As expected, Adele takes the #1 spot on this week’s chart with her sophomore effort, 21. The British singer-songwriter nails down the biggest chart week of 2011, with an impressive 352,000 units sold. To give a little perspective here, I don’t think Adele’s debut album hit the 350K mark until the Grammy nominations were announced more than six months after the album’s release. To give some more perspective, 21 is already the second biggest selling album of 2011, following Mumford […]
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New Release Report 2/22/11: Adele-It’s About Time!
Generally speaking, I’m not one of those guys that goes out on a limb to search for something before it’s official release. I tend to wait patiently (or perhaps not so patiently?) to get the official goods. But with 21, the latest from British soul singer Adele, the waiting has been a bit more difficult than usual. Not only has the album already been out for several weeks in territories outside the U.S., but fellow bloggers and the rest of […]
Hear Here: “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
As much as I try to be open minded (except when it comes to the Black Eyed Peas), I still have a little bit of a music snob in me. So I always feel a sense of pride when an artist or record that I was an early supporter of becomes successful. I can stick my chest out a little bit for being ahead of the curve when it comes to Adele. I actually bought the British chanteuse’s debut album […]