Get ready to celebrate another milestone in Adele’s career because her ’21′ album has reached the border of a major accomplishment. The record has sold accumulated total US sales of 8.99 million copies and will surpass the 9 million sales mark next week!
Nicki Minaj said that starships were meant to fly but her ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ album has crashed and burned. In fact, the record has plummeted on the Billboard 200 and will soon exit the top 10 of the chart.
Nicki Minaj’s attention-seeking antics on Twitter have done nothing to boost her dismal album sales. In fact, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ LP has continued its decline on the Billboard 200 and is even being outsold by Adele’s ’21′, which has been in the top 10 for 61 weeks.
It looks like Nicki Minaj’s chances of matching the success of her ‘Pink Friday’ debut album with ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ have dropped drastically. Indeed, along with the probability of the latter record being having such a major impact, the sales of LP have also took a tumble.
Nicki Minaj and Madonna have been dominating the airwaves during the last few weeks as they promoted their latest projects. However, the supertsars and occasional collaborators experienced completely different results for their respective efforts.
Mixed reviews didn’t prevent Madonna and Justin Bieber from launching onto the Billboard charts with massive debuts. Really, it appears that the magnitude of their respective fanbases have propelled them to near unstoppable status.
Melanie Fiona has exceeded expectations by cracking the top 10 of the Billboard 200 with her ‘The MF Life’. album. However, despite landing among this week’s top-selling albums in the US, there is no denying that she has suffered a disappointment.
Adele is patiently waiting to score her 24th week at the top of the Billboard 200 with her ’21′ album but until that occurs, she continues to enjoy strong sales in the runner-up slot. On the Billboard Hot 100, however, another female artist has enjoyed strong gains.
Adele failed to match the 24-week chart dominance of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ but she accomplished another impressive feat this week. Her ‘21′ album, which was certified 8x platinum by the RIAA at the end of February, has officially topped the 8 million sales mark in the US.
Now, this is something that few people expected. Thanks to a clever yet understated feature appearance on ‘We are Young’ by Rock band fun, Janelle Monae has clocked her first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100.