Adele's 21 is still going strong
21 didn't come out this year but Adele's sophomore album is on it's way to becoming the top selling album for 2012. In fact,
21 is the only album to sell over a million copies this year thus far based on Nielsen Soundscan figures, making it the top selling album in the US for the second year in the row.
Lionel Richie comes in second with 910,000 copies for Tuskegee while One Direction slides into third place with 899,000 sold for Up All Night.
Gotye's song is a record-breaker
In the digital race, Gotye broke Katy Perry's
E.T. record for most downloads in six months of one year. Furthermore, Gotye featuring Kimbra's
Somebody That I Used To Know is the first ever song to pass the five million mark in six months.
Here are the top 10 digital songs of 2012 so far:
1. Gotye feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know (5.50)2. fun. feat Janelle Monae We Are Young (5.09)3. Carly Rae Jepsen Call Me Maybe (4.06)4. Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (3.32)5. Nicki Minaj Starships (3.16)6. Maroon 5 feat Wiz Khalifa Payphone (3.08)7. The Wanted Glad You Came (2.892)8. One Direction What Makes You Beautiful (2.885)9. Flo Rida feat Sia Wild Ones (2.79)10. Justin Bieber Boyfriend (2.60)