US Charts: Adele Holds Strong On Billboard 200

Adele ’21′ was released in February 2011 in the US but the album is still maintaining its sales momentum. In fact, after 66 weeks on the Billboard 200, the record has still managed to chart in the top 3 of the lineup!

To date, ’21′ sold over 56K copies this week, raising its total sales to 9.21 million in the US. Certified 9x platinum by the RIAA, the album has thus far notched 23 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 and is on track to reach diamond status during the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ sold another 18K copies at #20 on the Billboard 200 for a new total of 493K units. Finally, Drake’s ‘Take Care’ placed at #39 with 9K   copies (total: 1.75 million).

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

Billboard 200

1. John Mayer - ‘Born & Raised’ – 219K (debut)

2. Adele – ’21′ – 56K (total: 9.21 M)

3. Carrie Underwood - ’Blown Away’ – 45K (total: 486K)

4. Slash – ‘Apocalyptic Love’ – 38K (debut)

5. One Direction – ‘Up All Night’ – 37K (total: 698K)

6. Lionel Richie – ‘Tuskegee’ – 33K (total: 823K)

7. MercyMe - ‘The Hurt & the Healer’ – 33K (debut)

8. Sara Bareilles - ‘Once Upon Another Time’ – 31K (debut)

9. Various Artists – ‘Now 42′ – 31K (total: 233K)

10. Norah Jones - ‘Little Broken Hearts’ – 28K (total: 243K)

 

Billboard Hot 100

1. Gotye’s – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (Ft. Kimbra)’

2. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’

3. Maroon 5 – ‘Payphone (Ft. Wiz Khalifa)’

4. fun. – ‘We are Young (Ft. Janelle Monae)’

5. Nicki Minaj – ‘Starships’

6. Flo Rida – ‘Wild Ones (Ft. Sia)’

7. One Direction – ‘What Makes You Beautiful’

8. The Wanted – ‘Glad You Came’

9. Justin Bieber – ‘Boyrfriend’

10. Phillip Phillips – ‘Home’

Watch Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ video below:

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