US Charts : Adele’s ’21’ Sells 733,000 Copies In A Week

Published: Wednesday 22nd Feb 2012 by David

This week’s charts are in!

Without further delay, find out how much your favorite act sold in the last week below…

In at #1 is Adele‘s ‘21′ with 733,000 copies moved in the US last week, bringing its total sales in the country to 7, 353,000 units.

Meanwhile her debut effort ‘19′ comes in at #4 with 87,000 units moved, making Adkins the only act in this week’s chart to have two LP’s in the top ten.

Elsewhere, with 367,000 downloads is Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ , pushing its total sales to 1,472,000 since its release.

Remaining on a digital front, Katy Perry‘s ‘Part Of Me’ is this week’s #1 selling 411,000 copies while Adele’s ’21’ is the highest selling digital album this week with 176,000 downloads.

Following her stint at the 2012 Grammys, Nicki Minaj‘s debut album ‘Pink Friday‘ has sold 10,000 copies, bringing its total sales to 1,774,000 copies, extending her lead as Pop’s highest selling debutante.

Rihanna‘s ‘Talk That Talk’ rises one spot to #17 with 26,000 copies, and is now perched 4 spots below Drake’s ‘Take Care‘ with 31,000 copies in the last week. This,  10 spots below Whitney’s ‘The Greatest Hits‘ which moved an impressive 175,000, following the icon’s untimely demise two weeks ago.

Well done to all!

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  1. Dev February 22, 2012

    Okay…. Adele? Really!? Doesn’t everyone have this album already?

  2. David February 22, 2012

    I guess not Dev ! Adele is just the best!! 😀

  3. INK. February 22, 2012

    Adele? UN REAL!

  4. NICK February 22, 2012

    I am so over ADELE now, sorry, this is insane! who they buying the album for? hahahahaha, NOT HATING, BUT my goodness-

  5. LoLo February 22, 2012

    Happy for Adele but I hope this thing slows down soon! It’s getting overexposed and overrated and I don’t want people turning on Adele. She doesn’t deserve it. I want her to stay hungry so the next album will turn out well too.

  6. Ass February 22, 2012

    moved, making Adkins the only act in this week’s chart to have LP’s in the top ten.
    ——-
    @TGJ

    To have-two- LP’s in the top ten.

  7. Xavier February 22, 2012

    I have Adele in constant ro in my car and on my playlist.. my mom likes her too but doesn’t have her cd. I think I’m gonna purchase it for her. I think Adele derserves it. She is clearly redefining industry standards and has a quality album to show. Reguardless of how you feel about her she’s doing it and our faves will never. #Deal 🙂

  8. JP February 22, 2012

    lol very appropriate pic for the topic. Adele is not playing in 2012. Starting the year off right!

  9. TWITTER.COM/SEAN_IS_ROYALTY February 22, 2012

    I LOVE ADELE’S ALBUM!

    GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE WITH ACTUAL TALENT TO BE SLAYING LIKE THIS AGAIN!

    N SHE ISN’T FOLLOWING THE TREND EVERYONE ELSE IS!

  10. xoxo February 22, 2012

    @DEV

    21 isnt a disposable cd that we get bored of after 2 months like 90% of the releases in 2011.

  11. keri hilson 2012 album February 22, 2012

    adele continues to sell more than everybody!

  12. oh baby(b****** will deal) February 22, 2012

    honestly,almost a mill copies of a year old album in one week? that’s more than impressive,ridiculous infact! kudos to her,maybe i should also get the album now? since it’s apparently THAT good! at this rate this album is gonna be on the year end chart again in december this year,probably still in the top 5! damn

  13. Aishaaguilerakeys February 22, 2012

    Woah! Contrats, Adele!

  14. JohnVidal(RIPWhitney-true great) February 22, 2012

    This truly has not happened since the 90´s!!! Happy for her although it´s a little too much now. It should just start to fall from now on. it´s not like it is the best album in history

    And please TGJ: how is it that Nicki Minaj is the pop´s highest selling debutante??? Did u ever hear about The Fame by Gaga? Or Alicia Keys? Or Mariah Carey? Or Whitney motherfucking Houston who´s debut album (Whitney houston) remains the best selling for a new act in HISTORY???

  15. lostonez February 22, 2012

    damn Adele gonna have the best selling album of 2012…who gonna check her..

  16. Anonymous February 22, 2012

    Adele is the reason that Beyonce wants to put out two, count ’em, two albums this year. Bey and Adele are on the same record label and Adele is currently the industry darling. Everybody knows that Beyonce does not like female competition and thinks there is only room in this business for one diva and industry darling and that is Beyonce, herself.

    I guess Mrs. Knowles-Carter will have to come up with another publicity stunt to sell her two albums now that folks are so over her so called pregnancy and Blue Ivy.

