Adele Breaks New Record On US Charts

Published: Thursday 25th Aug 2011 by David

Now a staple in the Top 5 of charts the world over, it appears that  sales of Adele‘s ‘21‘ show no sign of faltering despite the release of Lady GaGa‘s ‘Born This Way‘ in May, Beyonce‘s ‘4‘ in June and ‘Watch The Throne’ by Jay Z and Kanye West just weeks ago.

For it has now broken another record in the US, more than seven months after its release.

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With a total of 3.06 million copies sold in the United States, the LP is the fastest selling album to reach the 3 million mark since 2005 after experiencing a sales increase of 10% within the last chart week.

Now holding the #2 position, it sits one chart position behind ‘Watch The Throne’ which was certified Gold this week, moving 177,000 units in the seven days.

In at #9 is Beyonce’s ‘4’ , with 25,000 copies sold within the last week and three places behind her is ‘Born This Way’ by GaGa.

At #27 is Kelly Rowland with her latest effort ‘Here I Am’ which sits ten chart positions above Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Pink Friday‘ with 10,000 units moved this week.

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  1. Nichole August 25, 2011

    Adele is killin it! Congratulations!

    Follow me @music_me84. I’ll follow back!

  2. DMWN August 25, 2011

    Um? What chart “record” did she break?

  3. jay August 25, 2011

    ADELE IS SLAYING THE WORLD. DAMN GIRL!

  4. LEXUS!!! (KING BEY & QUEEN ADELE – U MAD?) August 25, 2011

    THE QUEEN!!!!!!!

    HATERS CAN AND WILL SIMPLY “STAY” THE F*** MAD!!!!!!!

    _______

    ***KING BEY & QUEEN = VMA’S 2011***

  5. Madonnalover August 25, 2011

    K.

  6. LOVING “4”! August 25, 2011

    Go Adele! Glad Bey’s 4 is hanging in with a long top ten run.

  7. pop royalty (MUSIC OF THE SUN) August 25, 2011

    😡 ! it’s getting boring !

  8. BOOMBASTIC!!! August 25, 2011

    Very good for Adele. What about Bey? What music record has she broken lately?

  9. kimberly August 25, 2011

    wow Beyonce “4” is still top 10 after eight weeks! huh. some albums fall so hard after eight weeks.

  10. honeydip August 25, 2011

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  11. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    Congrats to Adelle…beyonce is just at the lowest point of her career! If she wants to maintain relevancy, she needs to deliver better music than the crap she’s been releasing! It’s sad that after a 3 year break, the best she could come back with was RTW!!

  12. @TAUReanFilez August 25, 2011

    dayum KELLY…CAN WE GET A VIDEO BABY?!?!?!?!

  13. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    @boombastic She hasn’t broken any!

  14. Courtney August 25, 2011

    Congrats to Adele she proves that talent still can sell records

  15. mobwife August 25, 2011

    Good for Adele. I like her CD but this might be a bit much! It is a good CD but really what is going on with these numbers. She has reallly snatched weaves, wigs, and comb-overs with ’21’…LOL! 🙂

    *Ummm, “Watch The Throne” dropped significantly …good!

  16. B**** PLEASE August 25, 2011

    I HOPE ADELE ACTUALLY STAYS ON FOR YEARS TO COME…….NORA JONES ANYBODY??????????

  17. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    jay z floppppppppppppppppppp beyonce flopppppppppppppppppppppppppppp adele soars!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  18. Bey’knight August 25, 2011

    Never thought id say this but i agree with @pop royalty its gettin rather boring and she didnt break any record.

    Why am i gettin a deja vu vibe #Kanyeshrug

    @que_baby89
    U know nothing about Beyoncé’s career or music so shut up

  19. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    jay z is a flop

  20. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    beyonce will never top the sales of adele…………….

  21. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    @Bey’Knight Beyonce career is known worldwide so how about you shut up!

  22. Nichole August 25, 2011

    @ B**** Please. I see Adele being more of a Susan Boyle, than a Norah Jones. Besides, Norah was wayyyy too much of a snore. I don’t get that vibe from Adele.

    Follow me on Twitter! @music_me84. I’ll follow back!

  23. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    Who run the world? Adelle Who run the world? Adelle Who run this motha? Adelle!

    Had this been Beyonce, y’all would be praising. but since it’s adelle, you’re getting bored! Lol one of a kind!

  24. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    beyonce is done lol

  25. Kisses August 25, 2011

    This women is slaying! The audience she caters to actually goes out and buy albums to support. She deserves it 🙂

  26. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    adele is soulful like john legend and lauryn hill

  27. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    3 f****** million in the us……………………….

