Adele's "21" = most Top 10 wks (female album) in US and UK
As reported by Billboard today for the US charts:*
Adele's "21" spends its 72nd straight week in the top 10, falling 7-9 -- its lowest rank yet -- with 41,000 (down 3%). "21" is now tied with Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" for the most weeks in the top 10 for an album by a woman.
Although it was never officially reported for some reason, this is what Musicweek said when it dropped out of the UK top ten after 71 weeks;
marking its departure from the Top 10 for the first time, after a glorious 71 week residency...21 has the longest consecutive run for any album by a female artist. However, it is one short of the cumulative record for weeks in the Top 10 for an album by a female solo artist: Lady GaGa's The Fame and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black have each racked up 72 weeks in the Top 10. **
And as we know, it re-entered the UK top ten at No 9 this week***, thus equalling the record.