More Awards, and Lots More Sales, for Adele February 21, 2012, 11:05 pm It's been another great week for Adele, with two more prominent awards and an avalanche of record sales in the wake of her Grammys sweep. On Tuesday, Adele won two top prizes at the Brit Awards, Britain's version of the Grammys, taking home best British female solo artist and album of the year for "21″ (XL/Columbia). "Nothing makes me prouder than coming home with six Grammys and then coming to the Brits and winning album of the year," she said as she accepted album of the year at the Brits ceremony, at the O2 Arena in London. I'm so, so proud to be British and to be flying our flag. (She also caused some controversy when, immediately after speaking those words, she was cut off from completing her acceptance speech and raised her middle finger to the crowd. She explained later that the gesture was meant for "the suits" who had interrupted her.) Adele also celebrates the one-year anniversary of the American release of "21″ with her 21st week at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart. From Feb. 13, the after the Grammys, to last Sunday, "21″ sold a remarkable 730,000 copies, Billboard reported, citing data from Nielsen SoundScan. That was by far Adele's biggest one-week sales take, bringing the album's total sales in the United States to just less than 7.4 million. Adele's nonconsecutive run of 21 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart is also the most of any album since 1991, when SoundScan began collecting accurate sales figures from retailers. Before then estimates were used, and were not always reliable. Last week "21″ hit 20 weeks at No. 1, tying "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, which featured Whitney Houston on "I Will Always Love You," "I'm Every Woman" and other hits.