Adele: 17 Weeks as Billboards #1 Pop Album
Adele's '21' hits 17 weeks at No. 1
It seems the industry is in a contest to figure out all the different ways to say, "Adele's '21' is a really, really big hit."
The album has spent 17 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the longest an album has spent in the top spot since the soundtrack to Whitney Houston's movie with Kevin Costner,"The Bodyguard," accumulated 20 weeks at No. 1 from 1992 to 1993.
[[Alternatively, you can interpret Adele's reign as tying with Billy Ray Cyrus, as his 1992 album, "Some Gave All," also had 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.)
Last week, when Adele's "21" notched 16 weeks at No. 1, we were informed that it was the most weeks at No. 1 of any album since 1998's "Titanic" soundtrack also racked up 16 weeks in the top spot. [[We have a feeling Celine Dion's heart will go on, though...)