Midway through 2012 , Adele and Gotye are reigning on the charts . `` 21 '' is the first time the same record has been the top seller in the first halves of any two years . It's also a big deal for Adele, who was never able to break into the US Top 10 before her breakthrough hit'Someone
Midway through 2012 , Adele and Gotye are reigning on the charts . `` 21 '' is the first time the same record has been the top seller in the first halves of any two years . Gotye 's `` Somebody That I Used to Know , '' has a digital sales figure of 5.50 million for the year .