Adele's outstanding album 21, and Katy Perry's collaboration with Kanye West, ET, take out the top selling album and digital track respectively in the US - according to Billboard's mid-year charts.
Since it's release in late February, 21 has sold in excess of 2.51 million copies - an outstanding feat for any artist. Coming in at second place is Lady Gaga's Born This Way with an impressive 1.54 million copies sold (much of which was moved in it's first week of release). Coming in at third place is Mumford & Sons with Sigh No More on 982,000 copies.
Other notable album mentions are:
+ Bruno Mars' soul-tastic Doo Wops & Hooligans at #5 with 686,000
+ Chris Brown rise to F.A.M.E at #7 with 646,000
+ Nicki Minaj's debut album Pink Friday at #9 with 609,000
+ Katy Perry's luscious Teenage Dream at #10 with 600,000
+ Rihanna's real Loud at #11 with 598,000
+ Britney Spears' return to the spotlight at #12 with Femme Fatale with 590,000
ET, Perry's fourth single to be lifted off her Teenage Dream album, has moved over a staggering 4.1 million downloads, and is followed closely by Adele's Rolling in the Deep on 4.08 million downloads. Coming in at third place is Cee Lo Green's masterpiece Fuck You (Forget You) with over 3.2 million copies sold.
Watch the videos for Perry's ET [VIDEO], Adele's Rolling in the Deep [VIDEO] and Green's Fuck You [VIDEO]
Other notable digital track mentions are:
+ Lady Gaga's return with Born This Way at #4 with 3.02 million
+ Rihanna's raunchiness with S&M at #5 with 2.7 millions
+ Jennifer Lopez's RedOne production with Pitbull, On The Floor at #6 with 2.6 million
+ Bruno Mars with two appearances - his explosive Grenade at #9 with 2.3 million, and The Lazy Song at #15 with 2 million
Billboard has reported that both album and digital singles are up year on year with an impressive 1% and 11% respectively. In addition, album sales are up from this point point last year for the first time since 2004! What's even more impressive is the volume of talented pop artists in both charts.
For the full article, including the full top twenty albums and digital sakes, view Billboards article online [WEBSITE]
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