iTunes Album Chart

LIONEL’S BITE OF THE APPLE: The deluxe edition of Mercury Nashville artist Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee album tops the current iTunes album chart, over both Shinedown’s Amaryllis (Atlantic) and Madonna’s MDNA (Interscope). 19 Recordings’ American Idol, Season 11, Top 9 album is next at #4, followed by Universal Republic’s The Hunger Games soundtrack (#5), XL/Columbia’s Adele (#6), Universal Republic’s Gotye (#7), Richie’s regular version of Tuskegee (#8), Fueled by Ramen’s fun. (#9) and pre-sales for Arista Nashville superstar Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away (#10). (3/29p)