Rihanna, who has spent much of her career as a bridesmaid on the Billboard 200, can finally walk down the aisle as her seventh album Unapologetic is expected to land at #1 with a range of 240K-260K sold in her first week. It will be her highest first week sales tally, and her first #1 album after six tries. She is also expected to pull a chart double, as her lead single "Diamonds" will likely spend a second week atop of the Hot 100.
Rihanna isn't only one celebrating this week. Adele will finally be certified Diamond (sales of 10 million copies) with her album 21, which is the best selling album of this and last year. Adele is the first artist since Usher in 2004 to be certified Diamond, and with the sorry state of the music industry, she might be the last for even longer than eight years.
Congratulations to both women on their huge achievements. I guess the question remains, who will dominate the 2012 BWU Awards?
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