Some data starting to come out about sales for 2011 from the IFPI.
Adele heads IFPI 2011 global countdown
Adele’s 21 has topped IFPI’s top global sellers chart for 2011 with the highest calendar sales since the countdown was created a decade ago.
The XL album finished as the past year’s biggest seller after shifting 18.1 million copies worldwide, easily beating the highest previous tally recorded by the IFPI for Eminem’s The Eminem Show in 2002. His album sold 13.9 million units that calendar year.
1, Adele "21" - 18.1 million
2, Michael Buble "Christmas" - 6.5 million
3, Lady Gaga "Born This Way"
4, Coldplay "Mylo Xyloto"
5, Bruno Mars "Doo-Wops & Hooligans"
6, Adele "19"
7, Justin Bieber "Under The Mistletoe"
8, Rihanna "Loud"
9, Rihanna " Talk The Talk"
10, Lil Wayne "Tha Carter IV"
