Adele has done it again. After a short stint away from the top of the United World Chart, the Pop/Soul singer’s ’21′ has returned to tally’s peak for a 23rd week and extended its lead as the year’s top-selling LP to date.

’21′ sold another 262K copies this week and easily outpaced Tony Bennett’s ‘Duets II’ album, which debuted at #2 with 230K. The latter topped the Billboard 200 earlier this week with sales exceeding 179K copies and gave Bennett the honor of being the eldest living artist to achieve a #1 album in the US.

Adele’s ’21′ has now sold over 10.41 million units worldwide and remains the bestselling album of 2011. Last week the LP matched the record set by Usher’s ‘Confessions’ in 2004 for being the fastest-selling album of the last 10 years when hit passed the 10 million sales mark in only 34 weeks.

Meanwhile, Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera’s ‘Moves Like Jagger’ continued to dominate the United World Track Chart for a 5th week after selling another 471K copies. The song was followed by Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ – for which a video was released last evening – which sold 246K units.

Check out the the lineup of the leading Urban/Pop albums and tracks in the world below:

United World Album Chart

1. Adele – ’21′ – 262K (total: 10.41 M)

2. Tony Bennett – ‘Duets II’ – 230K (debut)

7. Lil Wayne – ‘Tha Carter IV’ – 101K (total: 1.53 M)

8. David Guetta – ‘Nothing bu the Beat’ – 100K (total: 655K)

10. Lady GaGa – ‘Born This Way’ – 65K (total: 4.63 M)

Bonus

11. The Throne – ‘Watch The Throne’ – 52K (total: 1.23 M)

12. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’ – 51K (total: 12.91 M)

17. Adele – ’19′ – 44K

19. Beyonce – ’4′ – 42K (total: 1.73 M)

21. Bruno Mars – ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ – 39K

United World Track Chart

1. Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera – ‘Moves Like Jagger’ – 471K

2. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’ – 246K

3. LMFAO – ‘Party Rock Anthem (Ft. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock)’ – 236K

5. Pitbull – ‘Give Me Everything (Ft. Ne-You, Afrojack & Nayer)’ – 173K

6. Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)’ – 164K

7. David Guetta – ‘Without You (Usher)’ – 162K

8. Bat Meets Evil – ‘Lighters (Ft. Bruno Mars)’ – 160K

9. Rihanna – ‘Cheers (Drink To That)’ – 160K

10. Lady Gaga – ‘You & I’ – 158K

Bonus

12. Jason Derulo – ‘It Girl’ – 150K

Thoughts?