Adele finally did it! After ruling the Billboard 200 throughout 2011 and a large portion of 2012, the British singer’s ’21′ album has topped the 10 million sales mark in the US and earned her a place in history among the best-selling artists of the last 20 years.
With sales exceeding 28K copies this week, ’21′ has sold over 10.02 million copies since being released in the US on February 22nd 2011. The album has yet to leave the Billboard 200 since debuting at #1 with 352K copies sold in its debut frame 92 weeks ago.
Ironically, ’21′ is the 21st album of the SoundScan era, which started 21 years ago in 1991, to sell north of 10 million copies in the US. The LP sold a shocking 5.82 million in 2011 as the year’s best-selling release and is on track to top the Billboard Year-End chart again as 2012′s leader. It has sold 4.2 million copies since January 1st 2012 as the only album to move over 4 million units in the US this year.
’21′ lead the Billboard 200 for 24 non-consecutive weeks and remained in the top 10 of the lineup for 80 weeks, 78 of which were achieved consecutively (a record among female artists). All 4 of the album’s singles peaked within the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and 3 of those songs lead the chart - ‘Rolling in the Deep’, ‘Someone like You’ and ‘Set Fire to the Rain’.
Watch the video for ‘Rolling in the Deep’ as we celebrate Adele’s achievement below:
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SLAYDELE DA DIVA
Congrats Adele. Trent be sure to site the Examiner as a source next time, all you id was copy and paste lmao.
Trent sourced BILLBOARD which is the source of the info. The Examiner COPIED Billboard word for word (as they always do) but Trent added information that even Billboard didn’t have. You stans really don’t appreciate this guy
I say that every time I read this site. Trent clearly goes the extra mile writing about stuff but the stans always find a way to complain.
Anyway I’m happy for Adele. All she needs now is that diamond plaque
You betta work Adele!!!
This generations Mariah, so to speak.
How so? No Mariah cd has ever sold 10 million copies
True. Her albums sold 7M but they shipped 10M to stores where 1 of the 3M were through a music club back in the 90s.
The 80s/90s labels were notorious for overcertifying…funny how it wasn’t bashed back then as it is now.
AMAZING !
Yea she finally did it I’m so happy for her!’ No promo either? Your fav could NEVER!!
Adele had promo, she just want over exposed.
Anyway, Trent I learn something new everytime I come on this site. Keep up the good work.
Unreal.
Everybody & they momma got this cd.
No surprise here. Congrats to Adele!
Congrats Slaydelle
Is it just me or at this point, I don’t give a damn about her album sales. It was a good album agreed but why is everything about album sales? How about just talk about the music substance.i
Coming from a Kelly Rowland fan? Of course sales aren’t important. She has none.
some chicks sing about diamonds n other really get those diamonds ………….
Amazing!
I confess I loved it at first but then I got oversaturated in a few months. But that´s normal. All I want is a few more real artists to be this huge, not just Adele as an exception
For example I think Alicia Keys should have a huge #1 next week cos the album is amazing. But I already know even if she does good she will be lucky if she reaches platinum at the end of the era
This Adele´s achievement is HUGE. It´s been like a decade since any other act did it
hmmm… so adele’s 21 sold 10 million in the US in less than 2 years… that’s more than what rihanna’s 7 albums sold in her 7 yearsin the business!
Shadeeee heifer!! Shadeeee lmao
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it’s a great album to fall asleep to