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.
Forbes has unveiled the annual list of Hip-Hop’s top 20 earners and as usual, Jay-Z has landed at #1. The rap icon has outperformed all other contenders including Diddy, Eminem and even Kanye West.
Adele just keeps winning. 27 weeks after the release of ‘21′, the album remains in the top 3 of the United World Chart with continued increases in sales.
Just when Kelly Rowland thought it was safe to release an album. While managing to outsell Beyonce’s ’4′ LP on this week’s Billboard 200, the singer’s ‘Here I Am‘ has missed the top spot and was outdone by the ever-present force that is Adele’s ’21′.
Other artists in the industry are experiencing struggles on the charts but there are two acts who continue to climb to new heights. Adele and Lady GaGa have both achieved new career milestones, proving that there is still hope for commercial success.
11 weeks. That’s the number of occasions Adele has dominated the Billboard 200 since the release of her ’21′ album on February 22nd, a first for any artist since 2008.
Did you know that Eminem’s ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ was the top-selling Hip-Hop album of the 2000-2009 decade?
Adele’s global domination continues to thunder onward as her ’21′ album has returned to the #1 spot for an incredible 18th week. The singer easily surpassed her nearest competitors, Beyonce and Lady GaGa, despite releasing her LP weeks before them.
Beyonce’s reign has come to an end. The singer’s ’4′ album has fallen from the peak of the Billboard 200, slipping to the brink of the top 5 while chart rival Adele’s ’21′ continues to excel in the top 3.
Maybe 4 isn’t her lucky number after all. Following its #1 debut on the Unite World Chart last week, Beyonce’s ’4′ has already lost its grip of the top spot.