Miguel’s ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ album cover.

The US charts are often a grim sight for true music lovers but this week they were treated to a glimmer of hope. Two of the most exciting artists in the industry today – Miguel and Adele (their names rhyme!) – stormed the Billboard rankings with their latest offerings and proved that their is still a market for real talent.

Miguel’s ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ album blasted pass earlier sales predictions by selling over 71K copies in the US this week and debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200. In case you didn’t notice, the LP sold 60K additional units compared to the first week sales of his previous effort, ‘All I Want Is You’, which entered the line at #37 with 11K copies sold in December 2010.

Meanwhile, over on the Billboard Hot 100, Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ brought the house down at #8. After only 72 hours of availability in the US, the song sold a staggering 261K digital copies, thus earning the singer her first top 10 debut. Compare that to the #13 and #16 starts of Ke$sha’s ‘Die Young’ and Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds‘, respectively, on last week’s chart ranking.

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

Billboard 200

1. Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’ – 169K (total: 769K)

2. muse – ‘The 2nd Law’ – 101K (debut)

3. Miguel – ‘Kaleidoscope Dream’ – 71K (debut)

4. Pink – ‘The Truth About Love’ – 52K (total: 427K)

5. Three Days Grace – ‘Transit of Venus’ – 48K (debut)

6. DianaKrall – ‘Glad Rag Doll’ – ’46K (debut)

7. Jackie Evancho – ‘Songs From the Silver Screen’ – 41K (debut)

8. Little Big Town – ‘Tornado’ – 31K (total: 228K)

9. Cher Lloyd – ‘Sticks & Stones’ – 31K (debut)

10. Van Morrison - ‘Born to Sing: No Plan B’ – 29K

Billboard Hot 100

1. Maroon 5 – ‘One More Night’

2. PSY – ‘Gangnam Style’

3. One Direction – ‘Live While We’re Young’

4. fun. – ‘Some Nights’

5. Taylor Swift – ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’

6. Taylor Swift – ‘Red’

7. Justin Bieber – ‘As Long As You Love Me (Ft. Big Sean)’

8. Adele – ‘Skyfall’

9. Pink – ‘Blow Me (One Last Kiss)’

10. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’

Listen to Adele’s ‘Skyfall’ below:

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