Chart News: Adele

While industry sales projections for Adele's sophomore album "21" were around 250,000 to 300,000 units, Adele has surpassed expectation and has placed "21" atop the US Billboard 200 at #1 with sales of 325,000 units. "21" give Adele her first #1 album in the US and highest sales frame to date. Her debut album 2008's "19", peaked at #10 and to date has gone gold with sales of roughly 948,000 units.  It should be interesting to see how Adele's sophomore album does on the charts in the coming weeks. With a strong start to her sophomore album, one can infer that this time around the British songstress will go platinum. It should also be noted that Adele's "21" sales are the highest sales frame by a single album since November!