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Adele Tops Final 2011 Album, Single Sales Lists

Adele Tops Final 2011 Album, Single Sales Lists No one should really be surprised that Adele ruled both single and album sales in 2011. Her sophomore album 21 is currently #1 on Billboard 's Top 200 for a 14th non-consecutive week, and, when all was said and done, it sold 5.82 million copies last year — the most any album has sold since 2004, when Usher's Confessions moved 7.98 million copies. Likewise, "Rolling In The Deep" capped off '11 at 5.81 million, marking the first time a single has topped 5 million paid downloads in a year. [...]
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