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Old 07-12-2011, 18:18
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It's yet another record, apparently. Paul Grein describes it better than I could.

Adele's DVD Live At The Royal Albert Hall sold 96,000 copies this week, which is the greatest one-week sales tally for a music video in four years. After just one week, Live At The Royal Albert Hall is the best-selling music video of 2011. It is followed by AC/DC's Live At River Plate (73K), Beyonce's I Am…World Tour (63K) and a 25th anniversary concert presentation of Les Miserables (63K). Adele is now assured of having the year's #1 album (21), #1 song ("Rolling In The Deep") and #1 music video.

No other artist in Nielsen SoundScan history has ever topped all three of these year-end charts. *NSYNC and 50 Cent each had the year's #1 album and #1 music video, but fell short on the list of the year's best-selling singles. The boy band scored in 2000 with the album No Strings Attached and the music video Live At Madison Square Garden. 50 Cent triumphed in 2003 with the album Get Rich Or Die Tryin' and the music video The New Breed.

Adele's DVD sold more copies this week than any of Michael Jackson's videos did in any one week in the wake of his death in June 2009. Live In Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour sold 74,000 copies in one week in July 2009. Jackson's Number Ones video sold 69,000 copies the following week. (These figures may not sound like much, but bear in mind that music videos are pricier than CDs or digital albums.)
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Old 07-12-2011, 18:31
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She has done so well! She'll have to try hard to maintain it for her next album.
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Old 07-12-2011, 18:33
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The least surprising news this year she has been the biggest selling in the uk and us since release
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Old 07-12-2011, 18:37
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The least surprising news this year she has been the biggest selling in the uk and us since release

i suppose the news is she's now done it with the DVD and there were many querying whether Gaga and Beyonce (both have great track records with DVDs) could lead the fight back. It hasn't happened. But, also, the fact this has never been done before IS news imo.
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Old 07-12-2011, 18:43
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i suppose the news is she's now done it with the DVD and there were many querying whether Gaga and Beyonce (both have great track records with DVDs) could lead the fight back. It hasn't happened. But, also, the fact this has never been done before IS news imo.
Well the DVD is news yes
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