Thursday, July 28, 2011

Chart News: "21" tops 8 Milllion (Adele)


It should come as no surprise that this past chart week Adele has passed the 8 million units sold mark for her sophomore album "21." With worldwide sales standing at  8,153,000 and counting, Adele should cross the 9 million unit mark within weeks and achieve diamond status for "21" by mid-Fall. This news comes on the heals of Adele reclaiming the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 for an eleventh nonconsecutive week and posting a 1% sales increase this past week in the US.

With the Grammy Award nominations looming to be announced in the Fall, Adele seems primed for multiple nominations including and not limited to Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance. With these possible nominations, it should come as no surprise that Adele will easily surpass the 3.5 million units sold mark in the US alone as she currently sits atop the charts  with 2,750,250 units sold. Time will tell if the nominations and possible Grammy wins can push Adele over the 4 million mark in the US but nothing is impossible as her current chart success has dictated

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