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Why would you have a go at someone because of their sig?, especially in these circumstances. I dont understand some people these days.

They spammed loads of rock videos to get people to thumbs down.

Thats exactly what they did. called themselves the 'metal militia' , designed to thumb down JB videos. spammed loads of rock videos.....I don't think they really thought it properly.

This is what made me laugh at 'the metal militia' campaign to thumbs down Bieber videos. All they achieved was giving him extra views and thousands of extra dollars. Fools.

Surprisingly, no..the biggest selling Album of 2006 was Alanis Morrisette(JLP). 2,080,000 The previous most albums sold in a year(thats been recorded) was James Blunt in 2005(one album), with 2.3 million, and Michael Jackson(Numerous albums), 2.1 million in 2009. So Adele has the single album and culmulative albums record.

Apart from Adele of course, I've just noticed Jessie J has already also sold more than last year's end of year number one(Eminem).

Yes, quite astonishing!. This is 1.2 million more than anyone has sold before in a calender year in the UK. And still over 20 weeks left!. Heres the top ten YTD albums for the same time last year. 1 Lady Gaga Fame 757600 2 Alicia Keys Element Of Freedom 631200 3 Florence & The Machine Lungs 607400 4 Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up 598800 5 Michael Buble Crazy Love 412200 6 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More 399200 7 Plan B Defamation Of Strickland Banks 381400 8 Boyzone Brother 355000 9 Justin Bieber My World 339800 10 Glee Cast Glee - The Music - Season One - Vol 1 337400 Noone more than 3/4 towards a million.

I think 3- 3.5 million.

Calm down guys...its just personal opinion ya know. I'm wondering why Leona needs auto-tune?. She doesn't imo, so why have they auto-tuned her voice in parts of this song?. Ive heard this song quite a few times now and its not really grabbing me at all. I want to hear her singing a proper song, with real vocals, like she used to.

Is there a list of the fastest to a million?. I know Elton John and Will young did it in a week, but who was the fastest apart from charity and Talent show songs.

Going back, a bit, heres some acts whose 2nd album did better than the first and indeed, the 2nd one was the one which kicked them into superstar status. 1969 Led Zeppelin 2. No singles off it, hardly any radio play except occasionally from Alan freeman and John Peel...became huge through reputation, touring and word of mouth. critics mostly slagged them off, us kids loved them. 1970 Black Sabbath: Paranoid album. Hugely strong lead single helped this album to massive success, again slagged off by the critics, loved by those that mattered. ;) Both albums recorded and released less than a year after their first.

I'm mainly a rhythm guitarist...I love John Lennons rhythm work for eg, quite syncopated and choppy, which I try to emulate, although I dont know how the guy manages to do those fast triplet strums in 'All my loving' and still keep the beat perfectly, when I try it always slips back to 2 beat (1-2 1-2), rather than the triplet rhythm(1-2-3 1-2-3). He must have had wrists of steel.

Well, they played download, noone bottled them and they performed one of the best received sets of the weekend.

You can hear a pin drop in here. Huge drop. I wonder if the album is exhausted now?, what I mean is most people who wanted it, got it in the first week.

From digital spy forums Adele has now overtaken Taylor Swifts 'Speak now' as the best selling album so far in the billboard year, which runs from start of December 2010 to end of November 2011 This is the one that determines the offical best selling US album of the year. 1) Adele 1,845,585 2) Taylor 1,842,277

The chart commentary on the homepage has all the info about this :)

She was 17, in the UK noone would have batted an eyelid. And he was found not guilty on all charges.

I love classic quo. I prefer their seventies bluesy hard rock stuff personally. But some good stuff on this new album. I particularly love this one. 0iTfAxJsX-s

Great old style singer...RIP Kathy.

These are the acts that sold the most in the US by year. 1 million isnt nearly enough.

Fame and TFM combined have sold 15 million as of April 2011. http://internationalentertainment.blogspot...das-second.html

