Adele has set a new standard for success as her ’21′ album nabbed the top spot on the United World Chart for an awe-inspiring 21st week. The record sold yet another 234K copies and surged ahead of all contenders, including The Throne’s ‘Watch The Throne’ and Game ‘The R.E.D. Album’.
’21′ exhibited a 4% swell in sales and landed at #1 with a new total of 9.27 million units sold. The LP is expected to hit the 10 million mark within the next month thus becoming the fastest selling album since Usher’s ‘Confessions’, which accomplished that figure in 34 weeks in 2004.
The Throne’s ‘Watch The Throne’, on the other hand, remained at #2 with 148K copies sold, just one spot above Game’s US chart-topping ‘The R.E.D. Album’, which entered the World Chart this week with 130K. Additionally, Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ sold 86K at #5 and Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ moved 76K at #7.
Check out the the lineup of the leading Urban/Pop albums and tracks in the world below:
1. Adele – ’21′ – 234K (total: 9.27 M)
2. The Throne – ‘Watch The Throne’ – 148K (total: 913K)
3. Game – ‘The R.E.D. Album’ – 130K (debut)
5. Lady GaGa – ‘Born This Way’ – 86K (total: 4.31 M)
7. Amy Winehouse – ‘Back To Black’ – 76K (total: 12.68 M)
Bonus
11. Beyonce – ’4′ – 55K (total: 1.50 M)
12. Adele – ’19′ – 53K
13. Rihanna – ‘Loud’ – 52K
14. Bruno Mars – ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ – 45k
15. Pitbull – ‘Planet Pit’ – 43K (total: 573K)
2. Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera – ‘Moves Like Jagger’ – 376K
3. LMFAO – ‘Party Rock Anthem (Ft. Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock)’ – 272K
4. Pitbull – ‘Give Me Everything (Ft. Ne-You, Afrojack & Nayer)’ – 246K
5. Katy Perry – ‘Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)’ – 238K
6. Lady GaGa – ‘The Edge of Glory’ – 185K
8. Bat Meets Evil – ‘Lighters (Ft. Bruno Mars)’ – 173K
9. Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’ – 161K (total: 7.82 M)
10. Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Bass’ – 161K
Bonus
11. Britney Spears – ‘I Wanna Go’ – 143K
13. Adele – ‘Someone Like You’ – 138K
Subscribe to these comments by RSS
You can change your comment avatar at Gravatar.com.
Using this site means you agree and will adhere to all rules, terms, and policies.
Adele SLAYING. Gaga still at #5, nearly at the 5mil mark. Adele, Gaga and beyonce still selling despite there not so radio friendly songs. Just goes to show, you don’t need to be into s&m or Friday nights to win #winning
I can’t believe that Rihanna’s album came out in November and is STILL selling just as much as albums that just came out 2 or 3 months ago. I guess Riri ain’t taking no prisioners lol
[...] she has sold over 9 million copies of her ’21′ album worldwide, Adele is still promoting the record. The singer/songwriter [...]
[...] as she arrived at the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at Grosvenor House in London last evening. The reigning chart queen recently lashed out at critics who pressure celebrities to lose weight instead of allowing stars to [...]