[Iceman]

Adele's 21 is the biggest-selling album of 2012 so far, it has been revealed.

The record-breaking LP, which was released in January 2011, has sold over 596,000 copies so far this year, according to the British music industry's trade body The BPI.

The most recent figures mean 21 has sold 4.36 million copies to date in the UK. It became the UK's fifth biggest-selling album of all time in May, overtaking Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Adele, who announced her pregnancy last week, has sold over nine million copies of 21 in the US. It only recently left the UK top ten for the first time since its release.

Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events is the second biggest-selling album of the year so far having shifted 532,000 copies, while Lana Del Rey lands at number three with Born To Die, which has sold 482,000 units since its release in January, the Official Charts Company reports.

Ed Sheeran's + has achieved sales of 448,000 in 2012, bringing his overall album sales to 1.2 million. Coldplay's fifth album Mylo Xyloto has sold 312,000 copies this year and 1.2 million copies to date.

The top ten best-selling albums of 2012 are as follows:

1. Adele - 21
2. Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events
3. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
4. Ed Sheeran - +
5. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
6. Jessie J - Who You Are
7. David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat
8. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
9. Olly Murs - In Case You Didn't Know
10. Rihanna - Talk That Talk

[Iceman]

Adele's 21 is the biggest-selling album in the US so far this year.

The singer's 2011 release has shifted a further 3.69 million copies in 2012 alone and has outsold its nearest competitor four times over.

21 was also the top-selling album at this point last year in the US with sales of 2.5 million and has become the first record in SoundScan history to claim the title two years running.

With a hefty lead, 21 could become the first album to top the end of year chart twice in a row in the SoundScan era.

Meanwhile, Lionel Richie is at two with Tuskegee selling 912,000 copies, while One Direction are at three with Up All Night which has tallied up sales of 899,000 units, according to Billboard.

Whitney Houston is at four with Whitney: The Greatest Hits (818k copies), Carrie Underwood is at six with Blown Away (602k) and Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is at eight (557k).

Over on the singles tally, Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' leads digital sales with 5.5 million copies downloaded.

fun.'s 'We Are Young' is in second place (5.08m), Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' is third (4.06m) and Kelly Clarkson is fourth with 'Stronger' (3.32m).

Minaj rounds off the Top Five with 'Starships' (3.15m), The Wanted are seventh with 'Glad You Came' (2.89m) and One Direction are at eight with 'What Makes You Beautiful' (2.88m).

[Samuel.]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/169...0-albums.jhtml

Adele's 21 Drops Out Of Billboard Top 10
As record-setting album ends its 78-week streak in the Top 10, we look back at its remarkable run, by the numbers.

After 546 days — and more than 9.7 million albums sold — Adele's unstoppable 21 will do the unthinkable on next week's Billboard albums chart: drop outside the Top 10.

Yes, according to Nielsen SoundScan, 21 will fall to #12 next week, marking its lowest chart position since debuting at #1 in early March 2011 (its previous low was #9 back in July). It brings to a close a record-setting run for the album, which had already logged more weeks in the Top 10 than any other album by a female artist, and had racked up an astonishing 24 weeks at #1, the sixth-most in the chart's history.

On the one-year anniversary of its debut on the chart, we commemorated 21's achievements (at the time, it had spent 40 percent of the year at #1, and had sold more copies than Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, Lady Gaga's Born This Way, Rihanna's Talk That Talk and Beyoncé's <4> ... combined), so, now that it's finally fallen into the chart's double digits, we figured we should also take a look back at some of the highlights from its 78-week run in the Top 10, by the numbers.

2: Number of albums that have spent a longer time in the Top 10 than 21, according to SoundScan. Those albums? Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. (84 weeks) and "The Sound of Music" soundtrack (109 weeks).

20: Number of consecutive weeks 21 sold more than 100,000 copies, from September 4, 2011 to January 15, 2012. It dipped to (only) 95,000 copies the following week, then reeled off a stretch of an additional 11 weeks of six-digit sales, highlighted by a record-setting post-Grammy haul of nearly 730,000 albums sold.

45: Number of other albums that have held the #1 spot on the Billboard chart during 21's run in the Top 10.

68: Weeks after its release that 21 managed to grab the #1 spot on the chart, the 24th time it accomplished the feat. Over the course of its 78 weeks in the Top 10, 21 has also had runs of five and 10 consecutive weeks at #1.

24,002: Number of copies 21 sold this week, its lowest figure since being released. Of course, that number is only 20,000 less than Cake's Showroom of Compassion, which holds the record for lowest-selling record to open at #1 in the Nielsen SoundScan era.

3,900,000: Number of copies 21 has sold in 2012, to date.

