ADELE: HOW BIG BY YEAR'S END?

Adele’s colossal growth continues, with industry prognosticators now calling for her 25 (XL/Columbia) to do somewhere between 7.2m and 7.7m by year’s end. How do we get there? Consult this handy week-by-week projection for the last of 2015. Bear in mind: This is a conservative estimate.

Week 47 –  3.4m

Week 48 – 1m

Week 49 – 600k

Week 50 – 800k

Week 51 – 1m

Week 52 – 500k

Year-end projected – 7.3m

Of course, Adele could leave even this number in the dust. Stay tuned.