Though many have tried to, there is just no beating Brit belle Adele and her reign on the charts.
For, in what should come as little surprise to anyone, her LP ‘21′ is spending its 18th week atop the US charts, despite debuting more than a year ago.
Chart check below…
Billboard 200:
1. Adele – ’21′ – 116K (total: 6.27 M)
2. Tim McGraw – ‘Emotional Traffic’ – 68K (debut)
3. Lamb of God – ‘Resolution’ – 52K (debut)
4. Various Artists – ’2012 Grammy Nominees’ – 52K (debut)
5. Ingrid Michaelson – ‘Human Again’ – 40K (debut)
6. Various Artists – ‘Kidz Bop 21′ – 33K (total: 92K)
7. Kellie Pickler – 100 Proof’ – 27K (debut)
8. Seal – ‘Soul 2′ – 27K (debut)
9. Drake – ‘Take Care’ – 26K (total: 1.38 M)
10. Kari Jobe – ‘Where I Find You’ – 25K (debut)
Billboard Hot 100:
1. Adele – ‘Set Fire to the Rain’
2. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’
3. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love (Ft. Calvin Harris)’
4. Flo Rida – ‘Good Feeling’
5. David Guetta – ‘Turn Me On (Ft. Nicki Minaj)’
6. Bruno Mars – ‘It Will Rain’
7. LMFAO – ‘Sexy & I Know It’
8. Jessie J – ‘Domino’
9. Katy Perry – ‘The One That Got Away’
10. Tyga – ‘Rack City’
If we’re going to be honest, it’s only a matter of time before ’21’ outsells Michael Jackson‘s ‘Thriller’ and become the highest selling LP of all time.
Because as fantastical as that sounds, averaging with sales of 100k a week a year after its release just proves that the public have no intentions to end their support for the LP.
Here’s to the Adele’s continued success and the impact her music is evidently making on the world.