Adele Sells More Than Madonna, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, And Britney Spears Combined In Just A Couple Days


Adele is the new Queen of Pop. Actually, Adele is the Queen of Music. Within a couple of days, Adele already has 2015’s top-selling album with 25, and she didn’t need to use any desperate marketing tactics to achieve those sales. USA Today has the news.

“We always knew Adele’s third album would be huge, but no one could’ve predicted just how high it’d go. Since its Friday release, the British singer’s 25 has sold 2.3 million copies in the USA alone, according to Nielsen Music.”

Adele’s 25 even sold more than Taylor Swift’s 1989, which has sold 1.9 million copies in 2015. Furthermore, in only a couple of days, Adele has sold more copies than recent albums by Madonna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, and Mariah Carey combined.

Janet Jackson has been under fire for trying all sorts of tricks to sell her album Unbreakable, including giving it away with T-shirts and Uber rides. Some call this good promotion, while others call it absolute desperation. By the way things are looking, you will be able to get a free Unbreakable CD with McDonalds hamburgers. Then, a box of condoms? Adele doesn’t need to resort to such tactics because her music speaks for itself. Actually, Adele’s music speaks to everybody.

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Madonna is the most successful female artist in history. But will Adele catch up? [Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images]

Madonna’s Rebel Heart received great reviews, but the album didn’t exactly light the charts on fire. Part of it has to do with the fact that it was leaked three months ahead of its release. It’s quite interesting that Madonna’s most-loved album, Ray of Light, was one of 25’s biggest influences. Billboard has the news.

“You wouldn’t realize this by listening to 25, but Moby’s seminal Play and Madonna’s Ray of Light were the albums she listened to the most while making her third album. Although she said she wasn’t exposed to Madonna’s catalog earlier in life, she absolutely fell in love with Madge’s electronic foray after hearing it.”

Adele has never indicated that she has been inspired by Mariah Carey, even though both are known for their stellar voices. However, let’s hope that Adele takes care of her voice better than Mariah Carey has. When you have that good of a voice and it starts to show cracks, people will go in for the kill.

It’s doubtful that Adele will take the Britney Spears route and become a Vegas act (with unsold shows) who can barely sell albums anymore. However, the music industry is so fickle, so it’s hard to tell. Adele avoids being a “gossip celebrity,” something that really brought Britney Spears down last decade.

On Monday evening, Adele appeared on The Tonight Show and belted out a new song called “Water Under the Bridge.” She also played a game called, “Box of Lies.”

Adele was in good spirits on the show and indicated that she was looking forward to new albums from Rihanna and Frank Ocean. This comes after Adele was accused, by some, of lip-syncing during her recent Saturday Night Live performance. However, according to Consequence of Sound, Adele was definitely not lip syncing.

Adele has not only taken the music industry by storm, but she has also taken full ownership of it. She has proven that one doesn’t need to sell music with desperate marketing tactics or publicity stunts if the music is actually good. In the future, you can expect other singers to take her lead. Do you have Adele’s 25? Let us know in the comments section.

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