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In 2011, 21 moved more than 5.6 million copies in the U.S.
By Gil Kaufman

The music industry has been stuck in a rut for nearly a decade. But every once in a while, it still manages to produce one of those unstoppable hit albums that give everyone that good old feeling. <div class="player-placeholder right" title="Rolling in the Deep" id="vid:604336" width="240" height="211"></div> This year's model is <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/adele/artist.jhtml">Adele</a>'s 21, which not only sold more copies than any other album in the U.S. in 2011 (more than 5.6 million to date), but which has also moved the most units of any artist since 2004. According to a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/27/us-adele-idUSTRE7BQ10V20111227" target="_blank">Reuters report</a>, those gaudy figures (which top 15 million worldwide) make the British songbird the first artist to cross the 5 million mark in one year since Usher did it with his fourth studio album, Confessions, which sold 7.9 million units more than seven years ago. And to think she did it by releasing just two mega singles, <a href="/news/articles/1675976/adele-rolling-in-the-deep-best-song-2011.jhtml">"Rolling in the Deep"</a> and "Someone Like You," and barely touring North America due to <a href="/news/articles/1674453/adele-throat-surgery-recovery.jhtml">recurring vocal issues.</a>  There have been other big hits along the way to Adele's mark, including Eminem selling more than 3.4 million copies of his comeback Recovery album last year and Taylor Swift taking the honors in 2009 with Fearless, which sold 3.2 million copies. But none have come as close to Usher's mark in the interim. There doesn't seem to be any chance Adele will be surpassed by the end of the year: The closest contenders are Lady Gaga's Born This Way (2.08 million) and Michael Bublé's Christmas (2.4 million). The other good news is that overall music sales are expected to be up slightly (3 percent) by the end of this year, marking the first time that's happened since 2004.

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Musical March Madness Heats Up!

Prepare yourself for the music event of the decade - MTV News' Musical March Madness! The world's best bands will duke it out for ultimate rock supremacy. Will your favorite band be crowned the winner? It's up to YOU.
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Artist: Ke$ha
Label: RCA
Director: Syndrome
Album: Out of the Blue

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The Rancics Have Fun In the Sun In Mexico

Giuliana Rancic shared an adorable photo of her "two favorite guys" - husband Bill Rancic and their 9-month-old son Edward Duke - as the trio vacation at the Rosewood Mayakoba on the Riviera Maya Wednesday.

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Jennifer Garner Returns to L.A. from Cleveland

Relieved to arrive back home after a long flight, Jennifer Garner touched down at LAX Airport in Los Angeles on Friday (May 31).

The "Alias" star wore a white T-shirt, black sweater, and black and white drawstring pants as she gave a weary smile to awaiting shutterbugs on the way to her vehicle.

Taking time in the summer to work, the 41-year-old actress was in the Cleveland, Ohio area filming her new movie, "Draft Day."

Following the General Manager of the Cleveland Browns as he struggles to acquire the number one draft pick, "Draft Day" costars Kevin Costner, Tom Welling, Terry Crews, Sam Elliott, and Denis Leary.

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Kelly Osbourne Cosmoploitan Magazine Cover Girl

Kelly Osbourne is the cover girl for the July issue of Cosmopolitan magazine and she looks stunning! Check out those pictures! She has come so far. Not that she wasn’t beautiful before, but her style is just to DIE for now! Kelly is one of my favorite celebs. I remember watching The Osbournes with my hubby 9then boyfriend) on the couch and just cracking up. They were so funny, and raw. It was clear they loved each other. I have enjoyed Kelly over they years. She is one of those people that could have gone down the wrong path, but over came that and really made something of herself. She is admirable. And she addresses that and more in the interview for the mag. On Matthew being different from the others: “He just wants to love me, and I just want to be loved by him. Every single other guy I’ve dated has wanted something from me. They’d call people I know and ask for favors. I’d have to say, ‘Trust me. Telling someone you are my boyfriend isn’t going to get you very far.” On having children: “I do want babies, but I don’t want a great big vagina.” [...]

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