[Iceman]

Adele's official numbers are in, and they are historic.
Adele's new album, "25," sold 3.38 million copies during its first week in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.

That number is unprecedented. Adele beat the previous single sales-week record, held by *NSYNC's "No Strings Attached" from 2000, by nearly a million copies.

Adele's "25" was released on November 20 and has taken the music industry by storm. It is already the top selling album of the year.

"Back in 2000 when *NSYNC set the record for album sales in a week, the album was the dominant form of music consumption," said David Bakula, senior vice president of insights at Nielsen Music. "In 2000, there were 785 million albums sold in the U.S. and in 2015 we will likely see around 250 Million albums sold