Adele’s ’21′ was an unbeatable force on the Billboard 200 in 2011 and it appears that the album will continue to occupy the upper regions of the chart in 2012. In fact, the record has logged its 14th week at the summit of the lineup and matched one of the accomplishments of another famous singer – Whitney Houston.

With 14 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, ’21′ has matched the chart lead of Houston’s self-titled debut album. The only records by female artists that have remained at the top of the tally for a longer time period were Houston’s ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack (20 weeks) and Carole King’s ‘Tapestry’ (15 weeks).

Coincidentally, Adele previously broke another record set by Houston when ’21′ notched its 31st week in the top 5 of the Billboard 200 and outlasted the 30-week run of ‘The Bodyguard’ to become the album with the longest stay in the top 5 since the beginning of the SoundScan era in 1991. To date, it has notched 43 of its 44 weeks of availability in that section of the chart.

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

Billboard 200

1. Adele – ’21′ – 144K (total: 5.82 M)

2. Drake – ‘Take Care’ – 72K (total: 1.25 M)

3. Young Jeezy - ‘TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition’ – 67K (total: 300K)

4. Lady Antebellum - ‘Own the Night’ – 54K (total: 1.20M)

5. LMFAO’s – ‘Sorry for Party Rocking’ – 49K (total: 524K)

6. Florence + Machine – ‘Ceremonials’ – 47K (total: 414K)

7. Black Keys – ‘El Camino’ – 45K (total: 428K)

8. Coldplay - ‘Mylo Xyloto’ – 44K (total: 1.00 M)

9. Rihanna – ‘Talk That Talk’ – 42K (total: 514K)

10. Various Artists – ‘Now 40′ – 41K (total: 549K)

Billboard Hot 100

1. LMFAO – ‘Sexy & I Know It’

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

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

4. Bruno Mars – ‘It Will Rain’

5. Flo Rida – ‘Good Feeling’

6. LMFAO – ‘Party Rock Anthem (Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)’

7. The Throne – ‘N*ggas in Paris’

8. Adele – ‘Set Fire to the Rain’

9. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’

10. Gym Class Heroes - Stereo Hearts (Ft. Adam Levine)’

By the way, Adele’s ’21′ was the top-selling album of 2011. Read all the details regarding that tremendous feat by clicking here!

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