Adele’s ’21’ Has Nearly Spent The Equivalent Of Four Months At #1

Robbie Daw | January 11, 2012 9:03 am

Adele’s 21 racks up a 15th non-consecutive week in the peak position on the Billboard Top 200, thus leaving her one week away from matching the most recent album to spend more weeks at #1 — the Titanic soundtrack. We’re putting our cash on Adele for passing up the 1997 movie’s score, since awards season is just now heating up and the photogenic singer, who’s up for six Grammys, is rumored to be opening the televised ceremony on February 12. Tulsa rockers SafetySuit have the only new entry in the Top 10 this week, in the form of their sophomore album These Times, which sold 26,000 copies out of the gate and arrives at #7. The band pushes Lady Antebellum out of the upper reaches of the chart, while the rest of the Top 10 players simply shuffle around.

Getting back to 21, Adele’s sophomore album will celebrate its one-year anniversary next week across the pond, as it was released on January 19, 2011 in Europe. The LP didn’t hit American shores until February 22 last year.

The Top 10 Of Billboard’s Top 200 Chart

1. Adele, 21 *15 weeks* 2. Drake, Take Care 3. The Black Keys, El Camino 4.Young Jeezy, TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition 5. Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto 6. Rihanna, Talk That Talk 7. SafetySuit, These Times *new* 8. LMFAO, Sorry For Party Rocking 9.Various Artists, NOW 40 10.Florence + The Machine, Ceremonials

Adele’s 21 is out now on XL/Columbia. Purchase it at eMusic.

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