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Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" sets record in digital age!
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Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" rolled to a record this year. The song has sold more copies than any other song has sold in a calendar year in digital history. To find the last song that has sold as many copies in a calendar year you have to go back to the pre-digital era for Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997," his tribute to the late Princess Diana.
Here are the stats: "Rolling In The Deep" has sold 5,572,000 copies so far this year. The previous calendar-year sales record in the digital era was set two years ago when the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" sold 4,762,000 copies. "Candle In The Wind 1997" sold 8,011,000 physical copies in 1997, though the rush of emotion connected to Diana's death, and the charity aspect of the single (proceeds went to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund), make it an extraordinary case. Adele has a second song in the top 10 for the year-to-date. "Someone Like You" is #10. Adele will be the first female artist to put two songs in the year-end top 10 since Lady Gaga scored two years ago with "Poker Face" and "Just Dance" (featuring Colby O'Donis).
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Top 25 Best Selling
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Adele, "Rolling In The Deep," 5,572,000.
This song topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks, beginning in May. It was Adele's first top 10 hit. It's the best-selling song by a British artist in digital history, surpassing Taio Cruz's "Dynamite." It's also the front-runner to win Grammys for Record and Song of the Year. "Rolling In The Deep" sold an additional 108K copies in 2010.
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Adele, "Someone Like You," 3,264,000.
In September, this tearjerker became the first recording that consists of just piano and vocal to reach #1 in the 53-year history of the Hot 100. The song spent five weeks at #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. It was the first song to spend five or more weeks at #1 in both countries since Katy Perry's 2008 smash "I Kissed A Girl."
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