[MiguelPortugal]

Originally posted by Billboard

Tracking to Sell Between 500-600,000 Copies... '19' Should Crack Top 5

Adele's "21" album is going to celebrate its first year on the Billboard 200 chart in grand style. Fresh off her six Grammy Award wins on Sunday (Feb. 12) night, "21" is on course to sell between 500,000 to 600,000 copies by week's end on Sunday, Feb. 19.

Next week will mark the set's 52nd week on the list and it should easily rack up a 21st frame at No. 1. It could earn the biggest sales week for any album since Drake's "Take Care" debuted with 631,000 on the chart dated Dec. 3, 2011 according to Nielsen SoundScan. Even better - it will be "21's" biggest sales week, period. It's highest week came over the Christmas holiday, when it shifted 399,000.

Adele's first album, "19," is also selling well, and should move into the top five on the Billboard 200 next week. The last act to have two albums in the top five at the same time was Justin Bieber on March 12, 2011 ("Never Say Never: the Remixes" was No. 2 and "My World 2.0" was No. 5).

The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 22.

With a 21st week at No. 1, "21" will become the longest-running No. 1 album by a woman in history. (It's currently tied with Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, with 20 weeks.) Further, "21" could become the biggest No. 1 album by any act since M.C. Hammer's "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" spent 21 weeks at No. 1 in 1990.

Here are the albums with the most weeks at No. 1 in the nearly-56 year history of the Billboard 200 chart: (Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year)

54 -- "West Side Story soundtrack, 1962**
37 -- "Thriller," Michael Jackson, 1983
31 -- "Rumours," Fleetwood Mac, 1977
31 -- "South Pacific" soundtrack, 1958
31 -- "Calypso," Harry Belafonte, 1956
24-- "Purple Rain," Prince and the Revolution/Soundtrack, 1984
24 -- "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, 1978
21 -- "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em," M.C. Hammer, 1990
20 -- "21," Adele, 2011
20 -- "The Bodyguard," Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, 1992
20 -- "Blue Hawaii," Elvis Presley/Soundtrack, 1961

** (The figure of 54 weeks at No. 1 combines the set's time atop separate stereo and mono LP charts before the Billboard 200 became a singular ranking the week of Aug. 17, 1963.)

[TheRealBabyDre]

Congrats Adele

54 -- "West Side Story soundtrack, 1962

[B94]

Nice.

[RhnNec]

This is too much

[Euromillions]

This week's figure will be even higher than Billboard's prediction!

21 ON FIRE: Look for sales of Adele's multi Grammy-winning XL/Columbia album 21 to soar past 650k this week, and continue to gain momentum, thanks to the triple play of last Sunday's awards show, her 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper and Tuesday's Valentine's Day resulting in a perfect storm at retail. The album will spend its 21st week at #1, while total U.S. sales soar above 7.3 million with no end in sight. Will we have to wait five years for another one? Just call Ms. Atkins the Jeremy Lin of the record industry. (2/16p)

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[futurelove92]

amazing

[extrachapstick]

Originally posted by RhnNec

This is too much

why are you pressed?

[Guero]

21 -- "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em," M.C. Hammer, 1990

What the...

[Crazy Lights]

[Calypso]

[Cas]

Originally posted by ChapStick

why are you pressed?

I don't think that he meant anything negative with his comment.

Anyway, 21 is a ****ing monster! That's the way to come out a winner from a fail relationship.

[Loghen]

Wow

[Rentboy]

I cant believe the company this album is in after just one year!

not so much MC Hammer but the others were HUGE in their day. And its gonna move right up that list for sure.

[Poisonous]

Just wow. I'm so glad I get to Witness this since I wasn't around during the 'Thriller' era.

[evan93]

Woah 650k?