It was the year of the British singer / songwriter Adele: her album '21' was a big surprise and a huge commercial success with sales of 15,3 million copies so far. Quite possible that's the first time ever, that an album of the year sold nearly three times more than the nearest competitor. Next week Adele's '21' has a good chance to return on the top spot for a record-breaking 28th week. This week it reaches a new sales high with 957.000 copies.
'21' is 9.9 million ahead of the album in 2nd place and its sales are more than the combined sales of 2, 3 and 4. Astonishing, really. And her almost 4 year old debut album finished in 7th place on 2.8 million!!
Best Selling Albums Of A Single Calendar Year (According To Mediatraffic.de) Since 2003
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me: 12.206.000 copies
Usher - Confessions: 11.867.000 copies
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home: 9.020.000 copies
Green Day - American Idiot: 7.986.000 copies
Coldplay - X&Y: 7.766.000 copies
50 Cent - The Massacre: 7.120.000 copies
Adele - 21: 7.029.000 copies
AND it's still having remarkablesales.. By the end of the year she'll have snatched #3. I wanna say she'll be at around 10.5-11.0 million by the end of the year.