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A Year Later, Adele Is Still No. 1

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Adele, winner of six GRAMMYs, poses in the press room at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Adele, winner of six GRAMMYs, poses in the press room at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Photo: Kevork Djansezian/2012 Getty Images

Happy 21 anniversary, everyone! Are you celebrating by purchasing yet another copy of Adele’s breakup opus? If so, you will not be alone — the album sold 730,000 copies this week, its biggest one-week sales take to date (thanks, surely, to her six Grammy wins last weekend). Adele also landed her 21st nonconsecutive No. 1 this week, breaking the previous record held by The Bodyguard soundtrack. And in case you missed it, she won some Brit Awards and flipped off “the suits” after getting cut off. As ever, it is good to be Adele.

A Year Later, Adele Is Still No. 1