Adele’s “21″ and Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (featuring Kimbra) leads as the year’s biggest selling album and digital song in the U.S. selling 3.69 million and 5.50 million according to Nielsen SoundScan.
There is no album since sound SoundScan began tracking sales data in 1991. that has been the top seller in the first half of any two years. At the rate it’s going, “21″ could be the best seller of 2012, making it the first album to top the year-end charts twice in the SoundScan era. Lionel Richie‘s Tuskegee, which stands at 912,000, is the closest
Mid-Year: Top Albums Of 2012
1. Adele, 21 (3,668,000)
2. Lionel Richie, Tuskegee (912,000)
3. One Direction, Up All Night (899,000)
4. Whitney Houston, Whitney: The Greatest Hits (818,000)
5. Various Artists, Now 41 (714,000)
6. Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (602,000)
7. Luke Bryan, Tallgates & Tanlines (574,000)
8. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (557,000)
9. Drake, Take Care (549,000)
10. Adele, 19 (539,000)
11. Gotye, Making Mirrors (538,000)
12. Justin Bieber, Believe (490,000)
13. Madonna, MDNA (484,000)
14. Lady Antebellum, Own the Night (465,000)
15. Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (425,000)
16. The Black Keys, El Camino (424,000)
17. Rihanna, Talk That Talk (424,000)
18. Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto (415,000)
19. Soundtrack, The Hunger Games (402,000)
20. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (399,000)
Mid-Year: Top Digital Songs Of 2012
1. Gotye feat. Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used to Know” (5,501,000)
2. fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young” (5,087,000)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe” (4,064,000)
4. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” (3,324,000)
5. Nicki Minaj, “Starships” (3,158,000)
6. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone” (3,075,000)
7. The Wanted, “Glad You Came” (2,892,000)
8. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful” (2,885,000)
9. Flo Rida feat. Sia, “Wild Ones” (2,790,000)
10. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend” (2,599,000)
11. Adele, “Set Fire to the Rain” (2,534,000)
12. LMFAO, “Sexy and I Know It” (2,128,000)
13. Train, “Drive By” (2,094,000)
14. Katy Perry, “Part of Me” (2,076,000)
15. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa, “Young, Wild & Free” (2,029,000)
16. Tyga, “Rack City” (1,932,000)
17. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, “Turn me On” (1,874,000)
18. Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “The Motto” (1,824,000)
19. Jason Mraz, “I Won’t Give Up” (1,711,000)
20. Flo Rida, “Good Feeling” (1,651,000)
