Adele's '21' Sells 10million Copies In America!

Adele’s phenomenally successful second album ‘21’ has smashed the 10million sales barrier in America.

The heartbreak record sold 28,000 copies in the past seven days taking its total tally to a whopping 10,020,000 sales.

According to Billboard, ‘21’ is the 21st album to pass the landmark since US sales aggregator Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.

It took ‘21’ a total of 92 weeks to reach the monumental milestone making it the third quickest to reach the 10million mark behind Backstreet Boys’ ‘Millennium’ (39 weeks) and N*Sync’s ‘No Strings Attached’ (43 weeks).

Since records began, Metallica’s self-titled 1991’s album – known by fans as ‘The Black Album’ – is the highest selling album in the US with 15.8million units shifted.

As of November 2012, Adele’s ‘21’ has now sold over 25million copies across the globe. It’s the fifth best-selling album of all time in the UK with over 4.5million sales.

The 10 best selling albums in America since 1991:

1. Metallica: ‘Metallica’ (1991) – 15.8million 2. Shania Twain: ‘Come On Over’ (1997) – 15.5million 3. Alanis Morissette: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ (1995) – 14.8million 4. Backstreet Boys: ‘Millennium’ (1999) – 12.2million 5. The Beatles: ‘1’ (2000) – 12.1million 6. Various Artists: The Bodyguard OST’ (1992) – 12million 7. Santana: ‘Supernatural’ (1999) – 11.7million 8. Creed: ‘Human Clay’ (1999) – 11.6million 9. Bob Marley and The Wailers: ‘Legend’ (1984) – 11.2million 10. NSync: ‘No Strings Attached’ (2000) – 11.1million *

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