Midway through 2012 , Adele and Gotye are reigning on the charts . `` 21 '' has continued its amazing run a year after its initial release , selling 3.69 million copies through the sales week that ended July 1 , the mid-year point for tracker Nielsen SoundScan . `` 21 '' is the first time the same record has been the top seller in the first halves of any 2012 . Adele 's 21 , '' has a digital sales figure of 3,324,000 for two years .
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 2012 . Adele 's 21 , '' has a digital sales figure of 3,324,000 for two years .