Anyone?

My most recent update covers the first quarter (I update the sales every 3 months for my blog):

 

1. Adele – 21 – 2 667 000*

2. Whitney Houston – Whitney: The Greatest Hits – 693 000*

3. Various Artists – NOW 41 – 573 000

4. Drake – Take Care – 405 000*

5. Adele – 19 – 369 000*

6. Madonna – MDNA – 360 000

7. Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth – 339 000

8. Lady Antebellum – Own the Night – 329 000*

9. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – 320 000

10. Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto – 317 000*

 

11. Various Artists – 2012 Grammy Nominees – 301 000

12. Rihanna – Talk That Talk – 281 000*

13. One Direction – Up All Night – 279 000

14. The Black Keys – El Camino – 271 000*

15. LMFAO – Sorry for Party Rocking – 252 000*

16. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger – 248 000*

17. Young Jeezy – TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition – 242 000*

18. Luke Bryan – Tailgates and Tanlines – 241 000*

19. Soundtrack – The Hunger Games – 239 000

20. Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 21 – 236 000

 

*Released in 2011 or earlier

Last year at same point the #20 had sold 209k (Decemberists - King Is Dead)

Edited April 20, 201213 yr by SKOB

Thanks SKOB!

 

So basically there have been 2 weeks of sales figures reported after your list. Adele has sold about 150K + 90K taking her grand total upto about 2.9mil now, and 1D are probably around 430K or so. I'm thinking 1D will eventually make it to about 2mil at the end of the year with the tour and stuff. Will be amazing if the top 2 best sellers of 2012 are British!

Yea, 1D is perhaps #5 followed by Madonna and Adele's 19. Then Lionel Richie is now in top 10.

 

But it's too early to say anything about the rest of the year except Adele will probably be #1 in Deceber as well.

Edited April 20, 201213 yr by SKOB

Yea, 1D is perhaps #5 followed by Madonna and Adele's 19.

 

Madonna sold 427 k and 1D 437 k

 

Drake sold in last 2 weeks 31 k, so he's very close to 1D, and Adele 38k so she is definitely under 1D

Edited April 20, 201213 yr by Tommy

I wonder how much of "19" Adele will sell in 2012? Has that concert DVD ever been played on US TV?

But it's too early to say anything about the rest of the year except Adele will probably be #1 in Deceber as well.

 

The only way 21 isn't no. 1 in December is if Adele releases another album :lol:

 

BTW that hasn't happened since Thriller topped the 1983 and 1984 album charts. And before that you had to go back to 1962-3. Pretty remarkable.

Adele sells close to 90K copies this week and 1D about 55K... so hopefully they are both close to the 3mil and 500K mark resp.

2012 WEEK 16

 

Chart Date: May 5, 2012

 

Total Sales YTD Ending April 22, 2012

 

　

 

1. Adele, 21 3,001,446

 

2. Whitney Houston, Greatest Hits 738,031

 

3. Now That’s What Call Music!, Volume 41 632,039

 

4. Lionel Richie, Tuskegee 536,967

 

5. One Direction, Up All Night 491,397

 

6. Drake, Take Care 452,410

 

7. Madonna, MDNA 440,393

 

8. Adele, 19 420,195

 

9. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded 382,974

 

10. Lady Antebellum, Own The Night 373,599

 

11. Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball 368,134

 

12. Van Halen, Different Kind of Truth 363,502

 

13. Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto 339,341

 

14. Hunger Games: Songs From The Soundtrack 332,688

 

15. Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines 329,677

 

16. Rihanna, Talk That Talk 319,144

 

17. Gotye, Making Mirrors, 317,428

 

18. Black Keys, El Camino 314,614

 

19. 2012 Grammy Nominees 313,987

 

20. Kelly Clarkson, Stronger 305,093

 

From Kelly Clarkson forum

Oh my days. Could Adele outsell what she sold last year?! :o

OG MY GOD PEOPLE BUY SOMETHING ELSE :angry:

toby please shut up.

Even if she doesn't do serious promo, they should air that Royal Albert Hall DVD 2 times (one in summer, one over Thanksgiving) and that can easily get her another half a mil easy peasy. She may end the year with 5mil (so about as much as the 5.8mil she sold in 2011).

Get real Adele would never do promo or videos, she's trying to keep a certain aura and not become over commercialized like Lady Gaga who appeared on every worldwide tv promoting her last 2 singles yet they didn't do that well worldwide....

2012 WEEK 17

 

Chart Date: May 12, 2012

 

Total Sales YTD Ending April 29, 2012

 

　

 

1. Adele, 21 3,085,363

 

2. Whitney Houston, Greatest Hits 752,173

 

3. Now That’s What Call Music!, Volume 41 646,560

 

4. Lionel Richie, Tuskegee 615,312

 

5. One Direction, Up All Night 541,230

 

6. Drake, Take Care 464,349

 

7. Madonna, MDNA 449,715

 

8. Adele, 19 433,227

 

9. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded 415,406

 

10. Lady Antebellum, Own The Night 383,297

 

11. Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball 379,095

 

12. Van Halen, Different Kind of Truth 367,830

 

13. Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines 353,186

 

14. Gotye, Making Mirrors, 349,513

 

15. Hunger Games: Songs From The Soundtrack 347,169

 

16. Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto 345,887

 

17. Black Keys, El Camino 337,869

 

18. Rihanna, Talk That Talk 329,996

 

19. 2012 Grammy Nominees 319,582

 

20. Kelly Clarkson, Stronger 314,931

Seriously thank god for Adele. If she wasn't there album sales for 2011 an 2012 would look so dire. Just over 5 months into the year and only one album has sold over a million stateside. So sad to see this.

Whoever would have thought that Lionel Richie would have the best selling studio album released in 2012....

http://www.dingsme.info/avatar13.jpgSo basically there have been 2 weeks of sales figures reported after your list.

I hope Nicki gets to a Million :(

http://www.dingsme.info/avatar13.jpgSo basically there have been 2 weeks of sales figures reported after your list.

One, second should be tomorrow.