Album Sales: Adele Reigns at #1, Tyga Debut Falls Below Expectations

Adele photographed in Vogue Magazine

That Adele reign just won’t let up. The British song bird’s 2nd studio album 21 spends its 22nd week at the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart and is now the longest running #1 album since Prince & the Revolution’s Purple Rain soundtrack, which scored 24 weeks at #1 in 1984 and 1985. 21 has also managed to sell a total of 7.65 million here in the U.S., with 1.83 million being sold this year.

The late Whitney Houston’s Whitney: the Greatest Hits , still sits at #2 with 174,000 while Tyga, whose 2nd album Careless World: Rise of the Last King was projected to sell 80,000 copies, only managed to debut with a total of 60,000. Take a look at the Top 40 below which includes Chiddy Bang , Rihanna , LMFAO , Bruno Mars and much more:

#1 Adele – 21 297,000
#2 Whitney Houston – Whitney: the Greatest Hits 174,000
#3 fun. – Some Nights 70,000
#4 Tyga – Careless World: Rise of the Last King 60,000
#6 The Bodyguard Soundtrack 49,335
#7 Adele – 19 38,456
#8 Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston 31,288
#9 Chiddy Bang – Breakfast 20,866
#10 2012 Grammy Nominees 28,210
#12 Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror 27,034
#13 Drake – Take Care 25,757
#14 Rihanna – Talk That Talk 23,043
#15 Whitney Houston – I Look To You 21,290
#16 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger 19,267
#17 LMFAO – Sorry for Party Rocking 18,342
#18 Paul McCartney – Kisses from the Bottom 18,077
#21 Lady Antebellum – Own the Night 17,779
#23 Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans 16,290
#24 Skrillex – BangGang 16,144
#25 Young Jeezy – TM 103: Hustler Ambition 16,056
#30 Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne 14,308
#31 Cold Play – Mylo Xyloto 14,298
#32 Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues 14,158
#38 Lana Del Rey – Born to Die 12,200
#39 The Band Perry – The Band Perry 12,112
#40 Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV 11,874

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