Also, apparently Live at the Royal Albert Hall was shown in Germany and after falling out the top 20, it's back to #1 on German iTunes and think Austria's too!

http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/cha...p10albums.html

Also in the top 10 of all them charts! incredible.

HDD - 56.45% in:

#1 - Nicki Minaj (118,849)
#2 - Adele 21 (114,165)

#15 - Adele 19 (9,848)

As if there is that much of a sales increase in the US!
Should be around 160-165k?
I'm assuming the only reason is the exposure to RHI which is exploding on the radio over there.

Well, 21 was predicted to sell 155-165k, and 19 was predicted to sell 22-25k.

And don't forget its Easter; I'm sure that gave Adele a sales boost - last year at Easter time, 21's US sales increased by 68% (Thank God for Buzzjack), although I have to concede that RITD was being heavily promoted at the time, on The Voice, Idol etc.

21's continued sales over here are freaking incredible. Those numbers are obscene! Wth?! I get Easter but still! What the hell happens on Mother's Day?! Then BB awards. Diamond by August for sure. Knowing 21 it will happen earlier. Dang!!

If it helps, last Mother's Day, 21 experienced a 26% increase, 19 experienced a 21% increase. Again, thank God for Buzzjack's archives.

Yeah, 21 will definitely hit diamond by the end of the year - it's just a matter of when now. What's 21's total sales there? I know it's close to 9 mil. I SHOULD KNOW THIS. I'm a sales nerd. :sleep:

UK sales:

#3 - 21 (28,156 - 3.2k ahead of #3, 4.1k behind #2)
#15 - 19 (9,156)

21 total: 4,209,302

From Arab. Thanks dude!
US BB200

01 – 01 – 02 – 01 – 03 – 03 – 01 – 02 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 03 – 02 – 01 – 03 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 03 – 01-02 – 01 – 04 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 03 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 01 – 04 – 05 – 05 – 03 – 07 – 02 – 03 – 02 – 02 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 01 – 02 – 02 – 02 – 03

351.649 - 167.950 - 132.719 - 98.076 - 95.991 - 94.265 - 88.233 - 92.536 - 153.030 - 155.209 - 155.996 - 137.626 - 126.423 - 120.913 - 114.314 - 114.540 - 101.340 - 91.535 - 79.455 - 76.717 - 77.130 - 82.549 - 76.000 – 72.722 - 80.013 - 82.206 - 154.182 - 121.334 - 119.183 - 116.859 - 117.937 - 111.928 - 110.575 - 105.568 - 106.967 - 107.542 - 104.200 - 112.825 - 140.166 - 143.597 – 187.379 – 276.689 – 398.766 – 144.185 – 124.498(2012) – 104.047 – 95.144 – 115.973 – 121.940 – 237.479 - 729.900 - 296.549 – 246.529 – 194.643 – 148.394 – 130.421 – 121.234

2.666.751 (2012 total)
8.490.379 TOTAL

Plus over 150k last week. So 21 is over 8.64 million here in the states. Wouldn't it be cool to have Mother's Day and BB awards in May push it over into Diamond status! That would be incredible.

OK so you guys you guys!!! According to the Official Charts Company, there's 89k separating 21/Thriller on the biggest-selling albums list. So, providing MJ's sales stay stable, 21 will be the biggest-selling solo album of all-time in the UK by the end of the year, possibly by summer, what with the Olympics, Bond(?) etc. Woah.

And, there's even talk on UKMix of 21 being the best-selling album of 2013!!! Can you even imagine the hysteria that would cause if it happened?? I think that would be the achievement of all achievements tbh.

Unless something amazing happens there is a decent chance '21' could top the 2013 WW chart! Even the really huge stars seem to struggle to get much past 5 million sales ww in a year nowadays. '21' is at 5.1 million ww already this year! My personal belief remains that ww sales this year will be higher than in 2011. She could probably experience a 65% drop in sales in 2013 compared to 2012 and still be at the top of the ww sales chart. Time will tell but if it did happen I agree, it would surely be unparalleled in music chart history.

Ugh, I think I may actually explode if that happened. Plus, a certain forum member would die if that happened. Her fave could never.

So her total WW for 21 is now 20.4 Million?....soon be 21

HDD - Final sales figures:

21 #2 - 151,993 (22% increase)
19 #17 - 23,117 (32% increase)

Wednesday midweeks:

One word to be honest... OMG.

21 #2 (a few hundred sales behind #1!! Sales up 22% on this time last week)
19 #16

Come on Adele!

