It doesn't take much for the Lord to convince people to buy her album. Everybody knows she makes quality music. She does her usual 4M in the US then moves on to the tour. You know what's more worrying? Teenage Dream still not being @ 3M after 8 hits, 2 y/l promo campaign, a movie & a Super Bowl performance to the biggest audience ever LOL.
1989 is still Top 5 on BB200, btw. No album has had this kind of longevity since Adele's 21.
Our Version of Events spent more consecutive weeks in the UK Top 40 than 21 tonnes. Adele is literally a flop. A fat disgusting Ditto-shaped BEAST.