I never realised US albums sold so much in a year!. 1998-2000 All over 9 million! Anyway, for those interested. Btw, I did NO work compiling or composing this list, just cut and pasted. All thanks go to http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124978 All sales figures are US sales for the year stated. 1992: Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All, 4,832,000. This is the only album by a male country artist to rank as the year's top-seller. (Sorry, Garth Brooks.) The album spawned the top five sing-a-long smash, "Achy Breaky Heart.". 1993: Whitney Houston & Various Artists, The Bodyguard, 5,460,000. This was the first album to sell 5 million copies in a calendar year. It was the first of three albums to be the year's best-seller and also win a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album spawned three top five hits: "I Will Always Love You," "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing.". 1994: Soundtrack, The Lion King, 4,934,000. This is the only soundtrack to an animated movie to rank as the year's top-seller. The album spawned Elton John's top five hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight." The album also contains four tracks by film scorer Hans Zimmer. The long-running Broadway show of the same name opened in November 1997.. 1995: Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View, 7,020,000. This was the first album to sell 7 million copies in a calendar year. The album spawned three top 10 hits: "Hold My Hand," "Let Her Cry" and "Only Want To Be With You." Lead singer Darius Rucker went on to become a top country star.. 1996: Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill, 7,380,000. This is the only album by a Canadian artist to wind up as the year's top-seller. (Sorry, Justin Bieber.) The album spawned three top 10 hits: "Ironic," "You Learn" and "Head Over Feet." This won a Grammy as Album of the Year. An acoustic version of the album was released in 2005.. 1997: Spice Girls, Spice, 5,302,000. This is the only album by a British artist to wind up as the year's top-seller. (Adele may follow suit this year.) Also, this is the only album by a "girl group" to wind up as the year's top-seller. The album spawned three top five hits: "Wannabe," "Say You'll Be There" and "2 Become 1.". 1998: Soundtrack, Titanic, 9,338,000. This was the first album to sell 9 million copies in a calendar year. Also, this is the only (mostly) instrumental album to wind up as the year's top-seller. The album features James Horner's instrumental score and one vocal track: Celine Dion's chest-thumping #1 smash "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From ‘Titanic').". 1999: Backstreet Boys, Millennium, 9,446,000. This was the first album by a "boy band" to wind up as the year's top-seller. The album spawned the top 10 hits "I Want It That Way" and "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely." This was nominated for a Grammy as Album of the Year.. 2000: *NSYNC, No Strings Attached, 9,936,000. This album sold more copies in a calendar year than any other album in the history of the music business. The album spawned three top five hits: "Bye Bye Bye," "It's Gonna Be Me" and "This I Promise You." Justin Timberlake went on to become a multi-media superstar.. 2001: Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory, 4,813,000. This is the hardest rocking album to wind up as the year's best-seller. It's also the only album that didn't reach #1 on the weekly charts (it spent four weeks at #2) to wind up as the year's top-seller. The album spawned the top five hit "In The End.". 2002: Eminem, The Eminem Show, 7,608,000. This was the first rap album (and the first album to carry a Parental Advisory sticker) to wind up as the year's best-seller. This was nominated for a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album spawned the top five hits "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet.". 2003: 50 Cent, Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 6,536,000. This is the only year-end top-seller that later inspired a movie of the same name. 50 Cent and Terrence Howard starred in the 2005 movie. The album spawned three top five hits: "In Da Club," "21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg) and "P.I.M.P.". 2004: Usher, Confessions, 7,979,000. This is the only album by a male R&B/pop artist to wind up as the year's best-seller. This was nominated for a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album contained four #1 hits: "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris), "Burn," "Confessions Part II" and "My Boo" (a collabo with Alicia Keys which was later added to a "Special Edition" of the album.). 2005: Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi, 4,969,000. This is the only album by a female R&B/pop artist to wind up as the year's best-seller. This was nominated for a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album contained three top five hits: "We Belong Together," "Shake It Off" and "Don't Forget About Us" (which was later added to a "Platinum Edition" of the album.). 2006: Various Artists, High School Musical soundtrack, 3,719,000. This is the only TV soundtrack to wind up as the year's top-seller. The album spawned the top five hit "Breaking Free" by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu have gone on to land chart albums of their own. A sequel, High School Musical 2, was the #2 album of 2007.. 2007: Josh Groban, Noel, 3,699,000. This is the only Christmas album to wind up as the year's top-seller. (Sorry, Kenny G.) Two songs from the album "bubbled under" the Hot 100: "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and "The First Noel" (a collabo with Faith Hill).. 2008: Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III, 2,874,000. This is the only sequel to wind up as the year's top-seller. It was the third album in Tha Carter series, which dates back to 2004. Also, this is the only album to wind up as the year's top-seller that didn't sell 3 million copies during the year. This was nominated for a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album spawned three top 10 hits: "Lollipop" (featuring Static Major), "A Milli" and "Got Money (featuring T-Pain).. 2009: Taylor Swift, Fearless, 3,217,000. Swift, who was just 20, is the youngest artist to have the year's top-selling album. Also, this is the only album by a female country artist to wind up as the year's best-seller. (Sorry Shania Twain.) This won a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album contained five top 10 hits: "Change," "Fearless," "Love Story," "You Belong With Me" and "Jump Then Fall" (which was later added to a "Platinum Edition" of the album.). 2010: Eminem, Recovery, 3,415,000. Eminem is the only artist to have the year's top selling album twice. Also, Eminem, who was 38, was the oldest solo artist to have the year's top-seller. This was nominated for a Grammy as Album of the Year. The album spawned the #1 hits "Not Afraid" and "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna).. 2011: Adele, 21, 1,554,000 (so far). Adele is vying to become the first British solo artist to have the year's top-selling album. The album has spawned the #1 hit "Rolling In The Deep." The album is the front-runner to win a Grammy as Album of the Year.

Everyones spent their money on Adele albums this year...lol I reckon +200-250K first week though, But Im not sure about the longevity.

Posters like that puzzle me. They are so quick to critisise others, yet when they get critisised back, they throw their toys out of the pram and flounce out. Entertaining in a weird way though...well sometimes ;)

World sales now over 6 million for 21. !! I wonder if she'll beat Users record of 11.8 million in a year in 2004.