With 2011 half-over, Adele's "21" reigns as the year's biggest selling album in the U.S., shifting 2,517,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "21" has moved 2,517,000 copies in the U.S. since its release on Feb. 22 -- through the week ending July 3, the mid-point of the tracking year. It's the only album to have sold more than 2 million in 2011, and one of only two to surpass 1 million. The second is Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," which has moved 1,540,000. (72% of that total was shifted in its debut week, when it started with 1,108,000 -- making it only the 17th album to sell a million in one week since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991.)
Mid-Year 2011 Top Albums |
| | Artist | Title | Year to Date Sales* |
| 1 | Adele | 21 | 2,517,000 |
| 2 | Lady Gaga | Born This Way | 1,540,000 |
| 3 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | 982,000 |
| 4 | Jason Aldean | My Kinda Party | 763,000 |
| 5 | Bruno Mars | Doo Wops & Hooligans | 686,000 |
| 6 | Justin Bieber | Never Say Never: The Remixes (EP) | 676,000 |
| 7 | Chris Brown | F.A.M.E. | 646,000 |
| 8 | Various Artists | Now 37 | 637,000 |
| 9 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 609,000 |
| 10 | Katy Perry | Teenage Dream | 600,000 |
| 11 | Rihanna | Loud | 598,000 |
| 12 | Britney Spears | Femme Fatale | 590,000 |
| 13 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | 563,000 |
| 14 | P!nk | Greatest Hits | 530,000 |
| 15 | Justin Bieber | My World 2.0 | 524,000 |
| 16 | Eminem | Recovery | 517,000 |
| 17 | Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | 497,000 |
| 18 | Wiz Khalifa | Rolling Papers | 484,000 |
| 19 | Lady Antebellum | Need You Now | 473,000 |
| 20 | Various | Now 38 | 440,000 |
*SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN,
year to date sales through the week ending July 3, 2011 |
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