Album sales in the United States for the first time rose for the first time since 2004, up 330.57 million units from 326.15 million units.

There can be only one, and it was clear by halfway through 2011 that the winner would be…Adele.

The British Songstress dominates the US albums and singles charts as her album 21 ends the year selling 5.82 million copies in 2011 , the highest selling album in one year since Usher’s Confessions, while “Rolling In The Deep” sold 5.81 million downloads in 2011.

Adele was the clear cut winner with Michael Buble, who’s album Christmas came strong in the final stretch of 2011, finished the year with 2.45 million. Closing out the top 5 are Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” with 2.1 million, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV with 1.92 million, and Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party came in at #5 with 1.58 million sold.

01 – 5,824,000 – 21 – Adele
02 – 2,452,000 – CHRISTMAS – Michael Buble
03 – 2,101,000 – BORN THIS WAY – Lady GaGa
04 – 1,917,000 – THA CARTER IV – Lil Wayne
05 – 1,576,000 – MY KINDA PARTY – Jason Aldean
06 – 1,420,000 – SIGH NO MORE – Mumford & Sons
07 – 1,247,000 – TAKE CARE – Drake
08 – 1,245,000 – UNDER THE MISTLETOE – Justin Bieber
09 – 1,232,000 – WATCH THE THRONE – Jay-Z & Kanye West
10 – 1,204,000 – OWN THE NIGHT – Lady Antebellum

11 – 1,058,000 – 4 – Beyonce
12 – 1,006,000 – TEENAGE DREAM – Katy Perry
13 – 1,006,000 – MYLO XYLOTO – Coldplay

In terms of singles, pop – as you would guess, dominated the entire top 10 chart from top to bottom with it’s digital sales.



The Top 30 digital singles are listed below:

Rank – Sales – TITLE – Artist
01 – 5,813,000 – ROLLING IN THE DEEP – Adele
02 – 5,468,000 – PARTY ROCK ANTHEM – LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
03 – 4,829,000 – E.T. – Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
04 – 4,111,000 – MOVES LIKE JAGGER – Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
05 – 3,875,000 – GIVE ME EVERYTHING – Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Naya
06 – 3,843,000 – PUMPED UP KICKS – Foster The People
07 – 3,750,000 – SOMEONE LIKE YOU – Adele
08 – 3,724,000 – F**K YOU (FORGET YOU) – Cee Lo Green
09 – 3,608,000 – SUPER BASS – Nicki Minaj
10 – 3,476,000 – BORN THIS WAY – Lady GaGa
11 – 3,363,000 – SEXY AND I KNOW IT – LMFAO
12 – 3,308,000 – ON THE FLOOR – Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
13 – 3,178,000 – LOOK AT ME NOW – Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne
14 – 3,040,000 – S&M – Rihanna
15 – 2,995,000 – WE FOUND LOVE – Rihanna feat Calvin Harris
16 – 2,950,000 – JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH – Black Eyed Peas
17 – 2,889,000 – FIREWORK – Katy Perry
18 – 2,849,000 – THE LAZY SONG – Bruno Mars
19 – 2,775,000 – GRENADE – Bruno Mars
20 – 2,760,000 – STEREO HEARTS – Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine
21 – 2,717,000 – LAST FRIDAY NIGHT (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry
22 – 2,694,000 – BLOW – Ke$ha
23 – 2,620,000 – THE SHOW GOES ON – Lupe Fiasco
24 – 2,575,000 – DIRT ROAD ANTHEM – Jason Aldean
25 – 2,541,000 – HOW TO LOVE – Lil Wayne
26 – 2,512,000 – TONIGHT TONIGHT – Hot Chelle Rae
27 – 2,497,000 – F**KIN’ PERFECT – P!nk
28 – 2,492,000 – TILL THE WORLD ENDS – Britney Spears
29 – 2,325,000 – THE EDGE OF GLORY – Lady GaGa
30 – 2,324,000 – GOOD LIFE – OneRepublic