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Stats: Adele Coming for Britney's Wig
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Adele Coming for Britney's Wig
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"21" now stands as the No. 15 best-selling album of the SoundScan era, with 10.4 million sold. It is currently about 186,000 copies behind Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time," which is in 14th place.
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Artist, Title (Year of Release), Time To 10 Million
1. Metallica, Metallica (1991), 337 weeks
2. Shania Twain, Come On Over (1997), 96 weeks
3. Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (1995)
, 66 weeks
4. Backstreet Boys, Millennium (1999)
, 39 weeks
5. The Beatles, 1 (2000)
, 227 weeks
6. Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, The Bodyguard (1992)
, 72 weeks
7. Santana, Supernatural (1999)
, 60 weeks
8. Creed, Human Clay (1999)
, 93 weeks
9. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Legend (1984), 18 years
10. *NSYNC, No Strings Attached (2000)
, 43 weeks
11. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (2002)
, 259 weeks
12. Celine Dion, Falling Into You (1996) , 160 weeks
13. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
, 343 weeks
14. Britney Spears, . . . Baby One More Time (1999)
, 106 weeks
15. Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View (1994)
, 442 weeks
16. Soundtrack, Titanic (1997)
, 263 weeks
17. Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys (1997), 226 weeks
18. Eminem, The Eminem Show (2002)
, 489 weeks
19. Usher, Confessions (2004)
, 433 weeks
20. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000)
, 617 weeks
21. Adele, 21 (2011), 92 weeks
22. Pearl Jam, Ten (1991), 21 years
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Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...on-in-us-sales
Adele, her power!!!
Thoughts???
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Member Since: 12/28/2011
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In before the celebrations.
When yo bitch gon' do it?
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Congrats, Adele.
Couldn't think of a better person to lose one spot to.
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That doesn't include BMG club sales.
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She has the Oscars this week 
Bye Britney
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Very impressive. But that doesn't account for several million copies of ...Baby One Moe Time sold through the BMG Music Club and other similar services. Those weren't counted by Soundscan, so its total sales are actually higher than 10.6 million.
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Like Duca said, it doesn't include BMG club sales. BOMT sold over 12m copies in US and 14x platinum.
Adele will need a few more years to catch up.
But congrats to her. 21's success is almost unmatched.
If this was early 2k, the album would be at 30m+ in US by now.
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Adele reached the Diamond milestone quicker than most of these albums though, at a time when album sales are declining and not even the major pop stars are guaranteed 1M sales. Her power 
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Amazing I won't be mad if it surpasses since 21 is better than BOMT so I'm fine if she does
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Can't wait. 
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6. Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, The Bodyguard (1992)
, 72 weeks
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Congrats to her.
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Originally posted by Brando
If this was early 2k, the album would be at 30m+ in US by now.
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LMFAO, No.
Not even Thriller sold that much in the US, let's not.
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Originally posted by americanshameless
In before the celebrations.
When yo bitch gon' do it?
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Congrats, Adele.
Couldn't think of a better person to lose one spot to.
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Fierce icon!
Congratulations to Adele!
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Meh, let's see if she can follow it up with another Diamond album like Britney did 
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Originally posted by CaptainMusic
LMFAO, No.
Not even Thriller sold that much in the US, let's not.
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It had/has better longevity than Thriller though 
More weeks in Top 5 (beating Thriller's record), more weeks in Top 10 and it's still in Top 15 after 2 years.
Thriller also benefited from MJ's death though.
It'd certainly be above 20m for sure. And 30m by the time it was done had it been released in the early 2k boom days.
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Originally posted by boyswifty
She has the Oscars this week
Bye Britney |
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Originally posted by iheartBrit
Meh, let's see if she can follow it up with another Diamond album like Britney did |
She won't, because she didn't drop another album a year after her massively successful album like Britney did. That doesn't diminish the success of 21.
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rise up ADELE rise THIS IS THE BEGINNING
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That's incredible.
Albums used to sell much more back then, and 21 was released only 2 years ago. 
HUGE. 
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You can't deny that this is the biggest album in who knows how long. With ****** album sales, it still managed to hit 10 million faster than most of the albums on that last. I wouldn't be surprised if she eventually passed several other names on that list.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
She won't, because she didn't drop another album a year after her massively successful album like Britney did. That doesn't diminish the success of 21.
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