British singer Adele to top Billboard's year-end music charts,
released on Friday culled from Reuters.
www.yonlineng.com gathered that One Direction, who topped the
Billboard 200 album chart twice this year with their debut, "Up All
Night" in March and their sophomore album "Take Me Home" in November,
were named Billboard's top new artist/group, rounding off a stellar
year of U.S. success for the band.
Adele, 24, who became the first woman top score No. 1 single, album
and artist on Billboard's 2011 year-end charts, continued her reign in
2012, when her Grammy-winning record "21" was the top-selling album in
the U.S. and she was once again named artist of the year.
"21" has sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. since its
release in February 2011, becoming a fixture on the Billboard 200,
especially after Adele's six wins at the Grammy Awards earlier this
year.
She is the only act to be named both top artist and have the top album
in Billboard's charts for two years in a row.
Adele was also named the No. 1 female artist while R&B rapper-singer
Drake was named No. 1 male artist and pop-rock band Maroon 5 were
named No. 1 group.
Rihanna, also 24, was named the top Hot 100 artist after a year of
chart-topping hit singles such as "We Found Love" and "Diamonds" on
the Hot 100 chart, which measures top-selling singles each week.
But Australia's Gotye picked up the Hot 100 single of the year, with
his heartbreak hit "Somebody That I Used To Know."
Billboard compile their end-of-year lists based on chart performances
between December 3 2011 and November 24 2012, tallying data including
album sales and streaming figures.