  28. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    beyonce stans= jealous……..

  29. LOVING ‘4’! August 25, 2011

    So it’s a top ten review but # 27 is thrown in?

  30. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    beyonce stans dont cry.

  31. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    beyonce is number 9 lol

  32. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    And sam is throwing shade…he said its the fastest selling album to reach 3 million since 2005. But he failed to say it was Mariah Careys Emancipation Of Mimi!

  33. stan August 25, 2011

    congrats @ the 3x platinum mark.

    but that “record” is not legit, sorry.

  34. Robier August 25, 2011

    Adele has annihilated

  35. The Naked Truth August 25, 2011

    SLAYDELE!!!!!

  36. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    adele slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyed beyonce

  37. Mike August 25, 2011

    who cares!! damn its like yal post a new stat everyday, and they are getting dumber and dumber each time. We dont need to hear everytime she has a 5%increase in sales or moves up two spots, please give it a rest

  38. Mike August 25, 2011

    oh and if it was beyonce i would be tired of hearing these daily stats as well…..leave that to the artist’s web team. Thanks!

  39. Madonnalover August 25, 2011

    Why the f*** is beyonce being brought up?
    Go away!

  40. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    LOL WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 3 MILLION

  41. rihanna stan August 25, 2011

    ADELE IS KING……………..

  42. Rich August 25, 2011

    Congratz~!

    I’m surprised Bey is still in the Top 10! I’m happy for both of them!

  43. Pam August 25, 2011

    Beyonce not number#1? Oh Nooooooooooo!!! What is she going to release a s** tape with her Hova? Or does she have anymore of her soul to sell? “GO ADELE”

  44. rihanna stan August 25, 2011

    BEYONCE IS A FLOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP NUMBER 9

  45. rihanna stan August 25, 2011

    LOL NO HER SOUL IS GONE ……….

  46. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    deal b****** beyonce is a flop at number 9

  47. Rich August 25, 2011

    How is Bey a flop when she topped the chart and is still in the top 10.

    PMSL @ the pressed haters

  48. JJ August 25, 2011

    *YAWN* How many posts about ONE topic do we need (Adele breaking records)???

  49. BOOMBASTIC!!! August 25, 2011

    So Adele is king? Where does that leave Bey? Ah well, if she downgraded to queen that is still good. King is better. Well she can be king still too just like Adele. So still Adele gotta be the bigger ruler. She run the mutha right now. . . . Except for one thing. When Adele well enough to start her tour and as far as performance goes, BEY RUN THAT MUTHA! Right?

  50. albums and artists souldn’t be judged on sales/numbers August 25, 2011

    This is the best Britney Spears quote ever :

    “I think albums are judged on sales, which is not good.”
    – Britney, 2011

  51. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    BEYONCE IS NOT A BIG SELLER LIKE ADELE OR MICHAEL JACKSON,,,, MOST OF BEYONCES SINGLES FLOP AND HER ALBUMS ARE OVERRATED.

  52. S*** August 25, 2011

    SAM, Can you STOP posting on WIDE-DELE??, OKay, we get it, “Shes Killin the Charts” but Sorry but does she REALLY deserve it??

    21 AINT all that!! The only songs by her that I really like are CHASING PAVEMENTS (B4 She became OVERRATED) & RUMORS… THATS IT!!, The majority of her music is DULL, OVERRATED & UNINSPIRING.

    4 >>>>>>>>>>>> 21 regardless of whether you prefer 80s R&B or Pop/Soul/Blues Music.

    Adele just got LUCKY. 😕

    Just this year’s Lady Caca/Susan Boyle (in terms of Sells) IMO 😕

    Im starting to think shes only selling because of the ALBUM COVER (Outside of her Image, & Skin Color ofcourse).

    Its not fair because Adele’s Demographic is quite different from everyone else, her Demographic if from that of the 70’s & 80’s! while everyone else’s Demographic is coming from Present Industry in today’s Climate (in terms of Sells).

    Eitherway, 4 is gonna Kill the Grammys next Year & the year after that!!. 🙂

    I don’t care how successful she is right now, Adele hasn’t proven herself yet. As of now, she’s for all intent and purposes is a “one hit wonder”!! Let’s see if in 5 years and 3 albums down the line if she’s still commanding attention. Adele’s name used to be Susan Boyle, Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones. Every other year the music industry and buying public chooses some random dowdy soul/pop singer to get behind and celebrate in an attempt to make itself seem less shallow and more credible. Their first few albums sale like crazy, and then it abruptly ends.

