ADÉLA just pulled off one of the biggest debut weeks of the year. PRIMA, her first full-length album, premiered at No. 1 on both Top Album Sales and Vinyl Albums, and bowed at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 56,000 equivalent album units. That makes it the highest-charting full-length debut of 2026 so far.
The numbers tell a fun story: 31,000 of those units were pure album sales, and 12,000 were vinyl. A physical-music boom is very much alive, and ADÉLA is one of its newest beneficiaries. Meanwhile,“Ain’t in LA”rocketed from No. 57 to No. 30 on the Hot 100, giving the 22-year-old Slovakian singer her first top 40 hit.
If the backstory sounds familiar, it should. ADÉLA first got attention on the 2023 competition show Dream Academy, the same show connected to KATSEYE. She didn’t make the final group, signed with Capitol Records, and released her debut EP The Provocateur in 2025. Now she’s sharing chart space with Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, and MONSTA X. What’s your favorite track off PRIMA so far?
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