  17. SHESDUMB February 22, 2012

    REAL MUSIC BY REAL ARTISTS AND LIVE BANDS, NOT THAT GENERIC MACHINE/COMPUTER GENERATED SOUND TYPE OF MUSIC. EVEN PRINCE LOVES HER.

  18. LaLa February 22, 2012

    *I LIKE THIS* thumbsup~

  19. TAYLOR SWIFTS NUMBER 1 FAN!!! February 22, 2012

    This is crazy, Adele keeps on selling.

  20. SMH February 22, 2012

    Looking thru the comments I see no one cares about how much pink friday sold. clearly that grammy performance didnt help her but as usual TGJ is on young money’s payroll. Sad.

  21. Jayla February 22, 2012

    LOVE Adele! LOVE 21, I just hope she stays hungry for the next album, she can afford to take a break & get inspired…

  22. Rick February 22, 2012

    ANONYMOUS
    February 22, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Adele is the reason that Beyonce wants to put out two, count ‘em, two albums this year. Bey and Adele are on the same record label and Adele is currently the industry darling. Everybody knows that Beyonce does not like female competition and thinks there is only room in this business for one diva and industry darling and that is Beyonce, herself.

    I guess Mrs. Knowles-Carter will have to come up with another publicity stunt to sell her two albums now that folks are so over her so called pregnancy and Blue Ivy.
    I LOVE IT…………… SHE HAS U RUNNING SCARED HUH? U BETTER B****!!!!!!! WHAT U JUST SAID IS I AM NOT EVEN GOING TOO RESPOND……. ITS SEEMS U ARE NOT OVER IT AS U JUST COMMENTED ON IT…. BUT SAY WHAT I LOVE ADELE U DO YOUR THING S***……… BUT I AWAIT MY QUEEN RETURN TOO THE MUSIC SCENE PERFORMING AND WORLD TOUR……… THE ANTICIPATION IS KILLING ME AND A MOVIE ALSO CANT FORGET ABOUT THAT SO MUCH IN STORE 🙂 😉

  23. jill February 22, 2012

    @ANONYMOUS

    You’re dumb!!!!
    Beyonce is releasing an album for 2013 and ASIB soundtrack for later this year or early 2013. Stupid!!!!!
    Are you pressed? Why are you bringing her up anyways?
    This is about Adele and the album is very good. Glad sh’e slaying

  24. Theman February 22, 2012

    Thats right Adele !!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. @antertain February 22, 2012

    Don’t hate on her selling powers. The best thing is she can sing!!

  26. Courtney February 22, 2012

    not the first album to do so only the first to do so this late in it’s chart life Mariah Carey’s Daydream sold 760k the week of Christmas 1995 or the Bodyguard soundtrack sold a million copies Christmas week 1992 granted. Adele deserves the success she’s a talented young woman and by the way Beyonce’s version of the A Star Is Born soundtrack won’t do anything just look at Barbara Streisands the title song sold more than the soundtrack did

  27. Minajesty February 22, 2012

    in this day and age where people rarely buy music anymore, thats 1 bad b****! well done adele, a REAL artist.

  28. CC February 22, 2012

    Adele is refreshing. No gimmicks, heavy marketing, tons of dancers or gyrating to sell her music. Nice to see the industry is rewarding real artist and real music again.

    I think our ears are getting tired of the bubble gum pop and auto tune mess.

  29. JER February 22, 2012

    How many copies did BeYAWNce’s album sell this week?

  30. Vegas girl February 22, 2012

    Damn Adele! 21 has some legs, it just keeps
    Going!

  31. Rick February 22, 2012

    @JER why don’t u go and check it is still selling without any controversies and using people and gimmick too get that top spot
    so she is doing damn well b****….

  32. **YawnWaitWHAT?** February 22, 2012

    Adele.. I’m astounded. I can appreciate the talent and the realness as an artist. Been waiting for music like this for a long time. “Never mind I’ll finde someone like you” and can we enjoy this wonderful news without the mention of other “artists” please.

  33. Bey Fan… February 22, 2012

    I still dont know who is buying this album…..LOL.

    She is kick a** and taking names….Im proud of her. But again, i dont know who is still buying this album.

    She might take over 2012……#BadBitchStatus

    And why…oh why is Beyonce is being brought up??? Oh yeah, because she’s Beyonce….

  34. aynon February 23, 2012

    HOW IS ADELE DOING THIS!

  35. MicroPop February 23, 2012

    That means that 21 has sold more thhan 19,4 MILLION COPIES.

    In the era of digital piracy!!!! Unbelieveable…. It would have been about 100 MILLION copies 20 years ago????!!! OMG. She just RUNS the world!!!

  36. Animal Forever February 23, 2012

    @TGJ Staff
    Ke$ha’s debut album out sold Pink Friday

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