The Adele machine keeps on rolling. "21" sold 106,000 copies last week. The higest debet was Casting Crowns "Come to the Well" settles for the runner-up slot, selling 99,000 in its first week. The other debut was
R&B singer Joe sees his new "The Good, the Bad, the Sexy" enter at No. 8 with a 33,000 launch.

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Oct. 23) totaled 4.84 million units, down 7% compared to the sum last week (5.22 million) and down 7% compared to the comparable sales week of 2010 (5.17 million). Year to date album sales stand at 243.68 million, up 3% compared to the same total at this point last year (236.14 million). It is the 22nd week in a row where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.