Adele - Adele Lands Year's Bestselling Album In The U.s.

More than 520,000 copies of the singer's second album 21 have sold in two weeks, making the Brit the only artist to have sailed past the 500,000 figure so far this year (11).

Fellow Brits Mumford & Sons are the year's second biggest album act so far. Their acclaimed Sigh No More is rooted at three on the new chart with former Floetry star Marsha Ambrosius debuting Late Nights & Early Mornings at two on the countdown.

Other new entries in the top 10 are the Dropkick Murphys' Going Out Of Style and six and Town Line by Aaron Lewis at eight.