It's pretty much guaranteed that Adele will have the best selling album of 2012. I think she'll be the first artist to have the same album as the top seller two years in a row.

Thanks for updating guiduc, I forgot all about it. Great sales for Adele as always, and surprisingly stable sales for Lana Del Ray. Also, it's weird how these Japanese acts appear which huge sales and then disappear of the charts the following week...

Oh, and Madonnas new album is out in a few weeks. Any predictions about 1st week sales?

"Adele is one of the very few female singers I just don't like. Similar to Taylor Swift, I find her boring. I don't see what is appealing about the music she performs."

Better her then more silly stuff from Lady Gaga.

Wow! Good job FT Island for debuting at #12. ^_^

Apart from her being a fellow Brit and keeping our worldwide music tradition alive, I don't like Adele's music, it's so dull and tedious

But check out a track from my son's band below this post :P

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GOTYE!!! I'm so in love with this tune I'm just so happy it's the top selling tracks for 3 weeks in a row!

Adele breaks through the 20 million milestone.

	1 / 2 week 61	Adele - 21 10 XL Recordings - 247.000 - 38 weeks at No.1
		Soundtrack - The Hunger Games: Songs From District Mercury / Universal Republic - 194.000 - Hot Shot Debut
	4 / - week 2	Les Enfoirés - Le Bal Des Enfoirés RCA Music Group France - 123.000
	3 / 1 week 3	Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Columbia - 118.000
		Acid Black Cherry - 2012 Avex Trax Japan - 118.000
		The Shins - Port Of Morrow Aural Apothecary / Columbia - 106.000
	2 / 32 week 16	One Direction - Up All Night Syco Music - 106.000
		Ayumi Hamasaki - Party Queen Avex Trax Japan - 98.000
		Unheilig - Lichter Der Stadt Vertigo Berlin / Universal Germany - 76.000
	7 / 6 week 8	Lana Del Rey - Born To Die Stranger / Interscope - 72.000
	17 / 26 week 30	David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat EMI Music - 57.000 - Largest Sales Increase
		Shinee - Sherlock SM Entertainment South Korea - 57.000
	6 / 4 week 7	Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits 4 RCA - 54.000
	9 / 13 week 15	Gotye - Making Mirrors Universal Music Australia - 52.000
	12 / 3 week 23	Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto 2 Parlophone / Capitol - 48.000
		Odd Future - The OF Tape Vol.2 Red / Columbia - 46.000
	18 / 18 week 40	LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking Interscope - 43.000
	11 / 15 week 75	Adele - 19 2 XL Recordings - 42.000
		M.Pokora - Á La Poursuite Du Bonheur EMI France - 42.000
	8 / 17 week 6	Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events Virgin - 39.000
	22 / 21 week 16	Black Keys - El Camino Nonesuch - 36.000
		Melanie Fiona - The MF Life SRC / Universal Republic - 35.000
	25 / 23 week 18	Rihanna - Talk That Talk Def Jam - 35.000
	15 / 9 week 3	Katie Melua - Secret Symphony Dramatico - 33.000
		Lionel Richie - Tuskegee Mercury - 33.000
	27 / 31 week 69	Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 2 Elektra / Warner Bros. - 32.000
	24 / 19 week 8	Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas Columbia - 32.000
		Paul Weller - Sonik Kicks Island - 31.000
		Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society Concord - 31.000
		Team H - Lounge H The First Impression Pony Canyon Japan - 30.000
		AAA - Another Side Of #AAABest Avex Trax Japan - 29.000
	16 / - week 2	Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again Polydor - 27.000
	26 / 16 week 6	Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection RCA - 27.000
	31 / 34 week 21	Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials Universal Republic / Island - 27.000
	36 / - week 4	Fun. - Some Nights Fueled By Ramen - 26.000
	19 / 7 week 4	Ikimonogakari - Newtral Epic Japan - 26.000
	23 / 25 week 27	Ed Sheeran - Plus Asylum - 25.000
	10 / 12 week 3	Military Wives - In My Dreams Decca - 24.000
	33 / 40 week 19	Kelly Clarkson - Stronger RCA - 24.000
	- / - week 10	Skrillex - Bangarang Big Beat / Atlantic - 23.000

