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

Adele may sell 1 million worldwide this week, making it her highest sales week so far, a year into its chart run!



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Glad to see an actual decent band (Van Halen) make it to the top in the charts. Amazing that some people still want to hear some classic rock and roll.



Great thread, love music as much as gaming.
Have you got any data from singles sales?



2 / 6
week 5
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
RCA - 268.000 - 1 weeks at No.1
4 / 12
week 10
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Vertigo / Universal - 250.000
1 / 1
week 21
We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris 3
Def Jam - 228.000
 
7 / 7
week 22
Sexy And I Know It - LMFAO 2
Interscope - 220.000
6 / 5
week 37
Set Fire To The Rain - Adele 2
XL Recordings - 218.000
3 / 3
week 18
Good Feeling - Flo Rida 2
Atlantic - 211.000
 
22 / -
week 2
Give Me All Your Luvin' - Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
Interscope - 209.000
Junjô U-19 - NMB 48
Yoshimoto / R&C Japan - 206.000 - Hot Shot Debut
5 / 4
week 7
Domino - Jessie J
Island / Lava - 199.000
 
14 / 11
week 51
Someone Like You - Adele 4
XL Recordings - 194.000
8 / 16
week 7
Turn Me On - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
EMI Music - 192.000
We Are Young - Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe
Fueled By Ramen - 177.000
11 / 8
week 33
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera 4
A&M / Octone - 163.000
 
12 / 17
week 19
Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia
EMI Music - 162.000
 
9 / 10
week 13
Young, Wild & Free - Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars
Atlantic - 162.000
 
15 / 13
week 7
International Love - Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
J Records - 161.000
10 / 14
week 7
Ai Se Eu Te Pego (Nooossaa!) - Michel Teló
Panttanal / Roster Music / Som Livre - 158.000
 
13 / 9
week 14
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Capitol - 158.000
 
24 / 22
week 57
Rolling In The Deep - Adele 5
XL Recordings - 152.000
- / -
week 25
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 7
Arista - 150.000 - Largest Points Increase
16 / 15
week 22
Paradise - Coldplay
EMI - 143.000
 
23 / 21
week 46
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock 5
Interscope - 134.000
20 / 25
week 3
Wild Ones - Flo Rida feat. Sia
Atlantic - 130.000
17 / 20
week 13
Levels - Avicii
Veratone - 129.000
 
18 / 18
week 19
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Atlantic - 123.000
 
19 / 19
week 23
Without You - David Guetta feat. Usher 2
EMI Music - 112.000
 
21 / 27
week 13
Video Games - Lana Del Rey
Stranger / Interscope - 107.000
 
26 / 28
week 6
Rack City - Tyga
Cash Money - 99.000
29 / -
week 2
Ass Back Home - Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
Fueled By Ramen - 98.000
27 / 32
week 8
Take Care - Drake feat. Rihanna
Cash Money - 97.000
28 / 23
week 26
Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine 2
Fueled By Ramen - 85.000
25 / 24
week 31
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People 2
Startime / Columbia - 84.000
 
She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul
Atlantic - 82.000
31 / 30
week 12
Hangover - Taio Cruz feat. Flo Rida
Island - 78.000
 
- / -
week 4
Glad You Came - The Wanted
Global Talent / Island - 77.000
30 / 26
week 13
You Da One - Rihanna
Def Jam - 77.000
 
32 / 29
week 12
Ni**as In Paris - Kanye West & Jay-Z
Roc-A-Fella - 76.000
 
35 / 34
week 16
Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Hollywood - 72.000
37 / 35
week 5
The Motto - Drake feat. Lil Wayne
Cash Money - 70.000
36 / 40
week 4
Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw
RCA - 65.000
 


Man how the music has changed in a couple of decades.

New Van Halen album is actually alright though...Sounds like something that came out in the late 80s early 90s...which is good.



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Finally got aroud to buying Adelle's 21 last week. Glad she is back following her surgery. Amazed with her sales of 18 million, hopefully more talented people will be given the opportunity to suceed in mainstream music.