  53. S*** August 25, 2011

    @beyonce flop singles

    B****, STFU!!

    I can only IMAGINE how JEALOUS YOUR FAVS must be right now that they will NEVER… EVER be able to crack out an album HALF as Amazing & Career Defining as 4!!

    REAL CLASSIC R&B MUSIC: #CHECK
    ECLECTIC/MULTI GENRED: #CHECK
    COHESIVE, CONSISTENCY: #CHECK
    RISKY/FRESH/DIFFERENT: #CHECK
    GREAT LYRICS/VOCALS/PRODUCTION: #CHECK
    ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, HEARTBREAK ETC: #CHECK
    NO BASIC TYPICAL LACKLUSTER FILLER MATERIAL: #CHECK
    QUALITY, SUBSTANCE, DEPTH: #CHECK
    CRITICAL ACCLAIM: #CHECK

    WHEN your FAVS??

    4 = REAL TIMELESS CLASSIC MUSIC

    1. 1+1 (4/5)
    2. I Care (4.5/5)
    3. I Miss You (5/5)
    4. Best Thing I Never Had (4/5)
    5. Party Ft Andre 3000 (4/5)
    6. Rather Die Young (4/5)
    7. Start Over (4.5/5)
    8. Love On Top (5/5)
    9. Countdown (5/5)
    10. End Of Time (5/5)
    11. I Was Here (5/5)
    12. Run The World (4/5)

    4 = EPIC MASTERPIECE (9.5/10)

  54. beyonce flop singles August 25, 2011

    BEYONCE IS STILL A FLOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 3 MILLION SOLD B****** ADELE SLAYEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

  55. beyonce the copycat of this generation August 25, 2011

    BEYONCE STANS ARE HATING BECAUSE ITS NOT BEYONCE WHO SOLD 3 MILLION

  56. S*** August 25, 2011

    @beyonce flop singles

    How DARE you??:

    http://ximages.net/images/51216231955693318769.gif

    AND b****??

    Bey has sold 30 MILLION in the States (with only counting 6 of her 8 Albums), Beys last Album IASF sold 3 Million too B**** & thats without having to just SIT ON HER FAT ASS!!

  57. AaronMichael August 25, 2011

    Lmao@ S*** saying Adele’s music is dull, overrated and uninspiring. I coulda sworn the same is constantly said about BeYAWNce.

  58. AaronMichael August 25, 2011

    I don’t understand why people can’t just give creditnwhere credit is due. 7 momths later her album is still topping the charts and selling like hot cakes. Regardless of who u like or dislike no one is rolling in the dough like Adele right now. No one.

  59. WeHeartAslam August 25, 2011

    Follow @WeHeartAslam and let’s share our love for Adele and Beyonce…

  60. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    If Beyonce stans were to put their brain in a bird, it would fly backwards! 😉

  61. Angel987 August 25, 2011

    BEYONCE HATERS: IF BEYONCE IS SO BORINGGG AND OVERRATED…WHY WOULD YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COMMENTS ABOUT HER??

    THATS CAUSE YOUR PATHETIC AND BEYONCE MUST OF DONE SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU VERY PRESSED TO BE ON HER ASS!! JUST SHUT UP!!

    BEYONCE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART WHEN IT DEBUTED AND IS STILL IN THE TOP 10? FLOP? I BELIEVE NOT!!

    “BEYONCE FLOP SINGLES” …REALLY? THATS UR NAME? HAHAHA THATS POOR!!

  62. beyonce the copycat of this generation August 25, 2011

    WHY ARE BEYONCE STANS ON A DELE’S POST???????????? ANSWER ,,,, TO HATE ONLY BECAUSE BEYONCE SHIPPED 1 MILLION .

  63. beyonce the copycat of this generation August 25, 2011

    BEYONCES MUSIC HAS NO EMOTION OR SOUL LIKE 21………………..

  64. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    @s*** Mariah carey sold 30million with just one album! And plz change your gravatar pic cause you look horrible! Glad you have high self esteem though!

  65. beyonce the copycat of this generation August 25, 2011

    4 SOLD ONLY 310,000 IN ITS FIRST WEEK.

  66. beyonce the copycat of this generation August 25, 2011

    BEYONCE CANT WRITE A SONG BY HERSELF….