Ok, everyone go out and buy another copy

Hopefully Alabama Shakes sales are mainly frontloaded and they don't do any promo, she'll grab her 22nd week? I think Jessie J could snatch it last minute though, as her new single is getting a lot of love on radio/tv channels. After they buy that, they might complete the album on iTunes. With sales probably being around 25k for #1, she'd only need a few thousand more than last week to probably take over Adele.

Well, Nicki Minaj (#3) and Jessie J (#4) have both seen their sales dip 71% and 22% respectively from this time last week (Nicki was at 27k this time last week; can some Math nerd work this out?), and 21's sales have increased by 22% on this time last week, but hopefully Adele will get a 22nd week.

From Billboard, looks like we are getting week 24! Woop woop!

Adele's titanic-selling "21" album is looking likely to return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a 24th nonconsecutive week. While it's too early to tell just how much it will sell by week's end on Sunday, April 15, a figure in the range of 110,000 to 130,000 is possible.

The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, April 18.

If "21" returns to the top, it will mark the longest reign at No. 1 since Prince and the Revolution's "Purple Rain" soundtrack also spent 24 frames at the top in 1984 and 1985. Additionally, "21" would become one of only eight albums to rack six months atop the list.

"21" has now sold 8.64 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan and ranks as the 33rd biggest seller since the company began tracking sales in 1991. The largest-selling album in the SoundScan era is Metallica's "Metallica," released in 1991, which has moved 15.77 million.

Thanks Shades.
And a chance 21 could be UK album number one again as well!.

So I was just reading something from march about Adele, and I'm sure this is old news to you guys, but when I read this, I was appalled!

"The album (19) tops the 2 million mark in U.S. sales this week. It sold just 930K copies prior to the release of 21."

What the?? People, people! If you loved Adele's 21 then you neeeed 19! "Best for Last" is where it's at!

I don't know a lot about charting and what's considering extraordinary, good, etc, so maybe 930k before 21 was actually ok, but since 21 is at 8mill in the US, it just seems a little crazy.

I almost think she should begin to promote 19 instead of 21! I mean, if people haven't discovered it, then it's a new album. And it's great! Also... Florence + the Machine should be doing better too

I don't really think it's that bad... if anything, Adele has promoted 19 along with 21, unofficially. The more people that buy 21 and like it, the more interest 19 generates, leading the purchaser to buy (or at least think about buying) 19 too, if that makes sense. And besides, 19's shifted an extra million copies in the US in a year. Not bad, right? Oh, and 21's actually at 8.6mil in the US. Also, I have to agree with you about Florence. LOVE her.

If I've rambled throughout this, just ignore me. I'll pretend to be offended. :sleep:

No, that actually makes sense, I see what you're saying. I mean, they're probably aware she has another album, so buying 21 at least reminds them of that.

It's definitely not bad, but I was hoping for better. But if 19 does well, it might become a "thing" and its success will end up kind of perpetuating itself. people buy it because people are buying it or something.

but seriously, wth about Florence. She doesn't even have an appreciation page within the first two pages or a thread in the general music area.

I agree with everything you've written tbh.

If you think about it, 19 has 'flopped' compared to 21. It was all thanks to The X Factor (insert vomit smiley here) in 2010 singing Make You Feel My Love like every second that 19 even re-entered the chart. Can you just imagine what will happen when she releases the next album in 2-3 years? 19 and 21 will re-enter, I can guarantee. Hey, 21 may not have even left the Top 40 in 2-3 years

BUT FLORENCE THOUGH. I'm SO going to see her at Radio City Music Hall in NYC next month. Too excited. At least it makes up for the March date in London I missed as I had pneumonia.

That's totally true! 21 is so going to pop back up with her next album. Haha, damn. and a few people think they're sick of her now.

and you must be so excited about seeing florence! Especially she's getting better and better live. She's really been working on her control and pitch lately, which is great. But it is appalling that Ceremonials isn't making many headlines. "Never Let Me Go" is so beautiful and chilling.

Billboard and HDD are saying two different things.
From HDD:

It looks like we have another horse race for #1 next week as Adele and Nicki Minaj battle it out for the post-Easter lead. Based on midweek reports, we're giving Adele the slight nod, giving her a 24th week at the top. Here's how it looks headed into the weekend:

Adele (XL/Columbia) 85-95k
Nicki Minaj (YM/CM/Universal Republic) 80-90k

Billboard was saying 110-130k. Guess we will see.