Adele continues to shatter records with the release of her new album 25. For the second week in a row, the "Hello" singer tops the Billboard 200, and in the process of doing so she became the first artist in history to sell over one million copies in two separate weeks.
In its second week on sale, 25 moved 1.16 million album equivalent units, Billboard reports, and 1.11 million of those records were pure album sales. (The other 50,000 album sales would come from single downloads.)
By selling 1.11 million copies, Adele not only lands a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 for the second straight week, she also sets the record for becoming the first artist ever to sell one million copies in two separate weeks. As fans of charts (and Adele) will remember, in her debut week, Adele sold 3.38 million copies of 25 in her first week, shattering the record previously set by NSYNC by nearly a million copies.
Below the Adele domination, there are no new albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week, though a few albums broke back in to the top portion of the chart. Taylor Swift's Grammy-nominated album 1989 saw a big boost from a Black Friday iTunes promotion and sale, vaulting up six positions to re-enter the top five at No. 5. Carrie Underwood's Storyteller and Fetty Wap's self-titled LP saw a similar boost. Underwood landed at No. 7 and Fetty Wap at No. 8.
Christmas' looming presence was also reflected in the charts this week. Pentatonix's 2014 holiday set That's Christmas to Me led Christmas parade with a No. 3 slot and 94,000 units moved. Michael Buble's dependable festive Christmas album also jumped up a massive 19 spots to land at No. 9.
Christmas sets notwithstanding, some of 2015's biggest pop acts filled out the Billboard 200. Justin Bieber's Purpose spends a second week at No. 2 with 211,000 units moved. He once again leads One Direction in album sales; their Made in the A.M. moved 82,000 units and slipped one spot to No. 4.
The Weeknd also remains a constant presence in the top 10 with Beauty Behind the Madness, which was displaced by the resurgence of 1989 to No. 6. The pop compilation Now 56 fills out the top 10 at the final position.