  67. B_STANNING AND LOVING ADELE August 25, 2011

    CONGRATS ADELE……….Look at the BEY haters throwing shade as if they can do in one year what bey did in 15 #SMDH

  68. B_STANNING AND LOVING ADELE August 25, 2011

    @S*** who is in your gravatar? is that bey

  69. Adrian August 25, 2011

    I Have never EVER seen haters like the one beyonce has its sad and most of them are black women, at the end of the day beyonce is going to be BEYONCE! its ok to say you dislike her but please miss me with the hating and shade!

  70. Bey’knight August 25, 2011

    @que_baby
    No dumbass all u know is chart positions, u dont kno nothin about where she is in her career. I bet u think singles define Bey’s career lmao

    @Pam
    seriously are u an imbecile? Do u think Bey’s album was released last week?

    Smh as usual its always gonna be about Bey, shes a yawn but u keep talkin about her. What does that make u?

  71. Que_baby89 August 25, 2011

    @bey_stanning Madonna, Mariah, Whitney, and Celine sold 75 million records 3-4 years into their career!

  72. kimbeenshittingonsickigarbarj August 25, 2011

    OMG Why The F*** Is Some PLANE BUM B**** Throwing Shade At Bey ! ANYWAYS 4 Is A Great Album & Adele might Be Shitting On Her In SALES But Not In Talent ! They Are Both TALENTED So Take Several SEATS !

  73. ole skool August 25, 2011

    LOud is still selling too

  74. THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LACEFRONCE. August 25, 2011

    Stop with the posts about this fat b****!

    THE GREAT LACEFRONCE is getting tired of reading it.

    OBESEdele= Susan Boyle 2.0…nothing more
    ————–
    LMAO@ BLEACHonce being #9.

    I Told the THIEFonce fanbase that it would be out of the top 10 soon 😉

  75. Bey Fan… August 25, 2011

    I just love how yall claim Bey fans are haters…. but from reading the first comments, it looks like ppl were hating on Bey.

    Only one person said something negative about Adelle…. But look how many negative post there are about Beyonce…smh

    Anyway, Adelle is def killing it. And she deserves it. Although Im tired of 21, I’ll admit i couldn’t stop playing it for a week…

  76. B_STANNING AND LOVING ADELE August 25, 2011

    @que_baby your point is…….because Beyonce is more relevant than ppl u talking about

  77. IS†ANN4GAGA August 25, 2011

    THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LACEFRONCE.

    August 25, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    Stop with the posts about this fat b****!

    THE GREAT LACEFRONCE is getting tired of reading it.

    OBESEdele= Susan Boyle 2.0…nothing more
    ————–
    LMAO@ BLEACHonce being #9.

    I Told the THIEFonce fanbase that it would be out of the top 10 soon
    ________

    Pot meet Kettle?????????????

    LACEFRONCE= Fatass Ghetto ass buffet slayer…nothing more

  78. Aaliyah was truly one in a million (queenbey) August 25, 2011

    Sam post QUEENBEY 1+1 video

  79. jamir21:bey,rihanna,brit,gaga,nicki >>>>> KERI ! August 25, 2011

    21 = Boring
    4 = Masterpiece with HITS !!
    BEYONCE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ADELE !

  80. Adele dragged beyonces weave August 25, 2011

    HAHA BEYONCE FANS AINT GOT S*** TO SAY THERE FAT HONEY BEE BEYONCE IS FLOPPING ON A GLOBAL SCALE 2 MONTHS DOWN THE LINE AND HER ALBUM IS A P*** POOR 650,000 IN THE US AND IN TOTAL 1.3 MILLION

    HAHA BEYONCE AINT EVEN GOT A PLATINUM SINGLE

    POINTS AND LAUGH YA CAN ALL SHADE ADELE BUT ALL SHE DID WAS SIT DOWN IN A VIDEO AND STILL SMASHED BEYONCE’S WEAVE OF HER HEAD

    ADELES VOCALS SELL
    BEYONCE P**** POPPING PERFORMANCES HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON HER

    BEYONCE YOUR ARE SLOWLEY BECOMING A HASBEEN YOU DUMB FAT TROLL TAKE A SEAT WHILEST OTHERS SAIL PAST YOU IN SALES

    BEYONCE = 2011 BIGGEST FLOP

  81. JER August 25, 2011

    Now BeYAWNce wishes her album was called “21” not 4lop. And she just released a video for “1+1” which equals 3 flop singles in a row. 3 BOMBS.

