It was the biggest chart-battle of the year! Canadian Superstar and idol Justin Bieber versus British boygroup sensation One Direction. And the winner is: Justin Bieber. His fourth studio-album 'Purpose' debuted with sales of 863,000 globally, 521,500 of which were sold in the USA according to Nielsen Soundscan. Another 77,000 copies are from his native country, Canada, 90,600 were sold in the UK 35,000 in Germany, 19,000 in Italy, 13,600 in Japan and 12,200 in France. Justin's 3rd Album 'Believe' opened also at the top position in the week 27, 2012 with 589,000 copies.

Almost exactly one year ago, One Direction's LP 'Four' shot in at no.1 with 881,000 sales. The band's new Album 'Made In The A.M.' sold 764,000 copies in its initial week and lands at no.2 on the Global Chart. The Album generated it biggest sales in the USA with 401,800 units, 93,200 in the UK, 44,000 in Canada, 42,300 in Japan, 35,000 in Germany, 29,000 in Italy and 24,300 in France. 'Purpose' and 'Made In The A.M.' are huge sellers, but noone has a chance against next week's monster release, Adele's '25'. Latest forecasts suggest over 5 million copies in its initial week, a unique record in the music-history! Back to this week's hitlist, new at No.1 in Japan and at No.3 globally is Japanese boygroup Kanjani 8 with their seventh studio set 'Kanjani 8 No Genki Ga Deru CD!!' and sales of 316,000. New at no.1 in Germany is the Xmas effort by Helene Fischer. Her last studio-album 'Farbenspiel' from 2013 sold almost 2,5 million copies so far, this new album 'Weihnachten' debuts at no.4 globally with sales of 130,000. French rock-legend Johnny Hallyday released his 50th studio-album.'De L'amour'debuts at No.1 in France and No.9 on the Global Chart with sales of 88,000. Johnny's debut album 'Nous Les Gars, Nous Les Filles' was released 54 years ago in 1961!

Some additional sales stats: 'Revival' by Selena Gomez sold 19,000 copies last week and reaches a total of 292,000 so far, 'Confident' by Demi Lovato sold 18,000 units last week, 322,000 so far, 'Honeymoon' by Lana Del Rey sold 17,000 units last week and has a total of 468,000 copies so far, the soundtrack to 'Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol.1' sold 2,356,000 copies so far, 'Rebel Heart' by Madonna 842,000 and 'My Everything' by Ariana Grande 1,694,000.

'1' goes straight to number 1 on the Global Album Chart after selling 175, 000 copies this past week! '1' is a compilation album by the Beatles, the World's best-selling recording-act of All Time! Originally released on 13 November 2000, the album features virtually every number-one single achieved in the United Kingdom and United States from 1962 to 1970 by the Beatles. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on only one compact disc. '1' was a huge commercial success, and topped the charts worldwide. '1' has sold over 31 million copies. In addition, '1' is the fourth best-selling album in the U.S. since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking U.S. album sales in January 1991, and the best-selling album of the decade worldwide from 2000 to 2009.

On 6 November 2015, Apple Records released a deluxe version of the original album. Most of the tracks on '1' have been remixed from the original multi-track masters by Giles Martin, as the first three tracks are the original mono mixes. In addition to the new mixes, there are surround sound 5.1 mixes presented as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in the Blu-ray version and Dolby Digital and DTS in the DVD version.

1+ also includes 50 promotional films/performances, plus commentary and introductions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. All videos have been digitally restored and enhanced.

Adele's "Hello' is No.1 globally for a 3rd week! The Song was released on 23 October as the lead single off Adele's album '25'. Upon its release, "Hello" received a triumphant response from music critics and the record buying public alike, going straight to number one in nearly every country and staying there for a 3rd week!

In the US, "Hello" entered at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 November 2015. The Song also topped the Digital Songs chart with sales of 1,112,000, the first track to sell one million digital copies in a single week. "Hello" is the third highest weekly sales total since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Only Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight" has sold more in a single week, selling 3.446 million copies in its opening week and 1.212 million copies in its second week. "Hello" stayed at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, selling another 635,000 digital copies marking the third-best digital sales week and the highest for a non-debut week. "Hello" also held atop Streaming Songs with 47.4 million U.S. streams. The track also stayed atop the On-Demand Songs with 18.1 million streams. This third week, the song is still at the top of the Hot 100 and Digital Songs chart, selling 480,000 downloads and becoming just the third song to sell over 400,000 copies for three straight weeks.

"Hello" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on 30 October 2015 for the week dated 5 November 2015, with 333,000 combined sales, of which 259,000 were downloads, making it the biggest selling number-one single on the chart in three years. It marked Adele's second UK number-one single, after 2011's "Someone like You". Additionally, "Hello" was streamed 7.32 million times in its first week, breaking the streaming record previously held by Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?". Including streaming sales and excluding The X Factor and Pop Idol winners' singles, major charity campaign records and Christmas number ones, "Hello" is the second biggest selling number one of the 21st century in the UK, beaten only by Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me", which sold 345,000 copies in a week in February 2001. The following week the song remained at number one on the UK Singles Charts, selling a further 121,000 downloads and was streamed 5.78 million times, the same week the song was certified Gold by the BPI. The song also debuted at number one in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia and Switzerland.

In Australia, "Hello" entered at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart on 31 October 2015, selling over 59,075 units, which earned the song a gold certification in its first week. "Hello" is still top of the ARIA Singles chart and is the second fastest-selling single of the year, behind Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again." "Hello'  marks Adele's second number-one single on the ARIA Singles Chart following 2011's "Someone like You".  In New Zealand, the song debuted at number one on the New Zealand singles chart, and has been certified platinum.

Adele's 'Hello' rules the Global Track Chart easily for a second week
with massive sales around the world. Adele isn't expected to leave the
top spot any time soon with her new album '25'expected to sell more
than 3 million copies in its first week. The Album comes out November
20. The current record-holder is Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada, whose
Album 'Distance' was released on March 28, 2001 and sold 3,002,720
copies in its first week, according to Oricon.
Last week's second big debut, Justin Bieber's 'Sorry', slides down one
slot at no.3 after a 31% points decline to 332,000 points. His former
smash 'What Do You Mean?' is still strong in its 10th week on the
tally at no.5 with 245,000 points. AKB's 48 sister group Nogizaka 48
land their eighth global Top 10 tune, 'Ima, Hanashitai Hito Ga Iru'.
The song bows at the vice-position with 428.000 points. Exactly on
this place started Ariana Grande's 'Problem' one and a half year ago
with 384,000 points. It was her biggest hit so far and now 'Focus',
the first sign from her upcoming album, shoots at no.6 globally with
215,000 points. The biggest hit of 2015, 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson
feat. Bruno Mars, leaves the Top 40 this week. The furious funk smash
was 49 weeks in the Top 40, 16 weeks of it at no.1. And with a total
of 13,969,000 points it climbs to no.9 on the ALL TIME CHART. Outside
our weekly Top 40 waiting among other F(x)' '4 Walls' at no.43, Thomas
Rhett's 'Die A Happy Man' at no.44, Chris Stapleton's 'Drink You Away'
at no.46 and Demi Lovato's 'Confident' at no.55 for their first
appearance on the big list.