Looks like Adele will stay at No. 1 worldwide this week. Here's a breakdown of known sales so far...

USA: 730k (highest sales week yet)
Canada: 53k
France: 35k (highest sales week yet)
Germany: 22k
UK: 48k
Japan: 20k (highest sales week yet)

908k just from these countries. 1 million this week worldwide is now certain.



Album Chart
week 9 / 2012 - March 3
the top-selling albums according to global
sales figures and national album charts
issue date: February 23, 2012
copyright (C) 2012 - all rights reserved

1 / 2
week 56
Adele - 21 9
XL Recordings - 979.000 - 34 weeks at No.1 - Largest Sales Increase
9 / -
week 2
Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits 2
RCA - 232.000
3 / 1
week 3
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Stranger / Interscope - 146.000
 
10 / 13
week 70
Adele - 19 2
XL Recordings - 131.000
Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events
Virgin - 120.000 - Hot Shot Debut
5 / -
week 2
Paul McCartney - Kisses On The Bottom
Hear Music - 116.000
 
2 / -
week 2
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
Interscope - 102.000
 
Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection
RCA - 100.000
6 / 3
week 3
Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
Columbia - 87.000
 
8 / 6
week 18
Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto 2
Parlophone / Capitol - 84.000
20 / 17
week 64
Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 2
Elektra / Warner Bros. - 68.000
21 / 15
week 10
Gotye - Making Mirrors
Universal Music Australia - 67.000
13 / 7
week 13
Rihanna - Talk That Talk 
Def Jam - 54.000
 
11 / 11
week 35
LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking
Interscope - 53.000
 
15 / 14
week 25
David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat
EMI Music - 49.000
 
14 / 8
week 11
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures 
Island - 48.000
 
16 / 10
week 11
Black Keys - El Camino
Nonesuch - 47.000
 
26 / 40
week 23
Lady Antebellum - Own The Night
Capitol Nashville - 43.000
18 / 22
week 14
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
RCA - 41.000
 
19 / 16
week 14
Drake - Take Care
Cash Money - 38.000
 
32 / 25
week 22
Ed Sheeran - Plus
Asylum - 38.000
- / -
week 2
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
Sensibility Music - 38.000
31 / 23
week 16
Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
Universal Republic / Island - 37.000
Tokyo Jihen - Tokyo Collection
Toshiba EMI Japan - 36.000
29 / -
week 11
One Direction - Up All Night
Syco Music - 36.000
Chatmonchy - Chatmonchy Best 2005-2011
Kioon Records Japan - 33.000
7 / -
week 2
The Fray - Scars & Stories
Epic - 33.000
 
- / -
week 24
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light 
RCA - 32.000
30 / -
week 12
Soundtrack - Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Chop Shop / Atlantic - 32.000
28 / 20
week 26
Foster The People - Torches
Startime / Columbia - 30.000
24 / 18
week 13
Nickelback - Here And Now
Roadrunner - 30.000
 
33 / 26
week 7
Skrillex - Bangarang
Big Beat / Atlantic - 30.000
4 / -
week 2
L'arc-En-Ciel - Butterfly
Kioon Records Japan - 30.000
 
Soundtrack - The Bodyguard 19
Arista - 30.000
35 / -
week 38
Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party 
Broken Bow - 29.000
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 11
Arista - 28.000
- / -
week 80
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More 2
Island - 27.000
- / 28
week 19
Tony Bennett - Duets II
Columbia - 26.000
- / -
week 16
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam - 26.000
23 / -
week 2
Xavier Naidoo - Danke Fürs Zuhören
Naidoo Records / Tonpool Germany - 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



nearly 1 million album sold this week and not even in Christmas time... I can't believe the selling power Adele has. Her album might end up at 30 million after all!



guiduc said:
nearly 1 million album sold this week and not even in Christmas time... I can't believe the selling power Adele has. Her album might end up at 30 million after all!

Quite possibly! This is her highest selling week worldwide so far, and it has been out over a year!