Adele helps US record sales rise for first time since 2004
Adele's 21 leads the charge as US album sales rise by 1.6% – with Lady Gaga and Michael Bublé in pursuitUS album sales are up for the first time since 2004. While the UK music market totters, 2011 saw an increase of 1.4% for album sales in America, thanks to Adele, Lady Gaga and Michael Bublé.US sales success continues a trend first noticed in mid-year figures last summer, with Americans buying 330.6m units in 2011. Digital song sales rose by 10% to 1.27bn downloads, and vinyl sales grew eve...
Guardian Music — Adele is an exceptional artist, but she has also been nurtured by her indie label. It's doubtful a major would have done the sameRecord label trade organisation BPI has p... more info
Guardian Music — Adele's 21 leads the charge as US album sales rise by 1.6% – with Lady Gaga and Michael Bublé in pursuitUS album sales are up for the first time since 2004. While the ... more info
ContactMusic — Adele has been crowned Americas pop queen of 2011 after scoring the official top-selling album and single of the year Adeles 21 and Rolling in the Deep both spent multipl... more info
Topix — Album sales in the UK have continued to drop despite Adele's record-breaking release 21 last year, according to new figures from the British Phonographic Industry . more info
The Independent — Music sales have continued to fall in the UK despite Adele's 21 becoming the highest-selling album of the 21st century, according to figures released by the BPI today. more info