Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' is the best selling album of 2012 so far

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Who has the biggest selling album of 2012 so far? Justin Bieber? Adele? Wrong. It’s Lionel Richie! That’s right — the R&B crooner, best known for a string of highly successful albums and single in the 1980s is enjoying a major comeback thanks to his countrified greatest hits collection Tuskegee. The Hollywood Reporter has more on the middle-aged icon’s unlikely chart domination:

R&B and pop icon Lionel Richie’s third No.1 album Tuskegee has sold approximately 912,000 copies in the first half of 2012, more than any other album released this year, according to Billboard.

The country duets album was released on March 26, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the country albums chart.

Tuskegee features duets of 13 of Richie’s classic hits, featuring vocals by Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Jason Aldean and Kenny Chesney. It claimed the top spot on the overall Billboard Top 200 albums chart for two consecutive weeks and held steady atop the Billboard Country Albums chart for four weeks.

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