Her name is Adele so hear her roar! The Pop/Soul singer has achieved a phenomenal feat this week as her ’21′ album has now spent more weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 than any other release of the 21st century thus far.
The album clocks its 12th week the chart summit after selling another 76k copies. This accomplishment gives Adele the honor of having the album with the most weeks at #1 since Santana’s ‘Supernatural’ held the top spot for 12 weeks between the years 1999 and 2000.
On the other hand, Katy Perry’s ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)’ has failed to break Michael Jackson’s record of 5 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from a single album as the track remains at #2 on the lineup. However, with the official remix featuring Missy Elliott only impacting radio and iTunes on August 8th, the song is expected to experience the boost it needs to climb to the top.
See the leading Urban/Pop releases from the top 10 of both Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 below:
1. Adele – ’21′ – 76k (total: 2.9M)
8. Beyonce – ’4′ – 34k (total: 627k)
Billboard Hot 100
1. LMFAO - ’Party Rock Anthem (Ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock)’
2. Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night’
3. Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’
4. Pitbull - ‘Give Me Everything (Ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)’
5. Bad Meets Evil – ‘Lighters’
6. Lil Wayne – ‘How To Love’
7. Britney Spears – ‘I Wanna Go’
8. Maroon 5 – ‘Moves Like Jagger (Ft. Christina Aguilera)’
9. Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’