Album Chart week 15 / 2012 - April 14 the top-selling albums according to global sales figures and national album charts issue date: April 5, 2012 copyright (C) 2012 - all rights reserved

		Madonna - Mdna Interscope - 740.000 - 1 week at No.1 - Hot Shot Debut
		Kis-My-Ft2 - Kis-My-1st Avex Trax Japan - 254.000
	1 / 1 week 62	Adele - 21 10 XL Recordings - 228.000
	25 / - week 2	Lionel Richie - Tuskegee Mercury - 217.000 - Largest Sales Increase
		Shinedown - Amaryllis Atlantic - 124.000
	7 / 2 week 17	One Direction - Up All Night Syco Music - 91.000
	4 / 3 week 4	Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Columbia - 90.000
	2 / - week 2	Soundtrack - The Hunger Games: Songs From District Mercury / Universal Republic - 78.000
	- / - week 63	Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 2 Capitol - 69.000
	- / - week 3	Big Bang - Alive YG Entertainment South Korea / Avex Trax Japan - 65.000
	10 / 7 week 9	Lana Del Rey - Born To Die Stranger / Interscope - 59.000
		Porno Graffitti - Panorama Porno Sony Music Entertainment Japan - 57.000
		CN Blue - Ear Fun F&C Music South Korea / AI Records Japan - 56.000
	14 / 9 week 16	Gotye - Making Mirrors Universal Music Australia - 54.000
	11 / 17 week 31	David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat  EMI Music - 53.000
	12 / - week 2	Shinee - Sherlock SM Entertainment South Korea - 51.000
	3 / 4 week 3	Les Enfoirés - Le Bal Des Enfoirés RCA Music Group France - 49.000
	9 / - week 2	Unheilig - Lichter Der Stadt Vertigo Berlin / Universal Germany - 49.000
		Silbermond - Himmel Auf Columbia Germany - 44.000
	15 / 12 week 24	Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto 2 Parlophone / Capitol - 44.000
	13 / 6 week 8	Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits 4 RCA - 43.000
	17 / 18 week 41	LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking  Interscope - 43.000
		Iron Maiden - En Vivo! Live At Estadio Nacional, Santiago VEMI - 40.000
	6 / - week 2	The Shins - Port Of Morrow Aural Apothecary / Columbia - 40.000
	18 / 11 week 76	Adele - 19 2 XL Recordings - 39.000
		Mars Volta - Noctourniquet Warner Bros. - 37.000
		The Used - Vulnerable Hopeless - 35.000
	23 / 25 week 19	Rihanna - Talk That Talk  Def Jam - 34.000
	20 / 8 week 7	Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events Virgin - 33.000
	21 / 22 week 17	Black Keys - El Camino Nonesuch - 31.000
	26 / 27 week 70	Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 2 Elektra / Warner Bros. - 29.000
		Meshuggah - Koloss Nuclear Blast - 28.000
	27 / 24 week 9	Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas Columbia - 27.000
	24 / 15 week 4	Katie Melua - Secret Symphony Dramatico - 26.000
	34 / 31 week 22	Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials Universal Republic / Island - 26.000
	37 / 23 week 28	Ed Sheeran - Plus Asylum - 26.000
	- / - week 7	Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines Capitol Nashville - 26.000
		All-American Rejects - Kids in The Street Interscope - 25.000
		Madonna - True Blue 11 Sire - 25.000
		Madonna - Like A Virgin 10 Sire - 25.000

albums with sales gains this week     albums with global sales of 2 million copies with additional 2 million copies indicated by a numeral following the symbol

Adele deserves all the fame...

haven't heard to Madonna's album yet but chances are , t will have a sharp drop following weeks, much like Rihanna

dark_gh0st_b0y said: Adele deserves all the fame... haven't heard to Madonna's album yet but chances are , t will have a sharp drop following weeks, much like Rihanna

Yeah, next week Adele's 21 will sell ~250k, whereas, Madonna may fall as low as ~180k perhaps. MDNA sold 359k in the US in its first week, and next week it is expected to sell only 40k, representing a 90% decline... Disastrous!