Adele’s “21″ claims an eighth week atop the Billboard 200 chart
“21″ holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 156,000 (up less than 1%) making the album the longest-running chart-topper since Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” spent 11 non-consecutive weeks atop the list between the charts dated November 29, 2008 and March 14, 2009.
21 is the British singer-songwriter’s second studio album. The album was released on 21 January 2011 in the UK and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America. The follow-up to her 2008 debut 19, 21 was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production.
Since 2000, only eight albums have spent eight weeks or more atop the Billboard 200. “21″ will probably be granted a ninth week at No. 1 next week, before likely stepping aside for Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which is scheduled to be released on Monday, May 23.
“21′s” to-date sales total stands at 1.7 million – still the only album to have sold more than a million units this year.