  82. pop royalty (MUSIC OF THE SUN) August 25, 2011

    @ADELE DRAGGED BEYONCE WEAVE :

    if BEYONCE = 2011 biggest FLOP !
    then :

    KER HILSON = biggest FLOP of ALL TIMES ! she can’t even sell like BEYONCE ! CUZ nobody care about her ! if she’s died NOW ! no one will care ! ONLY SAM will cuz KERI pay HIM 😆 !

    keep ON hating COCKROACH SPAM ! no one cares 😆 !

    http://www.gifsoup.com/view7/2974374/rihanna-who-s-that-chick-bugs-o.gif

  83. jamir21:bey,rihanna,brit,gaga,nicki >>>>> KERI ! August 25, 2011

    21= BORING S*** PUTS ME TO SLEEP !!!
    4= S*** THAT MAKES YOU DANCE…..!

  84. Adele dragged beyonces weave August 25, 2011

    WHY YOU THROWING KERRY WHAT EVER HER NAME INTO THIS? I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO SHE IS LET ALONE STAN FOR HER SO FAIL

    AND YOUR ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO DRAG ANOTHER ARTIST INTO IT TO TRY AND MAKE BEYONCE’S FLOP LOOK LIKE A SMASH COMPARED TO SOME ONE I DONT EVEN REALLY KNOW IS A FAIL

    JUST SEEN BEYONCE VIDEO FOR 1+1 AND ROFL WHAT A F****** HOT TRAGIC MESS THAT VIDEO AND SONG IS ANOTHER FLOP AND FAIL SET FOR BEYONCE

    BEYONCE IS NOW BECOMING A HASBEEN ADELE IS THE NEW KING, SHE SLAYED BEYONCE X10 AND PUT BEYONCE AND HER LITTLE WEAVE TO REST ONCE AND FOR ALL

    GAGA,RIHANNA,ADELE HAVE ALL SAILED BY BEYONCE SALE WISE THIS ERA

    BEYONCE’S ALBUM WILL BE IN THE BARGIN BIN FOR £2 IN THE NEXT 5 WEEKS!

    BEYONCE 650,000 AFTER 2 MONTHS AND HEAVY PROMO

    (WIPES TEARS AWAY AFTER LAUGHING)

    I BET ALL THE BEYONCE FANS ARE HATING IT RIGHT NOW, ALL OUR FAVES ARE OWNING THE CHARTS AND BEYONCE IS FIGHTING TO STAY ON THEM HAHAHAHAH

    OUR FAVES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BEYONCE

    BEYONCE HAS JOINED THE LIST OF HASBEENS

  85. ced August 25, 2011

    geit it adele!!! great music sells duh!!!!!!!!!!!! not trash show all these people why they are not selling

  86. jamir21:bey,rihanna,brit,gaga,nicki >>>>> KERI ! August 25, 2011

    LOOK ADELE IS BORING AND MISERABLE…..SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE AINT GOT NO MAN AT ALL….BECAUSE SHE JUST SOBS ALOT AND IS BORING !!!!
    BEYONCE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ADELE !
    TELL ME SOMETHING RIHANNA AND ADELE ARE THE SAME AGE BUT ADELE IS MORE BORING THAN RIHANNA !

  87. Perry Power August 25, 2011

    Must Beyonce be the topic of disscussion on every post?

  88. pop royalty (MUSIC OF THE SUN) August 25, 2011

    u just proved you are keri hilson stan 😆 !

    U MADE IT EASY FOR ME ! :mrgreen: !

  89. chelle August 26, 2011

    sorry all ADELE is a bad b****!!!! she real musical talent… all the way.. congrats adele…

  90. nice_gurl August 26, 2011

    Congrats to Bey, Adele and Jay Z and Ye. Adele has great music, but she is a little overrated.

  91. chelle August 26, 2011

    alot of u kids need to realize… that adele is not on the same level as a beyonce.. or a rhinanna…….. rhiana and bey are pop singers/stars…… adele is what we would call a NEO-SOUL artist.. u wont see adele.. dancing and all the extra stuff that beyonce and rhianna do… so people need to stop comparing them. Adele is for a more mature audience. not saying that beyonce and rhianna fans are not mature.. but by some of the comment i see on this board i beg to differ. lol i like bey and rhianna they are good at what they do…. but u can not put bey, rhiana and adele in the same category sorry.

  92. KB August 26, 2011

    @S*** You might be right about her just being the lates “IT” girl but people are still paying for her album especially in this day and age where I have the option of 30 seconds to download (steal) music or 30 minutes to drive and actually pick up a copy. If I were Adele I’d be very grateful for the support but we shall see in what direction her career will go.

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