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Hello...record book! Adele's album 25 set to smash yet another music industry benchmark with third consecutive week exceeding ONE MILLION units sold

Published: 05:31 GMT, 23 December 2015 | Updated: 06:22 GMT, 23 December 2015

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This week her single Hello was finally knocked off the top of the Billboard Pop Songs chart after four weeks at number one.

But it doesn't seem to be affecting sales of Adele's album, as 25 is about to set yet another world record.

As reported by Billboard, the 27-year-old singer's album is set to sell a million copies for a third non-consecutive week.

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Keeping the hits coming: The 27-year-old singer's album is set to sell a million copies for a third non-consecutive week

When it does so, it will be the first album in history to set that record since Nielson started tracking sales in 1991.

And it's only the latest record to fall to the fantastically successful '25,' which has been a strataspheric hit since day one.

Billboard also pointed out that after four weeks on sale, the album had racked up 5.98 million units sold, which makes it the highest selling album in the United States since Adele's last record '21,' which ended up selling 11.37 million copies since it's release in 2011.

Maybe a movie next? The songstress even smashed records with the release of her single Hello's video, which tallied 50 million views in the first 48 hours, making it the most explosive debut of any video this year

The songstress even smashed records with the release of her single Hello's video, which tallied 50 million views in the first 48 hours, making it the most explosive debut of any video this year.

Adele's album has been on a tear for awhile now, initially making news for totaling the most sales in one week of a particular record since the Nielson agency started keeping track of point-of-sale album purchases in 1991.

Back in November, she thundered by the previous record holder, boy band NSYNC.

Nothing new: Adele's album has been on a tear for awhile now, initially making news for totaling the most sales in one week of a particular record since the Nielson agency started keeping track of point-of-sale album purchases in 1991

That group's album No Strings Attached sold 2.42 million copies in one week back in 2000.

Opening up about latest chapter in her record-breaking career, the hitmaker told TIME that she has no time for herself because she dedicates her attention to son Angelo, born in 2012.

She said: 'The other day I was saying, 'Oh God, I'm finding this really hard again with a kid.' I have no time for myself because in between doing this, all my spare time is with him.

'But then I realized, he's been keeping me totally cool and calm about the whole thing.'

Family first: Opening up about latest chapter in her record-breaking career, the hitmaker told TIME that she has no time for herself because she dedicates her attention to son Angelo, born in 2012