts?