Despite being released 57 weeks ago, Adele’s ’21‘ is the UK’s #1, following her performance at the 2012 Brit Awards last week.
The LP, which has now sold over 18 million copies worldwide, rose by two spots this week, forcing Emeli Sande’s ‘Our Version Of Event‘s to #2, and Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Born To Die‘ to #4.
Elsewhere, Whitney’s Houston‘s ‘The Essential‘ rises to #17 after spending last week at #40, placing it one spot above Rihanna‘s ‘Talk That Talk’ and two places above ‘Heaven’ by Rebecca Ferguson.
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While on the topic of Rihanna, her 2010 LP ‘Loud’ continues its impressive run on the chart by coming in at #26, two years after its release, outselling Katy Perry‘s ‘Teenage Dream’, which is this week’s #29.
‘Pink Friday‘ by Nicki Minaj holds court at #39, three spots lower than last week, while Beyonce‘s ‘4‘ drops 12 spots to #41, 4 places below Lady GaGa‘s ‘Born This Way’.
On a singles front, Rita Ora & DJ Fresh sit pretty at #3 with ‘Hot Right Now‘ after spending last week at #1.
One spot above ‘Hot’ is Emeli’s ‘Next To Me‘, and one spot above Emeli is Gotye‘s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know‘, recently covered by Ora at BBC’s Radio 1 Live Lounge.
Well done to all!