Worldwide Weekly Album Sales Chart: 'Madonna debuts at #1 with 740k, Adele falls to #3'

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Global Chart Report Adele's '21' triumphs another week at the top Friday, February 17, 2012 by Fred Chuchel, Dresden It's no surprise that the Grammy-decorated Adele turns back to the summit. '21' increases its sales a massive 49% to 369.000 copies compared to the previous week and the next week it makes another

big jump in the range between 700.000 - 800.000 units. The total sales of '21' are now at 17.39 million, so it climbs at no.91 on the ALL TIME CHART. Highest debut of the week are the rock-veterans of Van Halen. The furious comeback album 'A Different Kind Of Truth', the first studio set since 14 years, bows at no.2 with 284.000 copies. Van Halen's most successful album was '1984' from the same year with big single smash 'Jump' which shoots at no.1 on the global track chart and ranked at no.8 on the year-end chart 1984. Osaka based rock band L'arc-En-Ciel arrives at no.4 with their 12th studio effort 'Butterfly'. It moved 171.000 copies in its initial week. Another legend turns back to the charts this week, Ex-Beatles Paul McCartney arrives at no.5 with his new set 'Kisses On The Bottom' and 155.000 sales. After the sudden death of Whitney Houston, all her releases climbing high on the international hitlists, above all the 'Greatest Hits'-compilation, which rockets back at no.9 with 68.000 copies. Also new on the current top 40 are The Fray's 'Scars & Stories' at no.7 with 93.000 sales, Dierks Bentley's 'Home' at no.12 with 58.000 sales, Maverick Sabre's 'Lonely Are The Brave' at no.17 with 45.000 sales, Xavier Naidoo's best-of compilation 'Danke Fürs Zuhören' at no.23 with 34.000 sales, Air's 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune' at no.25 with 33.000 sales, Serrat & Sabina's 'La Orquesta Del Titanic at no.38 with 25.000 sales and Mark Lenagan Band's 'Blues Funeral' at no.39 with 25.000 sales.  COMPLETE GLOBAL ALBUM CHART