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Adele’s ’21' Has Now Sold Over 9 Million Copies in the US
May 18, 2012, 5:59 PM EST
Idolator
After Adele's '21' moved another 101,000 copies last
week in the lead-up to Mother's Day -- and subsequently moved back up to #2 on
the Top 200 chart in the process -- the Grammy-winning LP has now crossed the 9
million mark in sales here in the States. The London songstress' sophomore
effort also racked up its 64th week inside the Top 10 this week, and is now tied
with Paula Abdul's 1988 release 'Forever Your Girl' for the
second-longest run in the upper-most tier of the chart among albums by women.
The longest stretch for a female in the Top 10 was achieved by Alanis Morissette, who notched 72
weeks with 1995's 'Jagged Little Pill.' Billboard notes
that, at 109 weeks, 1965's 'The Sound Of Music' soundtrack has spent the most
time in the Top 10. Talk about climbing every mountain. Ba-da-boom-TSCH!
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