Music Power Rankings: Adele, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and… Oprah?

05.21.11 8 years ago

We”re going ahead and proclaiming it now: Adele”s “21” will take home the Grammy for album of the year next February. In the meantime, the British singer”s sophomore set shows no sign of slowing down. The album has sold 2 million copies in the U.S. already since its February release. That”s a staggering accomplishment given that she”s still only on the first single from the project, “Rolling in the Deep,” which is also at No. 1 on the singles chart.

1) Adele (No. 1) :  “21” logs its 8th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the longest residency at the top of the chart since 2009. Total worldwide sales so far? A staggering 7 million. Too bad a certain Momma Monster will end her reign week after next, but we”ll see if “21” can bounce back to the top again.


3) Austin City Limits Festival (not ranked):

4) Apple (not ranked):

5) Justin Bieber (not ranked): His entire catalog–all four albums-see major sales increases following the release of “Never Say Never” on DVD, which comes in at the top of Billboard”s DVD chart. Bieber fever lives.

6) Carrie Underwood (not ranked):
Country superstar surpasses Kelly Clarkson as “American Idol”s” most successful alumnus. Total sales so far: 12.3 million albums and 18.5 million digital tracks. Even Simon Cowell would have something positive to say about that.


8) Chris Brown (not ranked): Either people don”t care about his reprobate ways or they are able to separate them from his music, regardless, Brown leads all contenders for the BET Awards with six nominations.

9) Rock Star Memoirs (not ranked):
Keith Richards, Sammy Hagar and Steven Tyler all reached the New York Times” Bestsellers List with their memoirs this year. Additionally, The Who”s Pete Townshend and Gregg Allman announce plans for their tomes this week. Sex and drugs and rock and roll and…viagra, please.

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