Adele Can Still Something Few People Want: Records
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There was a time when it was easy to tell the most popular musical act in the country by simply looking at US album sales — like in 2000 when boy band NSYNC sold a record 2.4 million copies of "No Strings Attached" in just one week. Or in 2015, when English superstar Adele said "Bye Bye Bye" to that record and broke it, selling 2.43 million copies of "25."
But new data shows how album sales are no longer a barometer of music industry success, except for in Adele's case.
Source Fool.com