5,800,000: Number of copies 21 sold in 2011.

430,000,000: Total number of all albums sold in 2011 and 2012 ... 23 percent of which have been copies of 21.

[Iceman]

What an achievement.......

[MeMyselfAndI]

You'll have to edit that title in a week or maybe 2 as Emeli will be taking the 2012 UK title

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by MeMyselfandI

You'll have to edit that title in a week or maybe 2 as Emeli will be taking the 2012 UK title

You'll have to get a Mod to do that.....

[MeMyselfAndI]

I will happily do so

[MeMyselfAndI]

It's official Emeli has overtaken Adele in the UK
Mods you need to remove the title

[MeMyselfAndI]

It's official Emeli has overtaken Adele in the UK
Mods you need to remove the title

[Iceman]

Bookies have paid out on the new Bond Theme. Looks like we get some new material really soon......cant believe its nearly been 2 years since 21.

[Zippy]

Adele's Skyfall released midnight 5th Oct has already shot to no1 in 45 countries itunes charts and top 10 in virtually all other available itunes charts.

Skyfall
#1 United States
#1 United Kingdom
#1 Argentina
#1 Belgium
#1 Brazil
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Canada
#1 Chile
#1 Colombia
#1 Costa Rica
#1 Cyprus
#1 Czech Republic
#1 Dominican Republic
#1 El Salvador
#1 Estonia
#1 Finland
#1 France
#1 Germany
#1 Greece
#1 Hungary
#1 Italy
#1 Ireland
#1 Latvia
#1 Lithuania
#1 Luxembourg
#1 Malaysia
#1 Malta
#1 Mexico
#1 Netherlands
#1 Paraguay
#1 Peru
#1 Philippines
#1 Poland
#1 Portugal
#1 Romania
#1 Singapore
#1 Slovakia
#1 Slovenia
#1 Spain
#1 Sweden
#1 Switzerland
#1 Taiwan
#1 Thailand
#1 Venezuela
#1 Vietnam

edit: its already risen to 50 countries!

demolishing the competition as always. And the film isn't even released yet so that will give it more promo in weeks to come.

her album 21 has sold 23,563,000 as of this week. Over 8 million of which were in 2012 alone putting her over 5 million ahead of her nearest rival this year!

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Zippy

Adele's Skyfall released midnight 5th Oct has already shot to no1 in 45 countries itunes charts and top 10 in virtually all other available itunes charts.

Skyfall
#1 United States
#1 United Kingdom
#1 Argentina
#1 Belgium
#1 Brazil
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Canada
#1 Chile
#1 Colombia
#1 Costa Rica
#1 Cyprus
#1 Czech Republic
#1 Dominican Republic
#1 El Salvador
#1 Estonia
#1 Finland
#1 France
#1 Germany
#1 Greece
#1 Hungary
#1 Italy
#1 Ireland
#1 Latvia
#1 Lithuania
#1 Luxembourg
#1 Malaysia
#1 Malta
#1 Mexico
#1 Netherlands
#1 Paraguay
#1 Peru
#1 Philippines
#1 Poland
#1 Portugal
#1 Romania
#1 Singapore
#1 Slovakia
#1 Slovenia
#1 Spain
#1 Sweden
#1 Switzerland
#1 Taiwan
#1 Thailand
#1 Venezuela
#1 Vietnam

demolishing the competition as always. And the film isn't even released yet so that will give it more promo in weeks to come.

her album 21 has sold 23,504,000 as of last week. Over 8 million of which were in 2011 alone putting her over 5 million ahead of her nearest rival this year!

Good on her! She's one of the more talented female singers on the scene atm, she deserves the success.

[Marc]

[Marcus.]

She can do noughting wrong

[Maia]

That's actually amazing

[Maia]

That's actually amazing

[Shaun]

to Adele...

but I think the song's a bit... underwhelming

[Mrluvaluva]

Amazing feat. Would not say it was a fantastic track but it's still pretty good. I think maybe though we have come to expect a lot from her (myself included) due to her excellent previous work. I think she could warble over someone banging on pots and pans though and some people would buy it. Anything will sell with her name attached to it. She has become a brand in her own right. Well done to her. I am sure her record company will be celebrating tonight.

[Saph]

I really like the song! Could use an Azealia verse to liven it up a bit but its still good

[Iceman]

[Z]

I think it's a good Bond theme tune, it's the first in a few to actually stay true to the Bond sound

[Z]

I think it's a good Bond theme tune, it's the first in a few to actually stay true to the Bond sound

[Marc]

The last two need to be forgotten tbh

[Shaun]

chris cornell's > this

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

A proper bond song again, at last